Girls Night Out

"**Girls Night Out**" (also known as "**G.N.O.**") is a song by British singer songwriter Charli XCX.

## Leak History

* August 20th, 2017 - A finished (un-reworked) version of the song for the third studio album leaks online.
* February 12th, 2019 - A demo version of the song featuring Tyni leaks online.
* June 20th, 2019 - A demo version of the song featuring Pete Tong leaks online.
* 2019 - A second demo version featuring Pete Tong.
* 2019 - The final version featuring Pete Tong.
* 2019 - A 5 minute demo that contains a longer bridge which references Aqua's *Barbie Girl*.

## Background

The song was exclusively premiered live for the first time at the Output club in Brooklyn, New York on July 31st, 2015. The song was produced by SOPHIE and StarGate and was intended for Charli’s third untitled upcoming album.

The song's studio version/demo leaked in Summer 2017. On July 25th, 2018, the song was officially confirmed as the next of Charli XCX's monthly singles, to be released later that week, and was officially released on July 27th, 2018.

## Critical Reception

Althea Legaspi of Rolling Stone labeled the song as a "thumping, club-ready track". Henry Youtt of Billboard named the song a "peppy party anthem". Douglas Greenwood of NME thought of Girls Night Out as "the definitive antidote to everything bad in our lives. This song could reverse the effects of global warming. It could slash the cost of living in London to the price of a bottle of Lambrini. It's skin-cleansing; life-affirming – everything Charli XCX fans have ever wanted."

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Whoa-ah-ah-ah-oh

[Verse 1]

Goin' out on the weekend

Gettin' dressed with my girls

Put on my favorite lip gloss

Cherry Garcia swirl

Perfume, pleasure, and platforms

Livin' that kind of world (Ooh-ooh)

We're gonna live it up tonight

[Pre-Chorus]

So, if you're out with your girls

And if you feel on top of the world

Whoa-ah-ah-ah-oh

Out with your girls

I can't wait to live it up tonight

[Chorus]

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

I can't wait to live it up tonight

It's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

It's a girls' night out

[Verse 2]

When we're out at the Weekend (Woo woo)

R.I.P to the club (Bang, bang)

'Cause we walk in and kill it (Mwah!)

DJ, hey, turn it up (Oh, yeah!)

Sing along like we wrote it (La la la lala la)

Screamin' out all the words (Ooh-ooh)

We're gonna live it up tonight

[Pre-Chorus]

So, if you're out with your girls

And if you feel on top of the world

Whoa-ah-ah-ah-oh

Out with your girls

I can't wait to live it up tonight

[Chorus]

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

I can't wait to live it up tonight

It's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

It's a girls' night out, it's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

It's a girls' night out, it's a girls' night out

[Breakdown]

It's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys

It's a girls' night out

[Bridge]

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

(Whoa-ah-ah-ah-oh)

It's a girls' night out

I'm with my best friends, and it feels so right

[Chorus]

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

(Alright, alright, alright)

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

I can't wait to live it up tonight

It's a girls' night out

Let's have a girls' night out tonight

It's a girls' night out

So throw your hands up if you feel alright

I can't wait to live it up tonight

It's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

It's a girls' night out, it's a girls' night out

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

No boys, no boys

It's a girls' night out, it's a girls' night out

## Trivia

* The song shares melodic and production-style similarities with "Holiday" by Madonna.
* On 2020 in a DJ set livestream Charli did for Grindr, she played a remixed version of the song called "Girls Night In" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## References

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1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmusic/comments/6uyiym/charli\_xcx\_girls\_night\_out\_demo\_info\_in\_comments/
2. ↑ https://portalpopline.com.br/charli-xcx-remixa-girls-night-out-e-troca-a-mensagem-da-musica-em-casa-no-corona/