"Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne

[irice22]

Does anyone else think they should combine with explicit sales with the clean sales?

[cactus tree]

Billboard/soundscan do when they chart. iTunes probably doesn't because they are seperate versions, and iTunes goes by versions of the song...they show the top 100 and you can click to buy the song right away, which wouldn't work if both were combined in one position.

[tozion]

Debuts at #3 in digital sales with 122k.

[RedDragon]

Yeah, only 3k behind Akon (#2).

[I HATE LA REID]

Go Avril!

[tozion]

I just heard the German version. LMFAO.

[I HATE LA REID]

the japanese version is hilarious! Sounds so weird. Maybe it's well pronounced but still.

[backintime]

My friend ruined this for me today by pointing out how much it sounds like Daphne & Celeste

[tozion]

Debuts at #5 on the Hot 100.

[CLEM]

Smash of Avril's career!

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

#5- whoa. Radio needs to respond. It's riding such a small bullet.

Anyone know where I can hear la versione italiana?

[Hey Hey You You On Sundays]

The adds date isn't for another 2-3 weeks which is probably why radio is so slow at responding. Which is why I feel her record company is stupid for sending the song to i-tunes and what not this early. By the time the song gets added and starts picking up, this song will probably be close to if not peaking on i-tunes.

[Robert J]

Unsurprisingly, the song is already Top 10 at Canadian Top 40.

[tozion]

IF YOU WISHED 'GIRLFRIEND' WAS HOT: Like me, you might have expected a high debut on The Billboard Hot 100 this week for Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" (RCA), based on a high volume of digital download sales. If you did anticipate such a high new entry for Lavigne, you won't be disappointed. "Girlfriend" blasts onto the chart at No. 5, the second highest debut of 2007 behind the No. 2 entry of Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" the week of Feb. 3.

It's the highest new entry of Lavigne's career, besting the No. 22 debut of her previous single, "Keep Holding On," the week of Dec. 16, 2006. "Keep Holding On," from the soundtrack to "Eragon," remains popular even though the movie has disappeared from theater screens. The song rebounds 39-26 on the current chart, giving Lavigne two songs in the top 30.

In its first week on the Hot 100, "Girlfriend" is already the third highest-ranked single of Lavigne's career. Her
biggest hit to date is her first chart entry, "Complicated," which peaked at No. 2 the week of Aug. 3, 2002. Her second biggest hit is "I'm With You," which went to No. 4 the week of Feb. 1, 2003.

So far in 2007, three songs have debuted in the top 15. Aside from the tracks by Fall Out Boy and Lavigne, Corbin Bleu's "Push It to the Limit" started its chart life at No. 14. By this time last year, no song had even entered in the top 20. The first single to do so in 2006 was Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud," which opened at No. 1 the week of July 1.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Added at Z100

[irice22]

Top 50 by final update!

[Robert J]

This is #5 on the Canadian Top 40 with the biggest bullet on the chart. I don't think it'll hit #1 by Sunday, but there's no way this won't be #1 by the end of next week.

In other non-news, I've been listening to the other versions of this song. They are a frakkin' riot.

[gregtheone]

"
Hey hey you you, je n'ai pas de copine
Hey hey you you t'as besoin d'une nouvelle
Hey hey you you je serai ta copine
Hey hey you you je sais que tu m'aimes bien
Hey hey you you ce n'est pas un secret
Hey hey you you je serai ta copine
"

I had to listen to it three time to understand the lyrics.

The German one is even worse lol.

[Robert J]

^ I think it's "je n'aime pas ta copine" for the first line. "I don't have a girlfriend" doesn't really make sense...

[tick / tock]

Stuck in my head all day... love it! I downloaded this and "Keep Holding On" this morning.

[tozion]

I already hear people singing this, and it's not even remotely a radio hit yet.

[Truly Truly Truly Outrageous!]

I saw the video in full twice yesterday and LOL'ed at the mini golf scenes both times.

[gregtheone]

robertj said:

^ I think it's "je n'aime pas ta copine" for the first line. "I don't have a girlfriend" doesn't really make sense...

ROFL, yeah you're right, I didn't even notice what I wrote didn't make sense lmao. Or maybe the French version is for Ciara.

[luisro]

Ugh I haven't heard this song in like 2 weeks and for some odd reason I have the HEY HEY YOU YOU stuck in my head.

[tozion]

Billboard review:

Girlfriend
AVRIL LAVIGNE
Label: RCA/BMG

Avril Lavigne's soundtrack pit stop "Keep Holding On" from "Eragon"—top 10 at adult top 40 and top 20 at mainstream top 40—shows the softer side of the artist . . . and basically a lady-in-waiting before reigniting her full-on persona via third full-length "The Best Damn Thing," due April 17. Its launch single, the signature pop-punk anthem "Girlfriend," spits beats per minute like a chainsaw, as Lavigne fires off, "Hey! Hey! You! You!/I don't like your girlfriend/I think you need a new one/Hey! Hey! You! You!/I could be your girlfriend." Although she has been logging hits since teen time, Lavigne is only 22, and her return to sk8te land is by no means a stretch. The track, which blitzed The Billboard Hot 100 with a No. 5 debut last issue, will seduce the pop audience into unified submission, arriving just as weather warms and car windows peel down. A heavy hitter and the first of many triumphs from a sublimely versatile new set. —Chuck Taylor