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"Hollaback Girl" is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004). As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance record", the song is influenced by 1980s pop and dance music. The song was written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, as a response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with ''Seventeen'' magazine. The song was released as the album's third single on March 15, 2005, and was one of the year's most popular songs, peaking inside the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered. It reached number one in Australia and the United States, where it became the first digital download to sell one million copies. "Hollaback Girl" received several award nominations, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year at the 48th Grammy Awards, yet it divided pop music critics. The CD single bears a "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" label, although the album does not. The song serves as the opening track of the 2005 compilation album ''Now That's What I Call Music! 19''. ==Writing and inspiration== Stefani had worked with The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) during the early stages of writing ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.''; however, a case of writer's block resulted in reportedly uninspired collaborations. As the album neared completion, Stefani regained her confidence and booked another session with The Neptunes. Stefani flew to New York City to meet up with Williams, and after finishing two songs within a week, Stefani ended the session early and prepared to return home. A few minutes later, Williams called her back into the studio to write another song. Stefani said, "I was tired. I wanted to go home, but he was like, 'Don't leave yet.'" When she returned to the studio, Williams began to play Stefani his first solo album, and she became envious.〔 Excited by his material, she decided to write another song with Williams, despite her opinion that the album already contained far too many tracks.〔 To search for inspiration, Stefani and Williams had a lengthy discussion in which Stefani said that she had yet to write a song about her intentions for pursuing a solo career. She remarked how the album was missing an "attitude song", and she recalled a derogatory comment that grunge musician Courtney Love had made about her in an interview with teen magazine ''Seventeen''. Stefani responded in the March 2005 issue of the ''NME'': Stefani believed that some of the fans of No Doubt would be upset with her solo effort, commenting, "() were probably like, 'Why is she doing this record? She's going to ruin everything'."〔 She revealed that she too did not know why she was recording a solo album. For the remainder of the evening, Stefani and Williams incorporated this inspiration into the lyrics that eventually became "Hollaback Girl". The two decided that Stefani did not have to have an answer for her intentions and that the choices she made were based on what she felt was wrong or right.〔 On its creation, Stefani said, "To me, it is the freshest attitude song I've heard in so long." Williams was pleased with the song, commenting, "Gwen is like the girl in high school who just had her own style."〔 Because Stefani never disclosed the song title's meaning, reviewers came up with various interpretations. In a satirical, line-by-line analysis of the song's lyrics, ''OC Weekly'' critic Greg Stacy humorously speculated that "Gwen is apparently the captain of the cheerleader squad; she is the girl who 'hollas' the chants, not one of the girls who simply 'hollas' them back". The most commonly accepted meaning is that a hollaback girl responds positively to the "catcalls" or hollers of men, but it might mean to Stefani that she would rather take the initiative and "step it up". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hollaback Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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