Your Girlfriend

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"Your Girlfriend"
YourGirlfriendBlossoms.jpg
Single by Blossoms
from the album Foolish Loving Spaces
B-side "Torn Up"
Released20 June 2019
Length2:41
Label Virgin EMI
Songwriter(s) Tom Ogden
Producer(s) James Skelly Rich Turvey
Blossoms singles chronology
"How Long Will This Last?"
(2018)
"Your Girlfriend"
(2019)
"The Keeper"
(2019)

"Your Girlfriend" is a song performed by English rock band Blossoms. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2019 by Virgin EMI Records as the lead single from their third studio album, Foolish Loving Spaces . [1] [2] [3] [4] The song has peaked at number 100 on the UK Singles Chart and number 59 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

Contents

Background

The song was produced by James Skelly, Rich Turvey and the band at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool. Talking about the song, Tom Ogden said, "I think I saw it on the telly or maybe heard it on another song. Someone was saying they’re in love with their friend's girlfriend and I thought ooh that's a good, strange take on a love song. A different angle to go at and it's obviously not about me, just to be clear! I was listening to a lot of Talking Heads at the time, and I think that shines through in the way the song grooves. These are some of my favourite lyrics I’ve ever written, there’s a lot of humour in there." The single cover was taken by Ewan Ogden, Tom Ogden’s brother. [5]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Your Girlfriend" was first released onto YouTube on 20 June 2019. [6] In the video the band dress up as their favourite horror characters, Teen Wolf, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Bride of Frankenstein. [5]

Track listing

Digital download [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Your Girlfriend"2:41
2."Torn Up"2:42
Digital download [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Your Girlfriend" (Acoustic)2:37

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [8] 40
Scotland (OCC) [9] 59
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 100

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Gold400,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 20 June 2019 Virgin EMI Records

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