| 词条 | Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song) |
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| name = Girlfriend | cover = | alt = | type = Song | artist = Wings | album = London Town | language = English | released = 31 March 1978 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 4:39 | label = {{flatlist|
| writer = Paul McCartney | producer = Paul McCartney }} "Girlfriend" is a song by English rock band Wings, from their 1978 album London Town. It was written by Wings frontman Paul McCartney, who originally intended it to be sung by Michael Jackson. Jackson covered the song the following year on his 1979 album Off the Wall, and in 1980 it was released (in the UK only) as the 5th and final single of that album. BackgroundMcCartney thought of "Girlfriend" as a song that Michael Jackson might like to record, and mentioned this to Jackson at a party in Hollywood. Jackson had stated in interviews with the music press in the 1970s that he was a fan of the Beatles and the chance to record a McCartney original helped to inspire his next project. However, McCartney ended up recording it himself with his band Wings, and it was issued in 1978 on the album London Town. Michael always said that he wrote the song for a platonic love "Paul and me... well... we wrote this song for my crush, she is a gorgeous singer, foreign and it is even better, you know?, because she has no idea of my feelings, and you don't know how i long to do what i say... I will never say her name, would be a crime"... Kingsport Times-News critic Michael Clark regarded the song as the better of the two Bee Gees' sendups on London Town, With a Little Luck being the other.[1] He also regarded it as one of the two best songs on the album, along with "I've Had Enough," praising the "light, bouncy melody" and the falsetto singing added to the "sweet backing harmonies" whenever the word "girlfriend" is sung.[1] On the other hand, Hartford Courant critic Henry McNulty regarded it as one of the Wings' weakest songs since Wild Life, criticizing its harmonies and lyrics, and finding only the "mildly exciting guitar line" to be worthy of even faint praise.[2]Quincy Jones heard the song and suggested it as a possible track for Jackson to record for his 1979 album Off the Wall, not aware that the song had been written for Jackson in the first place.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} Jackson's recording omitted the middle eight heard in McCartney's version. It was issued exclusively in the UK in 1980, as the fifth and final single from the Off the Wall album. This proved to be another hit single for Jackson and one of his first recordings of a Paul McCartney song. McCartney and Jackson subsequently worked together on "The Girl Is Mine" from Jackson's Thriller, as well as "Say Say Say" and "The Man", from McCartney's Pipes of Peace. In 1985, Jackson acquired the ATV Music Publishing catalog (which held the rights to nearly every Beatles song) uncontested by McCartney.[3][4][5] According to McCartney, they "drifted apart" after he talked to Jackson about getting a "raise" and Jackson did not act on it.[6] Michael Jackson version{{Infobox song| name = Girlfriend | cover = GirlfriendMichaelJacksonsingle.jpg | alt = | caption = A-side label of UK vinyl single | type = single | artist = Michael Jackson | album = Off the Wall | B-side = "Bless His Soul" (with The Jacksons) | released = July 16, 1980 | format = 7" | recorded = June 1979 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 3:05 | label = Epic | writer = Paul McCartney | producer = Quincy Jones | prev_title = She's out of My Life | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Night Time Lover | next_year = 1980 }}
References1. ^1 {{cite news|via=newspapers.com|title=Let the Buyer Beware|author=Clark, Michael|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26433361/kingsport_timesnews_8apr78_p12/|newspaper=Kingsport Times-News|date=8 April 1978|page=12|accessdate=2018-12-22}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Schizoid 'London Town'|author=McNulty, Henry|page=6G|newspaper=Hartford Courant|via=newspapers.com|date=23 April 1978|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26433715/hartford_courant_23apr78_p6g/|accessdate=2018-12-22}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=The long and winding road |author=Hilburn, Robert |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-hilburn-michael-jackson-sep22,0,540678,full.story |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=22 Sep 1985 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117102036/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-hilburn-michael-jackson-sep22,0,540678,full.story |archivedate=2012-11-17 |df= }} 4. ^{{Cite web|author=Doyle, Jack|url=http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=2517|title=Michael & McCartney, 1990s-2009|date=7 July 2009|work=The Pop History Dig}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://mjjinfo.blogspot.com/2010/11/paul-mccartney-refused-to-buy-atv.html |title=Paul McCartney refused an offer to buy the ATV Catalog for £20 million |date = 13 November 2010 |work=Audio clip & transcript of Paul McCartney discussing the ATV offer at a press conference}} 6. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kYDdBWESQw |title=Paul Mccartney on David Letterman - Part 2 of 3 | date=17 July 2009 | accessdate=19 November 2010 |format=Youtube video |work=McCartney starts talking about his friendship with Jackson at 2:01, at 3:25 he talks about Jackson acquiring the Beatles songs}} External links
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