Song · Pat Wilson
“Bop Girl” by Pat Wilson
Released 1983
“Bop Girl” by Pat Wilson appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1983. It was first released in 1983. Its best result is #63 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #114 alternative song of 1983.
Australian singer Pat Wilson came out of the gate in September 1983 with "Bop Girl", her debut single, penned by her husband at the time, Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock. It went to number two on Australia's Kent Music Report, reached 10 in New Zealand and 28 in South Africa, and took Best Debut Single at that year's Countdown Music Awards, where the clip was also up for Best Promotional Video.
The clip has had a long afterlife. Gillian Armstrong shot it in South Coogee, much of it in pixilation animation that jerks along to the beat, and cast a 15-year-old Nicole Kidman, in her screen debut, as one of three bop girls. Kidman later had it used in a BBC documentary about her and an American Cinematheque tribute, which put it back on Australian video playlists in 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 63 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 | 107 |
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