Released October 6, 2009 Genre Hip hop, go-go Label Allido Records | Recorded 2009 Length 4:13 | |
Writer(s) Wale Folarin, Radric Davis, Weensey | ||
"Pretty Girls" is the third official single from Wale's debut album, Attention Deficit and is produced by Best Kept Secret. It features Gucci Mane and Weensey from the legendary go-go band Backyard Band. It was released to iTunes and Rhapsody on October 6, 2009. The song samples Backyard Band's go-go rendition of The Moments and The Whatnauts track “Girls” and contains a line UCB's song “Splash Girl”. The official remix featuring Chris Brown and Fabolous was released on 13 April 2010. A 2nd remix features Weensey, Raheem DeVaughn, and Phil Ade.
The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was directed by Chris Robinson. Gucci Mane does not appear in the video due to him serving one-year prison sentence at the time. There are appearances in the video by Washington Redskin's running back Clinton Portis, Baltimore Raven's running back Ray Rice, Curren$y, DJ Khaled and actor Tristan Wilds.