Critical reception īillboard reviewer Michael Menachem made comment on the song: The song maintains a sequence of A minor-C-G-F. The song moves at 126 bpm and is set in 4/4 time. 'Good Girls Go Bad' is in A Minor and has a vocal range between A3 through C5. On November 24, 2009, Cobra Starship, alongside Leighton Meester, performed the song for the first time ever on the OP Presents Tour at the Nokia Theatre. On November 18, 2009, Leighton Meester performed the song for the first time ever at the Flagship Store of American Eagle Outfitters. Live performances Ĭobra Starship has performed the song live with Nicole Scherzinger at 36th People's Choice Awards, and Paulina Rubio at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009.

'I thought, 'I need to get on that!' It totally is my sound too. Lead singer Gabe Saporta had wanted Meester to be featured in the song because 'it's already kind of her character in Gossip Girl, like the perfect girl with the bad streak.' Once Meester heard 'Good Girls Go Bad', she took an immediate liking to it. On April 27, 2009, it was announced Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester would be featured. įifteen minutes after the creation of the hook for the song, the entire track was done. I'm like, 'Who is this person?' She's like, 'Who's this annoying band?' But we got in the room, and it was like magic, and we wrote the song in 15 minutes. We got offered to work with Kara right as she was becoming an American Idol judge. The band was first offered to work with Kara DioGuardi in 2009, just as DioGuardi was becoming an American Idol judge. Some of the official remixes also feature rapper Flo Rida.Īmerican actress and singer Leighton Meester is featured on the track. The song also debuted on Radio 1 in the UK in September 2009.

The song received heavy airplay in Canada as well, debuting at 21 on Canada's radio airplay chart ' Canadian Hit 30' week ending July 25, 2009.

The song went on to become Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester's first US hit and top 10, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting over 2 million copies sold in the United States. The song was produced by former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi and Kevin Rudolf. On May 8, 2009, 'Good Girls Go Bad' made its radio debut on KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest's show. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 11, 2009. It was the first single released from their third studio album, Hot Mess. ' Good Girls Go Bad' is a song by American pop band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by Leighton Meester.

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