Girl's Not Grey

"Girl's Not Grey"
Single by AFI
from the album Sing the Sorrow
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2003[1]
Recorded2002
Genre
Length3:10
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)AFI
AFI singles chronology
"The Days of the Phoenix"
(2000)
"Girl's Not Grey"
(2003)
"The Leaving Song Pt. II"
(2003)

"Girl's Not Grey" is a song by American rock band AFI. It was released as the debut single from their sixth studio album, Sing the Sorrow (2003), debuting on radio on February 4, 2003.[7] It is the band's third most successful single, peaking at No. 7 on the Alternative Songs Chart and No. 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart. David Slade directed a music video, featuring elements which have been described as similar to those in Alice in Wonderland.

It is a playable track in the video games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero Live, and a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero 5 and the iPod Touch application Tap Tap Revenge.

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