Jill Sobule (album)
Jill Sobule is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released on April 7, 1995. The disc contained the singles "Good Person Inside", "Supermodel" and "I Kissed a Girl". The album sold 100,000 copies in the US, making it her most commercially successful record.
Track listing
The first release of the album does not contain "Supermodel". After "Supermodel" appeared on the Clueless film soundtrack and was released as a single, the album was reissued with the song.Katy Perry song
The singer Katy Perry used the title "I Kissed a Girl" for her own song, "I Kissed a Girl", which appeared on her 2008 album One of the Boys. The song received a mixed reception, and was unfavourably compared to Sobule's original by some commentators: Hiponline.com wrote that the song is "not nearly as interesting or exciting as you’d expect. It’s not even half as good as Jill Sobule’s song 'I Kissed a Girl'". Glitterati Gossip wrote that Sobule's song "was ten times better, because there was actual emotional content to her lyrics". Sobule shared her feelings about Perry's song and use of the title in a July 2009 interview with The Rumpus:Sobule later said that the interview in The Rumpus was tongue in cheek. In an article for The Huffington Post, she wrote,
Personnel
- Jill Sobule – guitar, sound effects, vocals, background vocals, tambo drums
- Sam Bacco – percussion, tympani
- Richard Barone – vocals, background vocals
- Pat Bergeson – harmonica
- J.D. Blair – snare drums
- Chris Carmichael – violin, cello
- Sue Davis – background vocals
- Robin Eaton – bass guitar, guitar, vocals, background vocals
- Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
- Mac Gayden – banjo
- Byron House – bass guitar
- Brad Jones – organ, synthesizer, bass guitar, flute, guitar, mandolin, piano, keyboards
- Wayne Kramer – bass guitar
- Craig Krampf – drums
- Viktor Krauss – bass guitar
- Kenny Malone – percussion, drums
- Jerry Dale McFadden – accordion, sound effects
- Eric Moon – keyboards
- Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
- Ross Rice – drums, electric piano
- Kirby Shelstad – drums, talking drum
- Jim Wizniewski – flute
Production
- Production: Brad Jones & Robin Eaton
- Engineering: Brad Jones
- Mixing: Roger Moutenot
- Mastering: Greg Calbi
Charts
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1995 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Modern Rock Tracks | 20 |
| 1995 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Billboard Hot 100 | 67 |
| 1995 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 36 |
| 1996 | "Supermodel" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 53 |