The Girls' Song

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"The Girls' Song"
The Girls' Song.jpg
French release picture sleeve
Single by The 5th Dimension
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "It'll Never Be the Same Again"
Released March 1970
Genre Soul
Length3:13
Label Soul City Records 781
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Webb
Producer(s) Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension singles chronology
"A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"
(1970)
"The Girls' Song"
(1970)
"Puppet Man"
(1970)

"The Girls' Song" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and performed by The 5th Dimension. The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Webb. [1] It was featured on their 1967 album, The Magic Garden , but was not released as a single until its release from their 1970 album, Greatest Hits. [2]

Contents

By Webb's own admission, this was his attempt to write a song that sounded like the work of Burt Bacharach. As Webb wrote upon Bacharach's death, "I learned about chords from listening to Burt’s songs on the radio. I tried to write like him (listen to my song 'The Girl’s Song' by The Fifth Dimension). He was integral to my informal songwriting education." [3]

Chart performance

It reached #6 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #97 in Australia in 1970. [4]

Other versions

References

  1. The 5th Dimension, "The Girls' Song" single release Retrieved January 19, 2015
  2. The 5th Dimension, Greatest Hits Retrieved January 19, 2015
  3. Webb, Jimmy (February 18, 2023). "Jimmy on the loss of Burt Bacharach who passed on Feb 8, 2023". Facebook.
  4. The 5th Dimension, "The Girls' Song" Chart Positions Retrieved January 19, 2015