"U16 Girls" is the second single released from Indie band Travis'

Travis (band)

Travis are a post-Britpop band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Fran Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose...

 debut album, Good Feeling

Good Feeling

Good Feeling is the debut album from Scottish alternative rock band Travis. The album was originally released on September 26, 1997, on Independiente Records. In April 1998, the album was re-released, with the only differences being new album artwork and a slightly-tweaked version of "More Than Us"...

. The single was released on April 1, 1997 in the United Kingdom.

Background

In an interview with NME, Fran Healy described the song as, "A tongue-in-cheek warning about the dangers of getting into a relationship with a girl who, despite looking much older, is actually under the legal age of consent

Age of consent

While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal statutes, when used in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. The European Union calls it the legal age for sexual...

. As the age of consent in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 is 16, Healy named the song "U16 Girls". The single's artwork depicts a surfboard which was designed by The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 guitarist John Squire

John Squire

John Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...

. The surfboard is decorated with lyrics from Beach Boys songs. The single charted at number forty on the 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 ...

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Track listing

UK CD Single

1. "U16 Girls" (Featuring The Joyous Lake Singers) - 4:00
2. "Hazy Shades Of Gold" - 3:18
3. "Good Time Girls" - 4:09
4. "Good Feeling" (4-Track) - 3:55

7" Vinyl / Cassette Single

1. "U16 Girls" (Featuring The Joyous Lake Singers) - 4:00
2. "Hazy Shades Of Gold" - 3:18
3. "Good Time Girls" - 4:09