Hey Little Girl

This article is about the song by Icehouse. For the Del Shannon song, see Hey! Little Girl. For the Dee Clark song, see Hey Little Girl (Dee Clark song).

"Hey Little Girl"
1982 Chrysalis Records (7" vinyl release)
Single by Icehouse
from the album Primitive Man
B-side"Glam"
Released1 November 1982[1]
Genre
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)Iva Davies
Producer(s)
Icehouse singles chronology
"Great Southern Land"
(1982) 		"Hey Little Girl"
(1982) 		"Street Cafe"
(1982)
Alternative cover
1983 Chrysalis Records (US 7" vinyl release)

"Hey Little Girl" is a single released by Australian band Icehouse, the second single from the band's 1982 album, Primitive Man.[3] The album and single were co-produced by band member and the track's writer, Iva Davies, and Keith Forsey.[3][4] It was released in November 1982[1] on Regular Records in 7" vinyl single and 12" vinyl single formats. UK and Europe releases by Chrysalis Records were also on 7" and 12" formats, but with different track listings. The single was then released in the US in 1983 on the same formats. On "Hey Little Girl", Iva Davies uses the Linn drum machine—the first for an Australian recording.[5] It peaked at No. 7 on the Australian singles chart[6] and No. 2 in Switzerland,[7] No. 5 in Germany,[8] Top 20 in UK,[9] Sweden[10] and Netherlands,[11] and No. 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[12]

The US cover for the single has a still from the Russell Mulcahy music video for "Hey Little Girl".[5][13][14]

In 1997, a series of re-mixes of the song was released in Germany on the Edel Music label. Another remix version by Infusion was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.[15]

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  13. ^ Grech, Jason (23 July 2004). "An interview with Iva Davies". Countdown Memories. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  14. ^ "Icehouse – artist videography". MVDbase.com. 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  15. ^ Hayes, Kelvin. "Icehouse – Meltdown". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2008.