Song · Robyn
“Call Your Girlfriend” by Robyn
From the album Body Talk (2010)
“Call Your Girlfriend” by Robyn appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2020 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album Body Talk. Its best result is #199 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,049 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Robyn pulled "Call Your Girlfriend" from Body Talk, her 2010 album, as its second single in April 2011, and it's a breakup song told from the least comfortable seat in the house. She plays the new lover, urging her partner to phone the woman he's leaving and coaching him on how to let her down gently, which comes out somehow both ruthless and tender. She wrote it with Klas Åhlund and Alexander Kronlund; Åhlund produced, with Billboard helping out, and Niklas Flyckt mixed.
It's an electropop ballad that won't sit still, all synths and a buzzing rhythm, and critics fell for its big heart. It topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs, her best showing there, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording. The video is just Robyn dancing alone in a warehouse, and that's all it needs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1549 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 314 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 577 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 199 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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