Rich Girl

2004 song by Gwen Stefani

"Rich Girl" is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). Produced by Dr. Dre, the track features American rapper Eve. It is the second time that both Stefani and Eve had done a song together, "Rich Girl" also samples both "Rich Girl" reggae girl group Louchie Lou & Michie One and "If I Were a Rich Man" a song from Fiddler on the Roof.[1]

"Rich Girl"
Song by Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
from the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
B-side"What You Waiting For? (Live)"
ReleasedAugust 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)
Recorded2003
Genre
Length3:56
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Gwen Stefani singles chronology
"What You Waiting For?"
(2004)
"Rich Girl"
(2004)
"Hollaback Girl"
(2005)
Eve singles chronology
"Not Today"
(2004)
"Rich Girl"
(2004)
"Like This"
(2007)

Track listings change


Music video change

The pirate-themed music video for "Rich Girl" was directed by David LaChapelle, filmed in July 2004. and uses the Get Rich mix of the song, which repeats the middle-8 chant section during the intro. The video, inspired by a late-1990s Vivienne Westwood advertising campaign, opens with four Japanese schoolgirls playing with a toy pirate ship and two Bratz dolls of Stefani and Eve, while the girls discuss what they would do if they were a "rich girl". The video features several sequences. Stefani is first shown below the deck of a pirate ship, dancing on a table and singing to the song. She is surrounded by pirates and wenches and is soon joined by Eve, wearing an eyepatch. In the surreal style of LaChapelle, the pirate crew has distorted features, and a leaked casting call commented, "I need the freaks on this one." Above deck Stefani, the Harajuku Girls, Eve, and more pirates dance on the deck and rigging. Stefani is also seen dancing with the Harajuku Girls in a treasure trove, often carrying a sword, and swinging from an anchor. When the girls dunk the toy ship in a fish tank, the galleon engages in cannon fire, causing Stefani and the pirates to fall all over the ship, and Stefani and the Harajuku Girls are soon shipwrecked. they wear inappropriate clothe sofhr the hisotry of hte song music video this was alsmot recreated on The Ellen Degeneres Show



Credits and personnel change

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love. Angel. Music. Baby.[5]

References change

  1. Vineyard, Jennifer (2004). "Gwen Stefani: Scared Solo". MTV. p. 3. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. "Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve (2) – Rich Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve (2) – Rich Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. "Gwen Stefani – Rich Girl". Discogs. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (CD liner notes). Gwen Stefani. Interscope Records. 2004. B0003469-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)