Released August 16, 2005 Genre Pop rock Label Lava | Format CD single Length 3:51 Writer(s) Adam Schlesinger | |
"Just the Girl" is a song by American power pop band The Click Five. It was written by Adam Schlesinger and was their first single. It was taken from their album Greetings from Imrie House, released on August 16, 2005.
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The single is the band's highest-charting mainstream single to date, reaching number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Chart performance
"Just the Girl" debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 30, 2005. Two weeks later, it moved sixteen spots from number 68 to number 52 the week of August 13, 2005. It reached the top 40 on the week of August 20, 2005, moving thirty-one spots to number 21. It peaked at number 11 the week of September 3, 2005 and stayed there for two weeks, remaining on the chart for twenty weeks.
Music video
Directed by Paul Hunter and Vem Miller (aka Vem of Vem & Troy), the video features the band arriving on the roof of a high school via helicopter, with the students passing a note saying that the band is performing on said roof and leaving their classrooms to watch them perform. Then-couple Christopher Knight and Adrianne Curry appear in the video.