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This Girl (Cookin' on 3 Burners song)

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Released
  
19 February 2016

Recorded
  
2015

Length
  
3:15

Format
  
Digital download

Genre
  
EDM tropical house

Label
  
House of Barclay Casablanca Republic

"This Girl" is a song performed by French DJ and record producer Kungs (Valentin Brunel) with Australian funk trio Cookin' on 3 Burners. It is a remix of Cookin' on 3 Burners' original song, with vocals by Kylie Auldist. It was released on 19 February 2016 as a digital download by House of Barclay, while the original song was released in 2009 as a second single from the group's second album, Soul Messin (2009). It was successful across Europe, reaching number one in France and Germany. The song was performed by Kungs with the vocalist Mel Sugar on the French television show Le Petit Journal on 24 March. An EP featuring an extended mix of the track, two remixes and a solo track by Kungs titled "Milos" was released on iTunes on 26 March. Billboard ranked "This Girl" at number 48 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.

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Composition

The song is a remix of the original funk song; all parts of the original were used in a different manner in the song. It includes a new deep house beat drop, which is played on a trumpet, an instrument used throughout the song.

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song was filmed in the Greek island of Kykladhes, Milos. It was released on Kungs's Vevo channel on YouTube on 24 March 2016. It was directed by Matt Larson for La Main Productions. The models in the video are Louis Rault and Irina Martynenko. The video starts with the girl and boy meeting on a cruise ship. They later become a couple and starting dancing in the bedroom. The ship reaches the shore, and the boy and girl explore the land, coming across lakes and hills. They later discover a cave, and begin dancing in the cave over a bonfire. As of March 2017, the video reached over 220 million views on YouTube.

Track listing

All tracks except "Milos" credited to Kungs and Cookin' on 3 Burners.

References

This Girl (Cookin' on 3 Burners song) Wikipedia