Young Girls
"Young Girls" | ||||
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Single by Bruno Mars | ||||
from the album Unorthodox Jukebox | ||||
Released | November 26, 2013 | |||
Studio | Levcon (Los Angeles, California) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Bruno Mars singles chronology | ||||
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"Young Girls" is a song by American singer-songwriter
"Young Girls" received generally mixed to positive reviews. Many
Background and writing
During a MTV interview, Bruno Mars explained why the track was the first on the track list of the album "It really shows you what this album is going to be, and just where I was when I started" it. He felt that anyone can easily relate to the record "There's a moment in your life where you start going out every night, and it's so fun, but then you start to lose yourself". The singer compared the song's sentiment to "Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places", adding "It's another confession".[1] In a different interview Mars furthered the concept of the track as it's about you "losing yourself", which happened to him in L.A. during his early years. He added, "If you're out there wilding out, drinking and partying, that's not real life."[2]
Mars stated that he felt like "an old blues man" when writing the song, and wanted to re-create the sentiment when some young girls were giving him the "runaround".[3] Furthermore, he wasn't willing to stay too far from his roots when it comes to writing lyrics for his album, explaining "I'm not there yet...to sing about politics". He concluded that writing and singing songs about girls is what he knows best, "I'm not going to preach what I don't know. As much as I love 2 Chainz's "All I Want for My Birthday" (2012).[1]
A demo of the song, only featuring the vocals and an acoustic guitar, was exclusively released as bonus track on the Target edition of the album, on December 11, 2012.[4] Almost a year later, on November 5, 2013, the demo of the song was also included on the deluxe edition of the album, released in various countries.[5] The song was re-registered with a new writing credit for Mac Davis.[6] Davis explained he met Jeff Bhasker, who was in the studio with Mars, through Neil Jacobson. Bhasker asked him to come to the studio and at that time they were looking at a rhyme for the chorus. Davis ended up writing the hook.[7] He won a BMI Pop Award in 2015 due to his work on this song.[8]
Production and release
"Young Girls" was written by Mars,
"Young Girls" was first performed on
Composition and lyrics
"Young Girls" is a "woeful"
The song opens with "methodical
The lyrics to "Young Girls" follow the
Reception
"Young Girls" debuted to mixed and positive reviews among
On mixed review, Andy Gill of
Commercial performance
"Young Girls" was able to chart in the United States on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, which acts as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100, at number 102 and entered at number 64 on the Canadian Hot 100 on November 24, 2012, two weeks after the song was released as a promotional single.[10][29][30] Following the release of Unorthodox Jukebox, on December 12, 2012, the track re-entered at number 63 on the latter chart,[31] it debuted in France at number 123,[32] in the United Kingdom at number 141 and[33] the song debuted at the top spot on the South Korea International Singles chart.[34] In Australia, when the record was scheduled to be the second single from the album, it debuted at number 62 and it made its first appearance at number 27 in the New Zealand charts, peaking at number 23 around the same time.[35][36]
On November 26, 2013, it was released as an official single in Australia. On the following week, it was the most added track to radio stations.
Music video
On December 12, 2012, it was reported for the first time that "Young Girls" would be the second single,[11] a music video was already in production as of December 6, 2012 and was set to be directed by Cameron Duddy.[46] Mars admitted to be spending a lot of his time thinking about the processing of the video, saying "It's going to be something I’ve never done before, I promise you that".[11] A day before the performance on Victoria's Secret show an official audio video of the song was uploaded to YouTube.[47] The official music video was never released.
Live performances and covers
"Young Girls" made its debut during a performance on Saturday Night Live in October 2012.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Unorthodox Jukebox and ASCAP.[6][9]
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Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Release history
Promotional release
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | November 6, 2012 | Digital download (iTunes countdown single) |
Unknown | [10] |
Single release
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Australia | November 26, 2013 | Unknown | Unknown | [13] |
United States | December 10, 2013 | Contemporary hit radio | Atlantic | [14] |
United Kingdom | February 17, 2014 | [15] | ||
Italy | February 26, 2014 | Radio airplay | Unknown | [16] |
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External links
- Young Girls (Audio) on YouTube