Good Girl (Alexis Jordan song)

"Good Girl" is a song by American recording artist Alexis Jordan, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's second single on February 18, 2011. The dance-pop song was written by Autumn Rowe, Stargate, Petr Brdičko, Sandy Vee and Espionage, and it was produced by Stargate and Sandy Vee. Jordan has said the song is a "girl’s anthem" about how "you can better yourself, even if your past isn’t as good as your present."[2] "Good Girl" debuted at number six in the United Kingdom, and charted at number fifteen in Ireland. In the United States, the song peaked at the top of the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

"Good Girl"
Single by Alexis Jordan
from the album Alexis Jordan
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2011
RecordedWestlake Studios,
(California, United States);
Roc The Mic Studios,
(New York City, United States)
GenreDance-pop[1]
Length3:56 (album version)
3:40 (radio edit)
LabelStarRoc, Roc Nation, Columbia
Songwriter(s)Autumn Rowe, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Petr Brdičko, Sandy Wilhelm, Espen Lind, Amund Björklund
Producer(s)Stargate, Sandy Vee
Alexis Jordan singles chronology
"Happiness"
(2010)		 "Good Girl"
(2011)		 "Hush Hush"
(2011)

Critical reception

Nick Levine of Digital Spy awarded the song four out of five stars, and wrote "Call us naive, but with beats this struttable, verses so irresistibly bop-friendly and that, ahem, killer chorus, who wouldn't want to take a chance on her?"[1] Daily Star's Sarah-Louise James gave the song a positive review writing, "This has the same infectious kind of beat [as "Happiness"], which makes you want to bend your knees up and down in quick succession then bounce from side to side with a stupid expression on your face."[3]

Chart performance

On February 24, 2011 "Good Girl" debuted at number eighteen in Ireland, and has since peaked at number fifteen.[4] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number six for the week ending date March 5, 2011, becoming Jordan's second top-ten single in the UK.[5] In the United States, the song debuted at number fourteen on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart on the issue dated March 19, 2011. It reached the top of the chart on the issue dated April 30, 2011, becoming Jordan's second consecutive number-one hit in the US.[6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Erik White, it premiered on 25 January 2011 and was filmed late December 2010. The video commences with Jordan walking down a street wearing sunglasses, which is followed by the first scene in which Jordan begins to sing. The singer is shown dancing in an eccentrically choreographed scene; one of which is with her back-up dancers, and the other, which was with a male dancer Hefa Leone Tuita, in which Jordan and the male dancer were dancing in sync. Scenes also included Jordan dressed as a high-school girl eating an apple, and Jordan wearing an outfit consisting of PVC on a motorbike chewing bubble-gum. The video ends with screen-shots from different scenes in the video, followed by Jordan ruffling her hair, in which the camera zooms out and the text reads "ALEXIS JORDAN".

Track listing
  1. "Good Girl" – 3:56
  2. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Radio Edit) – 3:31
  3. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Radio Edit) – 3:55
  4. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Club Edit) – 8:47
  5. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Club Edit) – 6:52
  • Australian digital download[8]
  1. "Good Girl" – 3:56
  2. "Good Girl" (Freemason's Radio Edit) – 3:31
  3. "Good Girl" (Kim Fai Radio Edit) – 3:55

Credits and personnel
  • Autumn Rowe – songwriter
  • StarGate (Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen) – songwriter, producer and instrumentation
  • Sandy Vee – songwriter, producer and instrumentation
  • Petr Brdicko – songwriter
  • Espionage (Espen Lind and Amund Björklund) – songwriter
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen – recording
  • Miles Walker – recording assistant
  • Antonio Resendiz – recording assistant
  • Phil Tan – mixing
  • Damien Lewis – additional and assistant engineering
  • Espen Lind – guitar
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Credits adapted from Alexis Jordan album booklet.[9]

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 40
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[11] 9
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[12] 46
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 25
Poland (Dance Top 50)[14] 42
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[15] 3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[16] 49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 6
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[6] 1
  • "Good Girl" charted on the Ultratip Flanders chart in Belgium and peaked 9, which is the same as charting on the Ultratop 50 at 59.

Year-end charts
Chart (2011) Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 94
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[18] 25

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Silver 200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format
United Kingdom[7] February 18, 2011 Digital download
Ireland[20]
Australia[8] March 4, 2011
Japan May 29, 2011
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See also

References
  1. Copsey, Robert (26 January 2011). "Music - Singles Review - Alexis Jordan: 'Good Girl' - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. Silvan (22 February 2011). "WAPS interviews 'Good Girl' Alexis Jordan". We Are Pop Slags. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. James, Sarah-Louise (23 February 2011). "REVIEW - ALEXIS JORDAN: GOOD GIRL". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Good Girl". Irish Singles Chart.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  6. "Dance/Club Play Songs - Week of April 30, 2011". Billboard. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  7. "Good Girl - EP by Alexis Jordan - Download Good Girl - EP on iTunes". iTunes Store.
  8. "Good Girl - Single by Alexis Jordan - Download Good Girl - Single on iTunes". iTunes Store.
  9. Alexis Jordan (liner notes). Alexis Jordan. StarRoc, Roc Nation, Columbia Records. 2011. 88697845642.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Australian-charts.com – Alexis Jordan – Good Girl". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Alexis Jordan – Good Girl" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Alexis Jordan – Good Girl" (in French). Ultratip.
  13. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Alexis+Jordan&titel=Good+Girl&cat=s
  14. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  15. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201110 into search.
  17. http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2011.pdf
  18. "Best of 2011: Dance/Club Songs (41–50)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  19. "British single certifications – Alexis Jordan – Good Girl". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Good Girl in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  20. "Good Girl - EP by Alexis Jordan - Download Good Girl - EP on iTunes". iTunes Store.
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