I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Ezra Furman * Track #7 On Twelve Nudes
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Album Twelve Nudes
- #1Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone
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- #2Evening Prayer aka Justice
Ezra Furman
- #3Transition from Nowhere to Nowhere
Ezra Furman
- #4Rated R Crusaders
Ezra Furman
- #5Trauma
Ezra Furman
- #6Thermometer
Ezra Furman
- #7I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Ezra Furman
- #8Blown
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- #9My Teeth Hurt
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- #10In America
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- #11What Can You Do but Rock ‘n’ Roll
Ezra Furman
- #12On Your Own
Ezra Furman
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend by Ezra Furman
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Ezra FurmanAbout
This song was played live in Berlin on 15/2/2018 and uploaded to YouTube. Ezra explained at the time that it was “too fresh and tender to record,” but that she was playing it to a few people to gauge reactions. It was released as a single in July 2019 ahead of the album 12 Nudes.
Working on her arc...
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All my friends are writing their resumes
My responsible friends are applying for jobs
But me, I was considering ditching Ezra, and going by Esme
Baby, would you find that so odd?
My dying friends are finding religion
While my intellectual friends are all denying God
But me, I got just one ambition
I sit around all day wishing
That the real me might be the one you want
[Chorus]
I want to be your girlfriend
I want to walk down the street hanging from your arm
That's right, little old me, I want to be your girlfriend
And leave behind this loveless world I know
[Verse 2]
Honey, I know that I don't have the body you want in a girlfriend
What I'm working with is less than ideal
But maybe, baby, it's not all about what you thought that you wanted
It's about the way I can make you feel
[Chorus]
Ooh, I want to be your girlfriend
I want to walk down the street hanging on your arm
That's right, little old me, I want to be your girlfriend
And blow your mind each night when you come home
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend Q&A
Who wrote I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend's ?
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend was written by Ezra Furman.
Who produced I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend's ?
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend was produced by Ezra Furman.
When did Ezra Furman release I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend?
Ezra Furman released I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend on Mon Jul 15 2019.
What did Ezra Furman say about "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend"?
In the press statement about this song’s release as a single, Ezra discussed what made it an “Ezra Furman” song, saying it was:
a romantic song of transgender longing. It’s another entry in my series of ‘I Wanna’ songs (in the tradition of the Ramones). I thought it was time we had an ‘Earth Angel’...
Who made the video?
Ezra Furman posted a list of credits on Instagram.
The main ones being:
Director: Alix Spence @alixspence
Producer: Sari Thayer @sarithayer
Choreographer: Sarah Prinz @sarahcprinz
Dancer in Red: Brandon Mathis @bmvthis
Dancer in Blue: Jobel Medina @jobelmed
How has the general public's reaction to the song affected Ezra?
Ezra said on an Ask Me Anything on Reddit that the track:
was cathartic to make. The reception was a little hard. Basically when people say nice things to me it means a lot to me but doesn’t make a dent in my self-consciousness/self-hate. And the people who said mean things just totally lacerated m...
When was the song written?
On a Reddit Ask Me Anything, Ezra discussed the gestation period of the song, saying:
I wrote almost all of “Girlfriend” even before we recorded Transangelic Exodus. With unconsciously uncanny thematic aptness, I was not confident in the song for months, years. Something was off. I rewrote the chor...
What were the musical influences on this track?
On Guitar.com, Ezra said:
this type of song is deep in my musical brain, since I’ve been in love with that 1961 doo-wop kind of stuff since I was a little kid. Someone pointed out it sounds a little like Will You Love Me Tomorrow? by Goffin and King. But really it was Christopher Owens who influenc...