Here Come the Girls (song)
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| "Here Come the Girls" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Ernie K-Doe | |
| Released | 1971 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:09 |
| Label | Janus |
| Songwriter | Allen Toussaint |
| Producer | Allen Toussaint |
"Here Come the Girls" is a song written by Allen Toussaint[1] and recorded by American R&B singer Ernie K-Doe and released in 1971.
In 2007 the Boots pharmacy chain used the song for two separate television commercials (August 2007; summer 2008).[2][3] This led to the song re-charting (at number 43 for five weeks in the UK; and number 48 in 2007 in Ireland[3][4][5] and again at #89 for two weeks in 2008).[5] In 2022, consumer website Shortlist included "Here Come the Girls" on its list of "Amazing songs that TV adverts completely ruined".[6]
The Sugababes, an English girl group, saw the Boots advert and subsequently decided to interpolate it for their 2008 single "Girls".[3][7] "Girls" reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 12 in Ireland,[8] and was certified silver by the BPI.[9] After August 2008, it was their song which was used in the Boots adverts.[10]
Trombone Shorty covered the song in 2017.[11]
