FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL

"'Fell in Love with a Girl'" is the second single released from The White Stripes' third album ''White Blood Cells''. Released in 2002, it reached number one hundred and twenty-one in the United States and number twenty-one in the United Kingdom. The song was re-recorded in 2003 as "Fell in Love with a Boy" by Joss Stone and was also covered as a lounge song by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine for their second album ''Tuxicity''.
In the April edition of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, the song was listed as one of the forty songs that changed rock history.
It was also included in a polka medley by "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Angry White Boy Polka", from his album ''Poodle Hat''.

Contents

Music video

Track listings and formats

Charts

Joss Stone version

Chart performance

Track listings and formats

Credits and personnel

Production

Charts

External links

Music video

The music video is a Lego animation directed by Michel Gondry. It has won several MTV Video Music Awards. The video is shot frame by frame with each frame having the Lego bricks rebuilt, sometimes in a complex manner to seem as if it were an actual shot, and then formed together to give the illusion of motion. The video is considered to be one of the most complex videos using Lego bricks ever made, and as in tune with the White Stripes image, the video mostly consists of red, white, and black color.
In an interview for the ''The Work of Director Michel Gondry'' DVD, Jack stated that the White Stripes' long-time collaboration with Michel Gondry started by accident; for "Fell In Love with a Girl", Jack stated that he wanted to work with the director who did Beck's video for "Devils Haircut", referring to Mark Romanek. Their record company mistakenly hired Gondry, thinking he was the director of "Devils Haircut". Jack didn't mind, as he also did the video for "Deadweight", which Jack also liked.
After the release of the video, the White Stripes called the Lego company, asking if they could release a set where a person could build the band out of Lego. The company refused, stating that they do not market to those over twelve years old. But when the video became a huge success, the company called back the band to say that they had changed their minds, but the ship had sailed. The band stated that the company had had their chance.

Track listings and formats

★ 'CD single'
#"Fell in Love with a Girl"
#"Let's Shake Hands"
#"Lafayette Blues"

★ '7" vinyl single'
#"Fell in Love with a Girl"
#"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	21
U.S. ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks	12
UK Singles Chart	21

Joss Stone version

In 2003, English soul singer Joss Stone covered the song, retitled as "'Fell in Love with a Boy'", for her debut album ''The Soul Sessions'' (2003). It was released in early 2004 as the album's first single.

Chart performance

"Fell in Love with a Boy" topped the Argentinian Singles Chart, which helped the song to peak at number fourteen on the Latin America Top 40^[1]. It also peaked at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listings and formats

★ 'UK CD single'
#"Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25
#"Victim of a Foolish Heart" (Live at Ronnie Scott's, London, November 25 2003) – 6:25

★ 'European CD single'
#"Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25
#"Victim of a Foolish Heart" (Live at Ronnie Scott's, London, November 25, 2003) – 6:25
#"Fell in Love with a Boy" (Acoustic Version) – 3:30

★ 'UK 7" vinyl single'
Side A:
#"Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25
Side B:
#"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me?) Pt. 1" – 4:20

★ 'UK and U.S. promo single'
#"Fell in Love with a Boy" (Radio Version) – 2:25

Credits and personnel

★ Joss Stone – lead vocals

★ Angie Stone – background vocals

★ Betty Wright – background vocals

★ Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – drums

★ Kirk Douglas – guitar

★ Adam Blackstone – bass

★ James Poyser – keyboard

★ Kamal – keyboard

Production

★ Producers: Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg, and Mike Mangini

★ Engineer: Steve Greenwell

★ Mixer: Steve Greenwell

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	18
Argentinian Singles Chart	1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	62
German Airplay Chart	66
Irish Singles Chart	46
Italian Singles Chart	31
Latin America Top 40	14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	23
World R&B Top 30 Singles	21

External links

★ "Director brings White Stripes video to life with LEGO bricks", on the video by Michel Gondry from LEGO.com