California Girls (Gretchen Wilson song)

"California Girls" is a song recorded by American country music artist Gretchen Wilson.

In the song, AllMusic wrote that Wilson "thumbs her nose at Hollywood excess and body image.

"[1] In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn noted the song as the "radio highlight" and called it one of the most "irresistible singalong country choruses since Garth Brooks's "Friends in Low Places".

"[2] In a overall negative review for the album for Slant Magazine, Jonathan Keefe said, "it's a endeavor to try to pick apart what’s wrong with songs like "California Girls," which includes an instantly-dated verse about how Wilson doesn’t care for New York native Paris Hilton.

[4] The music video features Wilson and her band throughout the beach and in the amusement park inside the pier.