"No You Girls" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the second single from their third album, , on 6 April 2009. The song received worldwide attention after being chosen for use in an iPod advertisement. It charting several countries, including the UK, where it peaked at number 22, and the U.S., where it peaked at number 106.
History
The track was debuted live on 5August 2007 under the title "Katherine Kiss Me" but was subsequently changed little over a year later to "No You Girls Never Know" and then shortened, while a new, acoustic song called "Katherine Kiss Me" was recorded for the album . The song is inspired by Alex Kapranos' first time he ever kissed a girl and "how awkward it was and how we misunderstood each other". "No You Girls" is how the story would be exaggerated or told as an anecdote and "Katherine Kiss Me" is about how it would be remembered more affectionately.
Release
"No You Girls" reached #22 in the UK Singles Charttwo weeks before its official release, dropped to #24 the next week and then returned to #22 upon its official release. Although it therefore didn't fulfill its expectations before its physical release, it became the band's second longest lasting single in the UK Top 100, remaining there for ten weeks. It remains their last song to reach the UK Top 40. Recently the song's intro was used in an episode of the TV show, Fringe, titled "Unleashed" and a part of the chorus was used during a party scene in the 2009 movieSorority Row. The single release featured remixes from Vince Clarke, Noze and John Disco. The single was produced by Dan Carey and the band as part of the album sessions which took place at the band’s own HQ in Govan, Glasgow and Carey’s South London studio. The vinyl release of "No You Girls" features a slightly retouched version of the original "Lucid Dreams" called the "Mike Frazer Mix". The song was used to promote the 9th season of the teen drama . A slightly different edit of the song was sent to radio, mixed by Cenzo Townshend.
The music video was released on Friday 13 March, the same night the band performed it for Comic Relief. The music video itself, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, features various girls with large dresses dancing around the band while they perform the track, as well as machines spitting out papers with the word "NO" written on them.
