"Some Girls" is a song by British singer Rachel Stevens from the 2004 reissue of her debut solo studio album, Funky Dory (2003).
The song's music features a schaffel beat influenced by glam rock, and its lyrics describe a pop singer who performs sexual favours in her efforts to achieve stardom.
Paul Weiland directed the accompanying music video, in which Stevens leads a parade of women out of the sewers and down the streets of London.
Richard X explained that he wanted to illustrate how the music industry treats people, so he and Robinson based some of the song's lines on anecdotes that they had heard.
[6] Reviewers compared the song's glam-influenced sound to T. Rex's 1971 single "Hot Love" and the work of Adam Ant.
PopMatters included it in its "Best Music of 2004" selection, where Adrien Begrand commented that "Stevens might have no singing voice to speak of, but did she ever score a slice of pop genius with her single 'Some Girls', on which the ever-crafty Richard X brazenly hijacks a contagious German schaffel beat and tarts it up with a killer hook in the chorus that never, ever leaves your head".
[11] In his review for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis referred to the song as "remarkable" for turning Stevens' detached vocal delivery into a strength.
[12] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times stated that Richard X's production allowed Stevens' vocals to "[melt] into the icy beat".
[21][22] Largely due to the success of "Some Girls", Funky Dory re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 13 in August 2004, selling 14,561 copies that week.
In an interview with NME, he stated, "That video is crap", and he briefly commented on his official website that seeing it "made [him] want to give up [his] life".