No Doubt – «Бұрынғы Қатыны» (No Doubt – “Búryngy Qatyny”)

2000 single by No Doubt
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"Ex Girlfriend" is a song by American ska band No Doubt from their fourth studio album, Return of Saturn (2000). The song was released as the album's lead single in early 2000 and was moderately successful, reaching the top 40 in most countries it charted in, including peaking within the top 10 in Australia, Iceland, and Spain. A review from Billboard magazine called Stefani's vocal performance on the song "fantastic".

Lead singer Gwen Stefani originally composed the song as a dirge about her relationship with Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer of British rock band Bush, whom she married in 2002. After listening to it, the band increased the tempo because the album already included several ballads. The line "you say you're gonna burn before you mellow" is a reference to the lyrics in the Bush song "Dead Meat": "I'm doing you in tomorrow/I'll burn before I mellow". "Ex Girlfriend" is a song composed in the key of E minor. It is written in common time and moves at a fast tempo of 168 beats per minute. Stefani's vocal range in the song covers nearly an octave and a half, from G3 to C5. The song features Stefani rapping many of the lyrics rather than singing, and the instrumentals take influence from flamenco (as demonstrated by its guitar riffs), new wave and hip hop. It was filmed in Los Angeles on January 24–26, 2000. In the video, Stefani cross dresses to enter a men's bathroom and, upon being discovered, assaults Tony Kanal (who plays her ex boyfriend) and several other men. When Kanal regains consciousness, he grabs Stefani and jumps out the window, and the two plummet to the ground. The storyline is cut with scenes of the band playing on a stage. No Doubt's guitarist Tom Dumont initially played the part of a police officer but was cut from the final version of the "Ex Girlfriend" video. He enacts the role in MTV's Making the Video.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United KingdomMarch 13, 2000CD, cassetteInterscope Records, Interscope, Trauma Records, TraumaJapanMarch 29, 2000CDInterscope