Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Single infobox
Name = Are You Gonna Be My Girl


Artist = Jet
from Album = Get Born
Released = 25 August 2003
Format = CD
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Hard rock, Garage rock
Writer(s) = Nic Cester, Cameron Muncey
Length = 3:33
Label = Elektra
Producer = Dave Sardy
Reviews =
Last single =
This single = "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
(2003)
Next single = "Rollover DJ"
(2003)

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album "Get Born". It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. The song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jet/articles/story/5939242/jets_high_times "Rolling Stone" album review] ] [ [http://www.musicomh.com/singles/jet.htm musicOMH.com single review] ]

Charts

The song peaked at #20 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, while in the UK Singles Chart it first appeared on the charts at #23. The single was re-released in the UK in 2004, after it was featured on advertisements for the Apple iPod, and this time reached #16 on the charts. It also gave the band success in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, peaking at #29. The song also reached #1 on Australian youth radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2003.

Covers and acoustic/live versions

An acoustic version of the song features on the bonus CD of "Get Born". Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered it in a Vegas Lounge style on the 2004 album "I'd Like a Virgin". Australian singer Delta Goodrem covered the song on her Visualise Tour in 2005.

Music video

The music video is shot in black and white, and shows Jet performing in a blank studio. As they play, black ink starts pouring out of their equipment and forms a landscape resembling the cover art on their album "Get Born" and The Beatles album "Revolver".

Use in other media

The song has been featured in numerous other media, including the feature films "EuroTrip" (2004), "The Longest Yard" (2005), "Flushed Away" (2006) "What Happens in Vegas"; episodes of the television shows "Scrubs", "One Tree Hill", "Zoey 101", "Tru Calling"; and video games "Rock Band", "SingStar Rocks!", "", "Madden NFL 2004", Taiko Drum Master and as downloadable content in Samba de Amigo for Wii. (or Taiko No Tatsujin). It was also used in advertisements for Apple Inc.'s iPod and Vodafone's Live! range. Wrestler, Victoria Crawford used "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" as her entrance theme in Ohio Valley Wrestling. It was also used in Budweiser and Blue1 commercials.

Track listing

#"Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
#"Last Chance"
#"Hey Kids"
#"You Were Right"

Personnel

*Nic Cester – lead vocals, guitar
*Chris Cester – drums, tambourine, backing vocals
*Cameron Muncey – lead guitar, backing vocals
*Mark Wilson – bass guitar, piano, harmonica

Notes

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box|title=Triple J Hottest 100 #1s|before=Queens of the Stone Age
No One Knows
after=Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
years=2003