"Hey Little Girl" is a

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released by Australian band

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, the second single from the band's 1982 album, '' Primitive Man''. The album and single were co-produced by band member and the track's writer,

Iva Davies Ivor Arthur Davies, AM (born 22 May 1955), known professionally as Iva Davies, is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Davies' music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in t ...

, and

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. It was released in November 1982 on

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in 7" vinyl single and 12" vinyl single formats. UK and Europe releases by

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were also on 7" and 12" formats, but with different track listings. The single was then released in the US in 1983 on the same formats. On "Hey Little Girl",

uses the Linn drum machine—the first for an Australian recording. It peaked at No. 7 on the Australian singles chart and No. 2 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Germany, Top 20 in UK, Sweden and Netherlands, and No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart. The US cover for the single has a still from the

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music video for "Hey Little Girl". In 1997, a series of re-mixes of the song was released in Germany on the Edel Music label. Another remix version by

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was released on the Icehouse album '' Meltdown'' in 2002.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Track listing

All tracks written by Iva Davies.

7" single (Australian/NZ release)

#"Hey Little Girl" – 3:53 #"Glam" (dance remix) – 6:40

7" single (UK/Europe release)

#"Hey Little Girl" – 4:10 #"Love in Motion" – 3:34

12" single (Australian/NZ release)

#"Hey Little Girl" (extended dance remix) — 6:59 #"Glam" — 3:18 #"Glam" (extended dance remix) — 6:38

12" single (UK/Europe release)

#"Hey Little Girl" (disco edit mix) – 7:00 #"Hey Little Girl" – 3:40 #"Can't Help Myself" (club disco mix) – 5:58

7" single (US release)

#"Hey Little Girl" – 3:40 #"Mysterious Thing" – 4:21

12" single (US release)

#"Hey Little Girl" (extended version) – 6:11 #"Hey Little Girl (dub version) – 6:14

CD single (German release)

#"Hey Little Girl" (radio edit) – 3:45 #"Hey Little Girl" (future house single) – 3:40 #"Hey Little Girl" (x/tended edit) – 4:59 #"Hey Little Girl" (DJ Darling vs DJ Sören) – 6:40 #"Hey Little Girl" (original version) – 4:22

12" version (German release)

#"Hey Little Girl" (DJ Darling vs DJ Sören) – 6:40 #"Hey Little Girl" (future house single) – 3:40 #"Hey Little Girl" (X/tended edit) – 4:59 #"Hey Little Girl" (radio edit) – 3:45

Personnel

Credits: ;Icehouse members *

–

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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, Linn drum machine ;Additional musicians *

– additional

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– bass guitar and backing vocals ;Recording details *Produced – Iva Davies, Keith Forsey

Accolade

"Hey Little Girl" is included in Robert Dimery's ''1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die''.

References

{{authority control 1982 songs 1982 singles 1997 singles Icehouse (band) songs Songs written by Iva Davies Song recordings produced by Keith Forsey Music videos directed by Russell Mulcahy Regular Records singles Chrysalis Records singles