Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)
Encyclopedia
"Naughty Girls" is a song by Samantha Fox
that appeared on her second album
and was released as a single in 1987 and 1988.
. It describes how a "naughty girl" has unexpectedly fallen in love. The Baltimore Sun described it as "not so much a song as a T-shirt with a rhythm section."
In the US, "Naughty Girls" peaked at #3 on April 2, 1988
. It was ranked as the 50th most popular song of that year. It was also a top ten hit in New Zealand
and Canada
. The Full Force Naughty House Mix contains a sample of Boney M's late 70's song Ma Baker.
features Fox with pink hair and a leather jacket in front of a graffiti
-covered building. She is surrounded by street toughs who join Fox in a dance routine. The members of Full Force are shown providing backing vocals.
CA Vinyl 7" (1089-7-J) Jive
UK Vinyl 12" (FOXY T 9) Jive
film, Clerks II
.
Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modeling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl...
that appeared on her second album
Samantha Fox (album)
Samantha Fox is the second full-length album from British model-turned-singer Samantha Fox. It was released by Jive in September 1987 and charted in the United Kingdom at number twenty-two, United States at fifty-one , Canada at forty , Australia at eighty-six and Germany at sixteen.After her first...
and was released as a single in 1987 and 1988.
Song information
The song was a collaboration between Fox and hip-hop group Full ForceFull Force
Full Force is a group of R&B performers and producers from Brooklyn, New York, USA, calling itself the original hip hop vocal band.-Members:*B-Fine - drums and drum programming*Shy Shy - bass guitar...
. It describes how a "naughty girl" has unexpectedly fallen in love. The Baltimore Sun described it as "not so much a song as a T-shirt with a rhythm section."
In the US, "Naughty Girls" peaked at #3 on April 2, 1988
1988 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....
. It was ranked as the 50th most popular song of that year. It was also a top ten hit in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The Full Force Naughty House Mix contains a sample of Boney M's late 70's song Ma Baker.
Music video
The single's music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
features Fox with pink hair and a leather jacket in front of a graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
-covered building. She is surrounded by street toughs who join Fox in a dance routine. The members of Full Force are shown providing backing vocals.
Track listing
US Maxi Single (1102-2-JDJ) Jive- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Single Edit)" 4:20
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (U.K. Mix)" 4:10
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Full Force Naughty House Mix)" 6:34
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Special Extended Version)" 5:52
CA Vinyl 7" (1089-7-J) Jive
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Full Force Mix)" 4:20
- "Dream City" 4:55
UK Vinyl 12" (FOXY T 9) Jive
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Special Extended Version)" 5:52
- "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (Jon's Savage Edit)" 3:13
- "Dream City" 4:52
Cultural references
The song is featured in the infamous "Interspecies Erotica" scene from the 2006 Kevin SmithKevin Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
film, Clerks II
Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth and latest feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse...
.
Charts
| Chart (1988) | 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... |
66 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
8 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
21 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
64 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 8 |
| 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 ... |
31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Hot 100 Singles Sales The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 5 |