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1994 single by Edwyn Collins

"A Girl Like Y'all"
A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins single - cover art).jpg
Single by Edwyn Collins
from the album Gorgeous George
B-side "If You Could Love Me"
Released 5 December 1994 (1994-12-05)
Genre Culling rock[1]
Length 3:59
Label Setanta
Songwriter(south) Edwyn Collins
Producer(southward) Edwyn Collins
Edwyn Collins singles chronology
"If You Could Honey Me"
(1995) 		"A Girl Similar You"
(1994) 		"Make Me Feel Once more"
(1995)
Music video
"A Daughter Like You" on YouTube

"A Daughter Similar Y'all" is a vocal past Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins from his third solo studio anthology, Gorgeous George (1994). The vocal samples the drum track of Len Barry's single "ane-ii-3" (1965).[ii] It was released as a single in Dec 1994 and became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Flanders and Iceland and peaking within the top 10 in several countries, including Commonwealth of australia, French republic, Deutschland and the U.k.. In North America, "A Girl Like You" reached number 16 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart and number 32 on the Usa Billboard Hot 100.

Product [edit]

The Sexual practice Pistols drummer Paul Cook performed on the recording.[three] The song had started out as "a more thrashy kind of guitar thing" and at that place had been a suggestion that Iggy Popular might tape a version for the U.s.a. market just before that could happen Collins' version was gaining airplay.[4]

Critical reception [edit]

Music writer James Masterton described the song equally "magical" in his weekly U.k. chart commentary, adding that here "hardcore Northern Soul meets the 1990s to delicious effect."[v] A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of 5, writing, "Ignored by the Uk last Nov but scoring throughout the rest of Europe, the white-soul-swinging track gets a timely re-release."[6]

Track listings [edit]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Appearances [edit]

The song appeared on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Empire Records.[49] It was as well featured in season one, episode v of Lucifer ("Sweet Kicks").[50]

See as well [edit]

  • Ultratop 50 number-ane hits of 1995

References [edit]

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  3. ^ Fulton, Rick (11 March 2020). "Sex Pistols' drummer Paul Cook rules out reunion of iconic punk band". Daily Tape . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  5. ^ Masterton, James (eleven June 1995). "Calendar week Ending June 17th 1995". Chart Picket U.k. . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Reviews > Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 May 1995. p. 38. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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  9. ^ "Edwyn Collins – A Daughter Like Y'all" (in Dutch). Ultratop l. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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  12. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Result 2799." RPM. Library and Athenaeum Canada. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Summit National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 37. xvi September 1995. p. 18. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 37. 16 September 1995. p. 16. Retrieved 12 Apr 2020.
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  18. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (30.7. '95 – 5.8. '95)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 July 1995. p. xx. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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  28. ^ a b "Gorgeous George – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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  30. ^ "Cash BOX Top 100 Pop Singles – Week catastrophe NOVEMBER 11, 1995". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012.
  31. ^ "Official Singles Nautical chart Height 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  32. ^ a b "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via Imgur.
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  36. ^ "1995 in Review – Year End Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1995" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 51/52. 23 Dec 1995. p. 14. Retrieved 2 Feb 2020.
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  39. ^ "Árslistinn 1995". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1996. p. 25. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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  43. ^ "French single certifications – Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You" (in French). InfoDisc. Select EDWYN COLLINS and click OK.
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  45. ^ "British single certifications – Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You". British Phonographic Manufacture. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  46. ^ "New Releases – Production Available from: 05/12/94". ARIA. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via Imgur.
  47. ^ "New Releases – Product Bachelor from: 12/12/94". ARIA. Retrieved 18 August 2016 – via Imgur.
  48. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. three June 1995. p. 35.
  49. ^ Borzillo, Carrie (5 Baronial 1995). "A&Grand soundtrack plants hopes with the Gin Blossoms". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 31. p. 103. ISSN 0006-2510.
  50. ^ "Heed to Edwyn Collins 'A Daughter Like You' from 'Match'". Leo Sigh . Retrieved five Oct 2018.

External links [edit]

  • Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (sound) on YouTube

toccopoette1941.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Like_You_%28Edwyn_Collins_song%29

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