For the Pink single, see "Stupid Girls".

For the Cold single, see "Year of the Spider".

"Stupid Girl" was the fourth single from Garbage's 1996 self-titled debut album. It has been their biggest hit single in many countries, including the United Kingdom. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Garbage is the debut album by the band Garbage. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Almo Sounds is a record company started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records. ... Mushroom UK was set up in 1993 by Korda Marshall, an offshoot of the Australian label Mushroom Records, mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Queer is a song released by Garbage which appears on their eponymous first album. ... Milk was the fifth and final single taken from Garbages 1995 platinum debut album Garbage. ... Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name Pink (also written as P!nk), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter who first gained prominence in North America in early January of 2000. ... Stupid Girls is a pop-rock song written by billymann, Pink, Niklas Olovson and Robin Mortensen Lynch, and produced by billyman and MachoPsycho for Pinks fourth album Im Not Dead (2006). ... Cold was an American five-piece post-grunge/alternative rock band, based in Jacksonville, Florida. ... Year of the Spider is the third studio album by Floridian post-grunge/hard rock quintet Cold. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Garbage is the debut album by the band Garbage. ...

Song profile

"Stupid Girl" was written and recorded at Smart Studios during the 1994 sessions for the debut album. The basic track had been written before Shirley Manson joined the group and was one the first songs Shirley worked on. Smart Studios is a recording studio located on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Shirley Ann Manson[1][2] (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. ...

"Stupid Girl" kicks off with the sure-stomp drum loop, and slides into a gloomy, driving melody played in the key of F# mixolydian (major). It makes use of a lush soundscape of ambient electronics and grinding samples under a guitar hook. Many of the broken sounding electronic blips on the pre-chorus were actually ADAT clocking accidents and other equipment malfunctions. They loved the sound so much that they kept it going and decided to record it. Look up F, f in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is an article about the digital recording format. ...

"Stupid Girl" features bass by Mike Kashou and additional percussion by Pauli Ryan, as well as a drum loop from "Train In Vain" by The Clash. Thus the song is credited to Garbage/Strummer/Jones. A rumor circulated that the song also samples the opening drum beat from R.E.M.'s "Orange Crush", but this has not been proven nor credited. The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ... Orange Crush was the second single from R.E.M.s sixth studio album Green in 1989. ...

Single release

In the UK it was issued in March 1996, with a United States release in July 1996. It had been issued in Australia and Europe a few months before that (Nov 1995). A 'Stupid Girl Remixes' single was issued in Australia in August 1996.

The vinyl format in the UK for "Stupid Girl" was in a TakTile TM cloth bag, with a plastic G on the front. It was limited to 13,000 copies, half of them in red and half in blue.

Music video

The promo video for "Stupid Girl" was shot in Smart Studios in January 1996 with director Samuel Bayer in just four hours on a tiny budget. The band's record label, Almo Sounds, believed "Only Happy When It Rains" would be the more successful hit and wouldn't fork out. Bayer later took the film and cut it up, put it in his bath, and applied deliberate scrathes and marks, then pasted it back together for the final result. Smart Studios is a recording studio located on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Samuel Bayer is an American music video director. ... Almo Sounds is a record company started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records. ... Only Happy When It Rains was the breakthrough second single from Garbages 1995 self-titled debut album. ...

The "Stupid Girl" video has been nominated for a number of industry awards including an MTV Video Music Award in 1996 for Best New Artist. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Remixes

A radio edit of Stupid Girl was completed for the band by Oliver Sittl for airplay use on European radio.

Remixes of "Stupid Girl" were completed by NY DJ Todd Terry, the UK's jungle artists Red Snapper, UK producer Jason Bentley, US act Rabbit In The Moon, UK house act Dreadzone, and US producer Danny Saber. Todd Terry is an American DJ and music producer. ... Binomial name Lutjanus campechanus Poey, 1860 Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a reef fish found off the Atlantic coast of The Americas and in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Jason Bentley (born July 27, 1970) is an disc jockey in Los Angeles. ... Dreadzone are a British electronic music group whose lyrics are heavily influenced by reggae. ... Danny Saber is a Los Angeles, California musician, audio engineer, record producer, and remixer. ...

The radio mix by Todd Terry became successful in its own right, a hit on the Billboard dance charts in August 1996. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

These remixes can be found on various 'Stupid Girl' and 'Milk' formats. A glass of cows milk. ...

Awards

"Stupid Girl" was nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award for 'Best Song' in 1996, a Danish Grammy in 1996 for 'Best Song, and US Grammies in 1997 for 'Best Rock Song' and 'Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal'. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

"Stupid Girl" won a BMI Award for Best Pop Song in 1998. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ...

Live performances

"Stupid Girl" was first performed live at Garbage's first gig in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 5, 1995. It has been performed regularly throughout the band's four world tours. The song was remixed slightly for the 'beautifulgarbage' tour — with a half-time feel during the pre-choruses. This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During live performances Shirley has been known to ad-lib lines on the outro from different songs, including Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart", the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" and Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time". An outro (sometimes outtro) or extro is a literary term used to indicate the conclusion to a piece. ... Deee-Lite was a house- and dance music group formed in New York City. ... The Spice Girls were a BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group. ... Wannabe was the first single from the Spice Girls first album, Spice. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... ...Baby One More Time is the debut single and signature song from pop singer Britney Spears, released from her debut album . ...

"Stupid Girl" was performed live by Garbage at the VH-1 Fashion Awards in New York — the infamous show where Shirley's nipple became accidentally exposed. It has also been performed on The Late Show with David Letterman (US), Top Of The Pops, Later with Jools Holland and TFI Friday (UK). Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary music show hosted by Jools Holland. ... TFI Friday was a light entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Fridays at 6pm on Channel 4 from 1996 to 2000, with a repeat later that night. ...

A live version of the song appeared on the Version 2.0 Special Live Edition, recorded live at the band's performance at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark on June 26, 1998. It also appeared on the 'Live Edition' EP. Version 2. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

Another live version of "Stupid Girl" appeared on the KROQ: Almost Acoustic Christmas CD, released on Time Bomb Records in November 1999. KROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. ... The Best of KROQs Almost Acoustic Christmas is a compilation of tracks that were recorded live at the Acoustic Christmas by the Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ, released in 1999. ...

Trivia

This song is not to be confused with Pink's song Stupid Girls or the song Stupid Girl by the band Cold. Stupid Girls is a pop-rock song written by billymann, Pink, Niklas Olovson and Robin Mortensen Lynch, and produced by billyman and MachoPsycho for Pinks fourth album Im Not Dead (2006). ... Cold was an American five-piece post-grunge/alternative rock band, based in Jacksonville, Florida. ...

The cartoon characters The Smurfs made their own version of "Stupid Girl" entitled "Stupid Smurf" for their 1997 covers album. The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs in original) are a fictional group of small sky blue blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe. ...

"Stupid Girl" appears in the 2005 film In Her Shoes; it plays during the opening credits. In Her Shoes is a 2005 drama film, directed by Curtis Hanson. ...

"Stupid Girl" was covered by singer/actress Alexz Johnson and released on the Instant Star album, "Songs From Instant Star featuring Alexz Johnson". Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian actress and singer/songwriter best known for her performances in Final Destination 3, So Weird and Instant Star. ... Instant Star is a Canadian television program starring Alexz Johnson as adolescent music competition winner Jude Harrison. ...

Quotes

Butch Vig: "'Stupid Girl' was born when we started jamming over The Clash sample. Steve started playing the loopy baseline, and Duke came up with the little jangly guitar riff. The song really only has two chords – the song is basically about the groove, a really simple arrangement, and Shirley's amazing singing. People still ask us who the 'Stupid Girl' is, and that's impossible to answer. The song is sort of meant to be a wake up call. It could be about an ex-girlfriend; it could be about a rock diva that we all know, it could be about your sister. It could also be called 'Stupid Boy'. Butch Vig Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. ...

Shirley Manson: "It became an anthem for a girl settling for less than what she wants or deserves." Shirley Ann Manson[1][2] (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. ...

Comprehensive charts

The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ...