"Sour Girl" is a song by the American rock band

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. It was written by singer

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and guitarist

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and released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, '' No. 4'' (1999). "Sour Girl" was one of the band's most successful singles, and their only song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

talked about the song in his autobiography ''Not Dead & Not for Sale'': "Sour Girl" also appears on the compilation albums ''

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'' and ''Buy This''. It is the only Stone Temple Pilots song to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at number 78.

Music video

A music video was released to accompany this single and stars

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, who was a fan of the band, as the female lead. At the time the video was made, Gellar was a popular star thanks to her TV series ''

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''. The video was directed by

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, whose later work includes episodes of ''

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'', and the movie '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. The video was nominated for Best Cinematography on

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in 2000.

Track listing

#"Sour Girl" #"Sex & Violence" (live) #"Sour Girl" (live)

Charts

"Sour Girl" was one of STP's biggest hits. Billboard ranked "Sour Girl" at No. 88 on its list of the 100 Best Rock Songs of the 2000s. The song peaked at number four on the ''Billboard''

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chart and number three on the ''Billboard''

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chart. To date, this remains to be the band's only entry on the Hot 100.

Awards

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000 singles Stone Temple Pilots songs Songs written by Dean DeLeo Songs written by Scott Weiland Music videos directed by David Slade Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) 1999 songs Atlantic Records singles