Good Girl (Alexis Jordan song)

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"Good Girl"
Good Girl Alexis.jpg
Single by Alexis Jordan
from the album Alexis Jordan
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2011
Recorded
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length
  • 3:56(album version)
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Alexis Jordan singles chronology
"Happiness"
(2010)		"Good Girl"
(2011)		"Hush Hush"
(2011)

"Good Girl" is a song by American recording artist Alexis Jordan, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's second single on February 18, 2011. The dance-pop song was written by Autumn Rowe, Stargate, Sandy Vee and Espionage, and it was produced by Stargate and Sandy Vee. Jordan has said the song is a "girl’s anthem" about how "you can better yourself, even if your past isn’t as good as your present." [2] "Good Girl" debuted at number six in the United Kingdom, and charted at number fifteen in Ireland. In the United States, the song peaked at the top of the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

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Critical reception

Nick Levine of Digital Spy awarded the song four out of five stars, and wrote "Call us naive, but with beats this struttable, verses so irresistibly bop-friendly and that, ahem, killer chorus, who wouldn't want to take a chance on her?" [1]

Chart performance

On February 24, 2011 "Good Girl" debuted at number eighteen in Ireland, and has since peaked at number fifteen. [3] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number six for the week ending date March 5, 2011, becoming Jordan's second top-ten single in the UK. [4] In the United States, the song debuted at number fourteen on Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Songs chart on the issue dated March 19, 2011. It reached the top of the chart on the issue dated April 30, 2011, becoming Jordan's second consecutive number-one hit in the US. [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Erik White, it premiered on 25 January 2011 and was filmed late in December 2010. The video commences with Jordan walking down a street wearing sunglasses, which is followed by the first scene in which Jordan begins to sing. The singer is shown dancing in an eccentrically choreographed scene; one of which is with her backup dancers, and the other, which was with a male dancer Hefa Leone Tuita, in which Jordan and the male dancer were dancing in sync. Scenes also included Jordan dressed as a high-school girl eating an apple, and Jordan wearing an outfit consisting of PVC on a motorbike chewing bubble-gum. The video ends with screen-shots from different scenes in the video, followed by Jordan ruffling her hair, in which the camera zooms out and the text reads "ALEXIS JORDAN".

Track listing

  1. "Good Girl" – 3:56
  2. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Radio Edit) – 3:31
  3. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Radio Edit) – 3:55
  4. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Club Edit) – 8:47
  5. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Club Edit) – 6:52
  1. "Good Girl" – 3:56
  2. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Radio Edit) – 3:31
  3. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Radio Edit) – 3:55

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Alexis Jordan album booklet. [8]

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 40
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] 9
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [11] 46
Ireland (IRMA) [3] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 25
Poland (Dance Top 50) [13] 42
Scotland (OCC) [14] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [15] 49
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 6
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard) [5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [16] 94
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard) [17] 25

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Silver200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat
United Kingdom [6] February 18, 2011 Digital download
Ireland [19]
Australia [7] March 4, 2011
JapanMay 29, 2011

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