Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
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"Keep Your Hands off My Girl" is a song by the pop punk
band Good Charlotte
. It was released in late 2006 on their official website and MySpace
page and is the fifth track on their fourth album, Good Morning Revival
.
The song is the first single off Good Morning Revival in the United Kingdom
, Australia
and Latin America
. It was not released in North America
as a single.
7" picture disc
editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett, who also directed the band's rockumentary
, Fast Future Generation
. This video, which consists of the band playing in a white room (wearing the very clothes that they wore for the album cover), was stated as being something they made for the fans. However, it received some airplay on UK music television channels after the decision was made to release "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" as the first single from Good Morning Revival in some territories outside North America.
A second video was made for television. It featured the band playing the song in an underground club, where most of the patrons are women. Originally, this video was played on a few UK channels, but by the start of March, it had replaced the earlier video on most channels. It was also used for the band's content on the Xbox Live Marketplace
for their Artist of the Month. Cinematographed by Samuel Bayer
(the director of Good Charlotte's "Hold On" video) and directed by Bayer's long-time assistant Brian Lazzaro, the video was featured on an episode of MTV
's "Making the Video
.
The video for "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" made its debut in the UK on the rock music channel Scuzz
on January 17, 2007. On MTV Latin America
's Los 10+ Pedidos
the video premiered on February 5, 2007. It reached the top spot on MTV Two's rock chart.
"Keep Your Hands off My Girl" entered the UK charts on downloads alone at number thirty-eight on March 4, 2007. It was officially released as a physical CD single on March 12, 2007 and reached number twenty-three on March 18, 2007.
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
. It was released in late 2006 on their official website and MySpace
MySpace
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page and is the fifth track on their fourth album, Good Morning Revival
Good Morning Revival
Good Morning Revival is the fourth studio album by Good Charlotte and the follow-up to the 2004 release The Chronicles of Life and Death. It is the first album to feature Dean Butterworth on drums, who joined the band in March 2007 after former drummer Chris Wilson departed in 2005. Billy Martin...
.
The song is the first single off Good Morning Revival in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It was not released in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
as a single.
Track listing
CD single- "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" (album version) – 3:25
- "Face the Strange" - 2:59
- "I Just Wanna LiveI Just Wanna Live"I Just Wanna Live" is the second single from Good Charlotte's third studio album, The Chronicles of Life and Death. It was one of the songs that Sony paid radio stations to play in the 2005 payola scandal.-Track listing:# "I Just Wanna Live"–2:47...
" (acoustic version) – 2:46 - "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" (Broken Spindles remix) – 4:35
- "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" (Street version) (video) – 3:35
7" picture disc
- Side A
- "Keep Your Hands off My Girl"
- Side B
- "Face the Strange"
Music videos
A video for the song was posted on the band's MySpace page on October 26, 2006. It was directed by NylonNylon (magazine)
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editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett, who also directed the band's rockumentary
Rockumentary
The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap....
, Fast Future Generation
Fast Future Generation
Fast Future Generation is a rockumentary DVD featuring Good Charlotte on tour in Japan. It was made and produced by Marvin Scott Jarrett in the fall of 2005. The DVD was released on December 26, 2006...
. This video, which consists of the band playing in a white room (wearing the very clothes that they wore for the album cover), was stated as being something they made for the fans. However, it received some airplay on UK music television channels after the decision was made to release "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" as the first single from Good Morning Revival in some territories outside North America.
A second video was made for television. It featured the band playing the song in an underground club, where most of the patrons are women. Originally, this video was played on a few UK channels, but by the start of March, it had replaced the earlier video on most channels. It was also used for the band's content on the Xbox Live Marketplace
Xbox Live Marketplace
The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content...
for their Artist of the Month. Cinematographed by Samuel Bayer
Samuel Bayer
Samuel David Bayer is an American commercial, music video and film director, and cinematographer.-Early life:Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York...
(the director of Good Charlotte's "Hold On" video) and directed by Bayer's long-time assistant Brian Lazzaro, the video was featured on an episode of MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's "Making the Video
Making the Video
Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the...
.
The video for "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" made its debut in the UK on the rock music channel Scuzz
Scuzz
Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...
on January 17, 2007. On MTV Latin America
MTV Latin America
MTV Latin America is a cable television specialty service aimed at residents in Hispanic American countries. It was launched on October 1, 1993 as MTV en Español. The channel is a Hispanic American version from MTV...
's Los 10+ Pedidos
Los 10+ Pedidos
Los 10+ Pedidos is a television show broadcast on MTV in Latin America. It has the same concept as the U.S. MTV show Total Request Live in that it airs the ten most requested videos , and between the voted videos it shows other videos...
the video premiered on February 5, 2007. It reached the top spot on MTV Two's rock chart.
Certifications
| Country | Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
35,000 | Gold |
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
5 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 29 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 32 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 37 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Germany Singles Chart | 32 |
| Greek Singles Chart | 43 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 32 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 12 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 20 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 49 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 27 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
23 |
"Keep Your Hands off My Girl" entered the UK charts on downloads alone at number thirty-eight on March 4, 2007. It was officially released as a physical CD single on March 12, 2007 and reached number twenty-three on March 18, 2007.