It's as if all the good ideas have been used up. '", LBT's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman fell in love with the ballad immediately. "Girl Crush" sold 10,000 copies in its debut week of November 8, 2014. "I think the negativity just came from a few places and that's what got out. Peaking at #50 when it was released in 1968, it got new life in the '00s when it was used in the movies Lilo And Stitch and Ocean's Eleven. Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion. Lori McKenna recalled to the Los Angeles Times how she, Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey wrote the song in their pajamas at Rose's house at 9 o'clock in the morning. Bowie was doing a lot of drugs at the time and later said, "I have only flashes of making it.". Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town perform on stage at Shepherds Bush Empire on Feb. 10, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country states, "Karen Fairchild's lead on Little Big Town's new single 'Girl Crush' may be the best vocal performance of the year. It’s a good thing that the songwriting collective known as the Love Junkies — composed of Lori McKenna, Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey — is a democracy. As CMT's Alison Bonaguro wrote, the song is "about a girl obsessing over another girl because that girl stole her lover ... On the other hand, it could also be about a girl obsessing over the girl who is with the man that she wants but has never had." ", Jimi Westbrook told Taste of Country about the first time he heard the song. [12] Billboard consulted several radio program directors on its panel and found only one who detailed a specific complaint from a listener; the magazine concluded that the controversy surrounding the song was mostly fabricated. — -- For Liz Rose, one of the writers of Little Big Town 's "Girl Crush," she's only focused on the positive that's come from her hit song. It was also nominated for Music Video of the Year, but lost to ", Little Big Town performed this at the Grammy Awards in 2016, where it won for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song. Bridesmaids, Reservoir Dogs, Willy Wonka - just a few of the flicks where characters discuss specific songs, sometimes as a prelude to murder. [14] It was directed by Karla and Matthew Welch and premiered in April 2015. [7] As of November 2019, "Girl Crush" had sold 2,550,000 copies in the United States. "We just wrote a song," she said. Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? An Idaho radio station's morning show reportedly pulled "Girl Crush" -- even though it's near the top of the iTunes charts -- because of complaints over the provocative lyrics, but the band and Rose say the song is being misunderstood. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? I think it's a really easy thing to relate to, and yet you've never heard it said in that way. Bonaguro added that it is not a girl crush (on another girl) per se, but rather a girl desiring to taste her rival's lips in order to taste him and "to drown in her perfume, to have her long blond hair — and so on — all in an effort to get him back". "We fell on the idea, started writing it and just kind of wrote what came out," adding that she and her writing partners, Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey, were not being calculating in any way. The Annie Lennox hit "No More I Love You's" is a cover, originally sung by a man. ", "Girl Crush" debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending November 8, 2014, before it was released as a single. CMT's Alison Bonaguro writes, "If anyone knows how to write a country song that's never been written before, it's these three": Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, and Liz Rose. "This is what happened: Liz was making eggs, and I said, "I wanna write a song called 'Girl Crush. To the younger crowd, "A Little Less Conversation" is one of the most popular Elvis Presley songs. Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town perform on stage at Shepherds Bush Empire on Feb. 10, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. And that's not easy to do these days, because you feel like everything's been done at some point or another. It broke the record set by The Browns' 1959 hit "The Three Bells" as the longest-running number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart by a group of three or more members. Her anguish drives through you like a steam engine, and afterward she's nothing but a puff of white smoke barely holding on to existence. Since emerging from MySpace with her hit "Bubbly," Colbie has become a top songwriter, even crafting a hit with Taylor Swift. For a close but non-sexual relationship between two or more women, see, "I'm Crushing on Little Big Town's "Girl Crush, "Little Big Town, 'Girl Crush' – ToC Critic's Pick [Listen]", "Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: October 29, 2014", "Little Big Town's "Girl Crush" crosses the 2 million US sales mark", "Top 30 Digital Country Songs: November 24, 2019", "Kacey Musgraves 'Material'-izes at No. Songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose and Lori McKenna came up with the song in the morning, after a "pajama party." "We were like, 'Wow, I've never heard that lyric before.' Little Big Town prove this is not the case on each album they release. ", She continued, "I really think on the whole, it's been more positive ... but all around, we are hearing more of the positive. [10] It is also their highest showing on the Canadian Hot 100, besting the number 39 position of "Pontoon" in 2012. But Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town told Bobby Bones, a national country radio host, that the song is about a jealous ex, "not about a lesbian relationship.". "[5] Dukes adds, "listen to the song on repeat and find yourself exhausted … in the best possible way" and "mass homogeny on the radio makes it seem impossible to create a sound or write a song that's truly unique. Bonaguro added that it is not a girl crush (on another girl) per se, but rather a girl desiring to taste her rival's lips in order to taste him and "to drown in her perfume, to have her long blond hair — and so on — all in an effort to get him back". The "Don't Stop Believin'" resurgence started when the Journey song was used in a roller skating scene of the 2003 movie Monster. Girl Crush Lyrics: I got a girl crush / Hate to admit it but / I got a heart rush / It ain't slowing down / I got it real bad / Want everything she has / That smile and that midnight laugh / She's Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" is a very inspiring song, but it's really about heartbreak: David Coverdale wrote it when his first marriage was falling apart.

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