Music Appreciation
American singer Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl was released as the lead single from her debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. on March 22, 2005.
Written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo and produced by Williams' and Hugo's The Neptunes, the song is said to be a "attitude song" inspired by Courtney Love's Seventeen Magazine derogatory comment, "Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed."
The dance-pop and electropop song received positive reviews from music critics who praised its catchy hook and Stefani's assertive lyrics. It reached number one in Australia and the United States, where it became the first digital download to sell one million copies.
The music video, which was directed by Paul Hunter, features Stefani as a cheerleader in a California high school dancing with her backup dancers, Harajuku Girls. The video was well received and nominated for several awards, including Video of the Year at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.
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