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“No You Girls” by Franz Ferdinand

From the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)

“No You Girls” by Franz Ferdinand appears on 26 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2009 on the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. Its best result is #4 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 alternative song of 2009, #6,104 alternative song of all time and #180 of the '00s.

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#4best position
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5top 10 finishes
2009–2026years charted

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Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Official Video)

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"No You Girls" arrived in April 2009 as the second single from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish band's third album, and it had been kicking around for a while. They first played it live in August 2007 as "Katherine Kiss Me", renamed it "No You Girls Never Know", then cut the title down and handed the old name to a new acoustic song on the album that tells much the same story.

That story is Alex Kapranos's first kiss, with a girl named Katherine, and how clumsy and crossed-wired it was. This is the tall-tale version, all wiry disco strut and a hook that nags like a schoolyard taunt, and some of its percussion was played on human bones. Dan Carey produced it with the band, and Mike Fraser mixed it. An iPod commercial carried it around the world, and it climbed to 22 in Britain.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 30 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 91
2009 6 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 67 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 5 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 20 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009 102
2009 46 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 99
2009 20 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 12 96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 96X Top 30 of 2009 30
2009 21 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 103
2009 4 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 53 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 41 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2009 90
2009 7 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 18 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 99
2009 15 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 7 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 103
2009 14 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 51
2009 80 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 88
2009 30 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 106
2009 33 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 104
2009 55 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 100
2009 14 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2022 547 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 399 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2025 398 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2026 454 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: No, You Girls.

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