Hey Little Girl: Difference between revisions

| released = 26 October 1982 (Aus)<br/>15 November 1982 (UK)<br/>1989

"'''Hey Little Girl'''" is a [[Single (music)|single]] released by [[Australia]]n band [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]], the second single from the band's 1982 album, ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]''.<ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web|first1= Magnus |last1= Holmgren |first2= Stefan |last2= Warnqvist |url= http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html |title= The Flowers / Icehouse |work= [[Australian Rock Database]] |url= http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130929120725/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html |archivedatearchive-date= 29 September 2013}}</ref> The album and single were co-produced by band member and the track's writer, [[Iva Davies]], and [[Keith Forsey]].<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="APRA"/> It was released in October 1982, on [[Regular Records]] in [[7" vinyl|7" vinyl single]] and [[12-inch single|12" vinyl single]] formats. UK and Europe releases by [[Chrysalis Records]] were also on 7" and 12" formats, but with different track listings. The single was then released in the US in 1983 on the same formats. On "Hey Little Girl", [[Iva Davies]] uses the [[Linn LM-1|Linn drum machine]] — the first for an Australian recording.<ref name="WM">{{cite web|title= Artist: Icehouse |url= http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,49247 |title= Artist: Icehouse |publisher= [[Warner Music Australasia]] |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060917135919/http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,49247 |archivedate= 17 September 2006}}</ref> It peaked at No. 7 on the Australian singles chart<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, N.S.W.]] |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref> and No. 2 in Switzerland,<ref name="SWI"/> No. 5 in Germany,<ref name="GER"/> Top 20 in UK,<ref name="UK"/> Sweden<ref name="SWE"/> and Netherlands,<ref name="NL"/> and No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name="awards"/>

The US cover for the single has a still from the [[Russell Mulcahy]] music video for "Hey Little Girl".<ref name="WM"/><ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Grech |title= An interview with Iva Davies |urlwork= http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/iva_davies.htmlCountdown Memories |date= 23 July 2004 |publisher= Countdown Memories |accessdate= 16 June 2008 |url= http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/iva_davies.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Icehouse – artist videography |publisherwebsite= MVDbase.com |year= 2008 |accessdate= 19 June 2008 |url= http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Icehouse&first= |year= 2008 |accessdate= 19 June 2008}}</ref>

In 1997, a series of re-mixes of the song was released in Germany on the Edel Music label. Another remix version by [[Infusion (band)|Infusion]] was released on the Icehouse album ''[[Meltdown (Icehouse album)|Meltdown]]'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|first= Kelvin |last= Hayes |title= Icehouse – Meltdown |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |accessdate= 16 July 2008 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/meltdown-mw0000457287 |publisher= [[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]] |accessdate= 16 July 2008}}</ref>

|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Le Détail par Artiste |publisherwebsite= InfoDisc |id= Select "Icehouse" from the artist drop-down menu |accessdate= 20 May 2016 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_I.php |language= fr}}</ref>

|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="awards">{{cite web|title= Icehouse – Awards |publisher= [[AllMusic]]. [[All|accessdate= Media17 Network]]June 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/icehouse-mn0000768737/awards |accessdate= 17 June 2013}}</ref>

All tracks written by Iva Davies.<ref name="APRA">{{cite web|title= 'Hey Little Girl' |publisher= [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] |title= 'Hey Little Girl' at APRA search engine |url= https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch%23 |accessdate= 24 March 2014 |archivedate= 23 March 2014 |archiveurl= https://archive.is/20140323214315/https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch%23 |archivedate= 23 March 2014}}</ref>

*[[Guy Pratt]] – [[Bassbass Guitarguitar &and BV]]backing vocals

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