Call Your Girlfriend

"Call Your Girlfriend" is a song by Swedish recording artist Robyn, taken from her seventh studio album, Body Talk (2010).

He described it as "one of the most adult, thoughtful pop music breakups since the Field Mice's "Willow", but naturally without the twee-pop OGs' sense of melancholy.

Club wrote that Body Talk "reaches its apex at its midpoint with 'Call Your Girlfriend,' which turns the breakup-anthem conceit on its ear in a manner that makes getting dumped seem inspiring.

"[10] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called it "remarkable" and "one of those rare Robyn tracks that finds a way to use its overtly commercial pop framework to tell a rather emotional, pointed relationship tale that is heads-and-shoulders above most of what’s on mainstream radio today.

It peaked at number seventeen on the issue date 15 August 2011, becoming Robyn's highest single in the country since "Show Me Love".

[3] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork wrote that the video "is one long unbroken tracking shot of the Swedish pop queen dancing, singing, and looking like her heart is about to break.

"[16] Jon Blistein of Billboard magazine also gave a positive review naming Robyn a "true pop star" and referring to the video as "so simple, yet nearly impossible to look away.

[19] On 13 April 2011, she performed the song alongside "Dancing on My Own" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, wearing a pastel blue top and matching lipstick.

[20] Robyn performed "Call Your Girlfriend" as well as fellow Body Talk single "Dancing On My Own" on the December 10th, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live.

[23] In October 2011, the Swedish group Erato[24] covered the song in an a cappella version using hand claps and empty butter tubs as rhythmic accompaniment in a viral YouTube video.

[26] Suede guitarist Richard Oakes covered the song with his project Artmagic as the b-side to their single "Down In The River" in October 2012.

[27] In November 2012, Newspaper Editor and Blogger, Harrison Mooney, created a parody, titled "Call the Union," in response to the 2012 NHL Lockout.

[28] Minneapolis Band The New Standards released a cover version titled "Call Your Boyfriend" on their 2012 album Sunday Morning Coming Down and frequently performs the song live.

In 2019, the song was covered in the episode "Chapter Fifty: American Dreams" from the third season of the television series Riverdale, performed by Camila Mendes and Vanessa Morgan.