Nasty Girl (Destiny's Child song)

"Nasty Girl"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album Survivor
Released	November 13, 2001
Format	CD single, 12" single
Recorded	July 2000[1]
Genre	R&B
Length	4:18
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Beyoncé Knowles Anthony Dent Maurizio Bassi Naimy Hackett
Producer(s)	Knowles Dent
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"8 Days of Christmas" (2001) "Nasty Girl" (2001) "Lose My Breath" (2004)
Survivor track listing "Bootylicious" (3) "Nasty Girl" (4) "Fancy" (5) Music video "Nasty Girl" on YouTube

"Nasty Girl" is a song by American recording group Destiny's Child. It was written by Maurizio Bassi, Naimy Hackett, and its producers Beyoncé Knowles and Anthony Dent for the band's third studio album Survivor (2001), and features a distinct vocal interpolation of Salt-n-Pepa's 1987 song "Push It" and Baltimora's 1985 record "Tarzan Boy."^[2]

The track was released as the album's fifth and final international single in mid-2002, with its Maurice's Nu Soul remix serving as the second single of the group's remix album This Is the Remix (2002), following the Rockwilder remix of "Bootylicious".^[3] A moderate chart success in comparison with previous Survivor singles, its reached the top ten of the Australian Singles Chart, as well as the top 30 in Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.^[3] A music video for "Nasty Girl" was directed by Sanaa Hamri.^[4]

Music video

The video starts out with close-ups of the girls chanting the opening lyrics. It transfers to a woman in a pink fur jacket with thin and tight pants, high heels and strawberry blonde hair carrying bags walking down a neighborhood sidewalk with women turning their heads to look and men pointing at her and talking amongst themselves. She trips and falls when Knowles sings the lyrics "Change don't come your way it will come back to you". After the chorus, it changes to two women walking out of a corner store and past a man eating a sandwich. Two guys standing there try to push their friend into the girls, but he slows down and starts to talk to one of the girls. The girl starts to wrap her gum around her finger but gets tangled in her hair and a piece of weave comes out. The screen changes to a woman dancing with a man in a club, but he dislikes the way she is dancing. He tries to calm her down but she accidentally elbows him in the face and upon seeing what she did, she shows apathy and walks away. It switches to a room full of the previous girls and more in a line waiting to be put in a machine called the "NastyZapper" which transforms them into women with better clothes and hairstyles. Destiny's Child are also in a room with brown and gold tiles and a gold wall in the back. They are also seen sitting on a couch eating popcorn in Dark Blue and gold dresses watching each of the women in the video. The previously transformed women join the girls in the brown and gold room in the end.

The music video was sent to European and Australian music channels in two versions: a video with an edited "Album Version" and another video with the "Maurice's Nu Soul Remix Edit", which also uses other scenes at some parts. The original clip is featured as an enhanced video on the European CD-Single release and is not available on any other compilation or release.

Formats and tracklistings

European CD enhanced single "Nasty Girl" (Album Version) – 4:17 "Nasty Girl" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix Edit) – 3:59 "Nasty Girl" (Azza's Nu Soul Mix) – 5:17 "Nasty Girl" (Music Video) European 2-track single[5] "Nasty Girl" (Radio Edit) "Nasty Girl" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix Edit) – 3:59

Vinyl single "Nasty Girl" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix Edit) "Nasty Girl" (Azza's Nu Soul Mix) "Nasty Girl" (Charlie's Nu Tech dub) "Nasty Girl" (Album Version)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 10 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 50 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 31 Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 14 Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 36 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 21 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 46 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 32 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 22

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Australian Singles Chart[14] 99

References

1. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277268_3,00.html
2. Basham, David (2001-04-20). "Destiny's Child Sample Stevie Nicks, More On Survivor". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
3. "Swisscharts.com – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
4. "Destiny's Child – "Nasty Girl"". MVD Base. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
5. http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Destiny_s_Child_133.html
6. "Australian-charts.com – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
8. "Ultratop.be – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
9. "Danishcharts.com – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl". Tracklisten. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
10. "Musicline.de – Destiny's Child Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
12. "Charts.org.nz – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
13. "Swedishcharts.com – Destiny's Child – Nasty Girl". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
14. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2002". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

External links

• DestinysChild.com — official site
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics