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Blame It on the Girls

"Blame It on the Girls"
Mika - Blame It On the Girls.jpg
Single by Mika
from the album The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Released 15 February 2010
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2008–2009
Genre Power Pop Pop rock
Length 3:34 (Album Version)
3:18 (Radio Edit)
Label Casablanca
Songwriter(s) Mika
Producer(s) Greg Wells, Mika
Mika singles chronology
"Rain"
(2009)
"Blame It on the Girls"
(2010)
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)"
(2010)
"Rain"
(2009)
"Blame It on the Girls"
(2010)
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)"
(2010)

"Blame It on the Girls" is the third and final single released from singer-songwriter Mika's second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much. The single was released on 15 February 2010. The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells. It is also played in the credits of the film "Monte Carlo".

In an interview with Q magazine, Mika says:

The song was inspired by a well-dressed, good-looking man Mika and his sister saw walking down a street in London shouting down his phone. The song uses a musical technique called musique concrète in which the music is devised by using everyday objects to make sound. In this particular song, the beat is created by Mika hitting his desk, clapping his hands and stamping his feet.

In the United States, Mika performed the song on Good Morning America on 25 September, the Late Show with David Letterman on 14 October, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 22 October 2009. Mika also performed the song live numerous times around its release in the UK to help promote the song. He performed the song on So You Think You Can Dance on 30 January, as well as on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on the 11th, and on The Album Chart Show on Channel 4 on the 12th. He further performed the song on ITV1 three times in February: On the 5th he sang "Blame It on the Girls" and an operatic rendition of his other single "Rain" on Popstar to Operastar. On 18 February, Mika performed the song live on GMTV and made a final appearance on Movie Toons on the 27th to end his promotion of the single.


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