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Good Girls Go Bad

"Good Girls Go Bad" is a song by American pop band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by Leighton Meester. It was the first single released from their third studio album, Hot Mess. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 11, 2009.[1][2] On May 8, 2009, "Good Girls Go Bad" made its radio debut on KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest's show.[3]

Not to be confused with Good Girl Gone Bad.

"Good Girls Go Bad"

May 11, 2009

2009

Pop

  • 3:16 (album version)
  • 3:38 (video version)
  • Kara DioGuardi
  • Kevin Rudolf

The song was produced by former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi and Kevin Rudolf.[4] The song went on to become Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester's first US hit and top 10, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting over 2 million copies sold in the United States. The song received heavy airplay in Canada as well, debuting at 21 on Canada's radio airplay chart "Canadian Hit 30" week ending July 25, 2009. The song also debuted on Radio 1 in the UK in September 2009. The song was licensed to various media.


Some of the official remixes also feature rapper Flo Rida.

Live performances[edit]

Cobra Starship has performed the song live with Nicole Scherzinger at 36th People's Choice Awards, and Paulina Rubio at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009. On November 18, 2009, Leighton Meester performed the song for the first time ever at the Flagship Store of American Eagle Outfitters. On November 24, 2009, Cobra Starship, alongside Leighton Meester, performed the song for the first time ever on the OP Presents Tour at the Nokia Theatre. As a surprise guest on Fall Out Boy's 2024 "So Much For 2our Dust" tour, Cobra Starship performed the song at the Anaheim show on March 4.

Composition[edit]

"Good Girls Go Bad" is in A Minor and has a vocal range between A3 through C5. The song moves at 126 bpm and is set in 4/4 time. The song maintains a sequence of A minor-C-G-F.[8]

Chart performance[edit]

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of May 30, 2009, at number 76, becoming the first entry of both artists in the chart.[11] On June 20, 2009, the song re-entered on chart at number 91.[12] On August 15, 2009, the song entered the top 10 at number 10, becoming the first Top 10 of both artists in the chart.[13] The song eventually peaked at number 7.[14]

Media usage[edit]

As a reference to Leighton Meester's vocals, the track was used on Gossip Girl for several scenes where her character, Blair Waldorf, is portrayed on the episode "The Freshmen".[15] The song was also used in Greek's "Friend or Foe?" (renamed as "ZBZ Girls Go Bad"), in the season 4 premiere of Ugly Betty, and in the episode "Homecoming and Coming Home" of Hart of Dixie.[16] It was also featured briefly on the trailer for the 2010 comedy You Again and appears in Watch Dogs and Boyhood.[17] Its most recent usage was in the opening sequence of the season 16 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Granting Immunity" in 2015.