The Girls' Song

1970 single by The 5th Dimension
"The Girls' Song"
Single by The 5th Dimension
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"It'll Never Be the Same Again"
ReleasedMarch 1970
GenreSoul
Length3:13
LabelSoul City Records 781
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Webb
Producer(s)Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension singles chronology
"A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"
(1970) 		"The Girls' Song"
(1970) 		"Puppet Man"
(1970)

"The Girls' Song" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and performed by The 5th Dimension. The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Webb.[1] It was featured on their 1967 album, The Magic Garden, but was not released as a single until its release from their 1970 album, Greatest Hits.[2]

Chart performance

It reached #6 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #97 in Australia in 1970.[3]

Other versions

  • A version of the song by Jackie DeShannon was featured on the 2003 album, Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
  • A version of the song by The Spencer Davis Group was featured on the 2016 album, Taking Out Time Complete Recordings 1967-1969

References

  1. ^ The 5th Dimension, "The Girls' Song" single release Retrieved January 19, 2015
  2. ^ The 5th Dimension, Greatest Hits Retrieved January 19, 2015
  3. ^ The 5th Dimension, "The Girls' Song" Chart Positions Retrieved January 19, 2015
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  • Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
  • And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
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  • Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999)
  • Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
  • The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004)
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