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Revision as of 20:21, 16 April 2019
| "Little Girls" | |
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| Song by Oingo Boingo | |
| from the album Only a Lad | |
| Released | June 19, 1981 |
| Genre | New wave |
| Length | 3:44[1] |
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| Songwriter(s) | Danny Elfman |
| Producer(s) | Pete Solley and Oingo Boingo |
"Little Girls" is a song by American new wave group Oingo Boingo and the opening track of their debut album Only a Lad.[1]
Background
The song was written by Danny Elfman as a satire and has a strong punk influence, plus horn arrangements. When asked about the song's darkly humorous lyrics in 2010, Elfman replied that:
What made me write it? At that point I was just grabbing onto things that popped up in my head and taking characters and singing from their point of view. ... it didn't necessarily reflect me ... but it was just fun and I knew it was irreverent. I was out to offend everybody.[2]
Elfman would reiterate this view in 2014, claiming that the song was an "in-your-face facetious jab."[3][2] Elfman has occasionally offered other explanations; in a 1985 concert he jokingly suggested that the song was about how his girlfriend was so "very, very little" that "she fits in the palm of [his] hand."[4]
"Little Girls" was described by Creative Loafing Tampa as one of the standout tracks of Only a Lad.[5]
The music video depicts Elfman in an empty house dancing with girls and midgets, followed by on-lookers staring vacantly as he walks down a street with an apparent underage girl. The video was called by The Independent as "the creepiest music video of all time"[2] and was originally banned in Canada.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad". Discogs. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ a b c Hooton, Christopher (November 1, 2016). "What was the deal with Oingo Boingo's 'Little Girls', still the creepiest music video of all time?". The Independent. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ O'Neal, Sean. "Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman". AV Club. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Despina838 (22 July 2009). "Boingo at The Palace-Little Girls" – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Echazabal, Gabe. "Today in rock history; Oingo Boingo and its "Little Girls," Ann Wilson is born, plus Carole King and the Four Tops storm the charts". Creative Loafing Tampa. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Demos, John (June 29, 1990). "Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez talks about Oingo Boingo". The Signal. No. Escape. p. 14. Retrieved April 9, 2019.