A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)

"A Girl Like You"
Single by Edwyn Collins
from the album Gorgeous George
B-side"If You Could Love Me"
Released5 December 1994 (1994-12-05)
Genre
Length3:59
LabelSetanta
Songwriter(s)Edwyn Collins
Producer(s)Edwyn Collins
Edwyn Collins singles chronology
"If You Could Love Me"
(1995) 		"A Girl Like You"
(1994) 		"Make Me Feel Again"
(1995)
Music video
"A Girl Like You" on YouTube

"A Girl Like You" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins from his third solo studio album, Gorgeous George (1994). The song samples the drum track of Len Barry's single "1-2-3" (1965).[3] It was released as a single in December 1994 by Setanta Records and became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Flanders and Iceland and peaking within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. In North America, "A Girl Like You" reached number 16 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 28 on the US Cash Box Top 100. There were different versions of the music video made for the song, directed by John Flansburgh and Gavin Evans. NME ranked "A Girl Like You" number 38 in their "NME Writers' Top 50 Singles of 1995",[4] while Spin ranked it number eight in their list of the 20 best singles of 1995.[5]

The song was later sampled by Uniting Nations in their song "Everything About You[6]".

  1. ^ McGovern, Kyle (18 August 2014). "100 Best Alternative rock songs of 1994". Spin. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Eames, Tom (31 July 2024). "The 100 greatest songs of the 1990s, ranked". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ MacGregor, David (9 December 2013). "Baubles, Labels, and Sliding Doors: Kid Canaveral interview Edwyn Collins". The Skinny. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ "One Cup: NME Writers' Top 50 Singles". NME. 23 December 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Spin Magazine End Of Year Lists". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ Biggest Love (17 August 2024). Uniting Nations - Everything About You (unreleased?). Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via YouTube.