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"Alternative Girlfriend"
Spain CD single picture sleeve
SinglebyBarenaked Ladies
from the album Maybe You Should Drive
Released1994
Recorded1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:23
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Stephen Duffy
Steven Page
Producer(s)Ben Mink
Barenaked Ladies singles chronology
"Jane"
(1994)
"Alternative Girlfriend"
(1994)
"Shoe Box"
(1995)

"Alternative Girlfriend" is a song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, written by Stephen Duffy and Steven Page, from their 1994 album Maybe You Should Drive. The song was released as the second single from the album and peaked at No. 22 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and No. 4 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It later appeared on their 2001 compilation, Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits.

Composition[edit]

Steven Page explained in the liner notes of the album Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001) that the song was an attempt to mimic the grunge music from Seattle, and that it is the first song they wrote with a heavier sound (with the exception of "Grade 9" from Gordon).

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

In popular culture[edit]

The song was featured in the Baby Blues episode "Rodney Has Two Daddies". Coincidentally, that series used "It's All Been Done" (from BNL's 1998 album Stunt) as its theme song.

References[edit]

  • ^ "RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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