No Doubt - Just A Girl

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Music video by No Doubt performing Just A Girl. (C) 2003 Interscope Records
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[@KarlRock]

I was too young to understand this song in 1995. It's a masterpiece, especially the lyrics. "Oh, I'm just a girl, my apologies."

[@lasvegasira]

I was honestly just about to say the same thing.

[@steppingstonesmontessori1227]

I thought this song came out around 1998/1999

[@MrMidaire]

I also wanted to say the same!

[@klpllive7133]

Just the level of feminism I approve, the rest is bullshit.

[@DemCrumblies]

100%. I'm just relistening now and get it now.

[@Souleymann]

Back in the days when this song came out, and it was played in the local club on Saturday night party, there were 100 punk rock dudes on the dancefloor yelling "I'M JUSTA GIRL!" and dancing the pogo me included. Best times.

[@paulabrown4004]

Now that is friggin awesome....wish I could've seen that.

[@sludge.eater6]

fuck i am rn

[@wynnlankford9493]

Lol

[@DrGux]

can't be done this now days.. It would be gender appropriation for feminist, bullying for lgtbetc, aberration for religious, fasism for the left, comunism for the right, and soya beef for homero simpson.

[@hugomiguel2415]

I’m Just Girl 🤘

[@oneiroasteria]

I was too young to understand the depth of the lyrics back then, today I am convinced Gwen was ahead of her time. Such an important song, and message! ❤‍🔥

[@Axolotl4Chaos]

same, she's definitely an icon. I wish she had kept the band and the punk style

[@_elyse]

‘oh im just a girl, my apologies’ ‘oh im just a girl, guess im some kind of freak, cause they all sit and stare with their eyes’ these lyrics 😭❤️

[@SoggyBiscu1t]

My bad. I thought people stared with their necks

[@user-ph1mg6pm2t]

כבד את אביך ואת אמך ... זאתי בטח פיצוצים

[@pioxia777]

@@SoggyBiscu1tLMAO

[@hoesluvherro]

didn't realize how great it was to have stuff like this casually playing on the radio in the 90s....

[@user-bg8nh2sr7u]

Still do in Country towns

[@CallmeA_B]

​@@user-bg8nh2sr7u Welcome to Illinois 😂

[@xxladonnaxx]

And to LaPorte,Indiana!!

[@R0TT3N_B0N3S]

@Jo S welcome to indiana.

[@Drunkenmallsanta]

@@user-bg8nh2sr7ulol this plays anywhere just depends on the station

[@chillvibesmix]

They were groundbreaking. I loved them from the start. And Gwen's facial expressions were always so brilliant and scathingly satirical.

[@JazzRachid]

Agreed x Patty

[@EGM-he8sd]

Gwen was awesome back in the day and it still is and people today who see her with Blake and don’t necessarily approve so to speak. Don’t realize what a talent and just how she big she was back in the day.

[@Trish-fj9dr]

Yes🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@le_th_]

I almost had a heart attack from sheer joy when NB broke out into this song at Coachella this weekend, I was screaming the lyrics so loud and jumping up and down that I wanted to cry. What an AH-MAZING set they pulled off, the entire group really giving 100% and really leaving it all out there on the stage! Honestly, I didn't know I could still feel this kind of exhilaration in my 50s. The No Doubt version of Gwen Stefani channels the spirit animal in me to come roaring forth. Honestly, they all performed so well and really gave it their all, but nothing blew me away more than Stefani's gorgeous and powerful vocals. If you've been to Coachella before, you know that dust and wind can be fierce and Coachella Cough is definitely a thing. I don't know how she pulled this off. She must have flow in last minute because she sure was NOT breathing all the find dust from the polo grounds, that's for sure. Sparkling vocal performance!

[@dartmoordave]

See, I might be old but I know what I like. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jbone877]

Must have been a sick show! Glad you got to experience that!

[@billwill7383]

Just a girl. Just the most powerful creature in existence.

[@annamaria7417]

❤

[@lilmamagc]

The way she softens her voice when she says "here" is so metaphoric. Because it like a metaphor for how the world thinks women aren't allowed to get angry and mad, but wants us all to be sweet good girls. That are nice to everyone and only smile.

[@lilmamagc]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 ok, that's your interpretation and this is mine. 👍🏻

[@bugbuger3770]

Just heard this song for the first time as a 20 yr old male and it clicks with me I understand what shes saying but what is the solution? What can I do for the women in my life to make them feel less (justifiably) miserable?

[@liftedgifted6010]

@@bugbuger3770 be the best human being possible 🙏

[@onfoenemgrave]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 Incel take.

[@bbailey3055]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 just is lol

[@FujiiKaze]

This is low-key my workout song. I’m just a grown man.

[@ryublueblanka]

It's more medium-key though

[@eoinoconnell185]

Mine is Eye of the Tiger

[@VicInNocal]

@@eoinoconnell185 I prefer Hearts On Fire from Rocky 4

[@daveledford2406]

blown out box herpies camdia

[@ast-og-losta]

This is my no-key workout song.

[@megaskyburst]

2024 and this still sounds so good. 90s music is unmatched.

[@claudiallano2401]

Yeahh!!!!✨✨

[@danieluribe5196]

here after coachella and im still in shock that i got to witness this live. so fulfilling

[@fruitytarian]

That would be a dream come true for me ❤

[@amazingvioletrose1680]

"I'm just a girl in the world, that's all that you'll let me be" this song is brilliant ❤

[@user-bd7ku9iw9l]

A rock masterpiece. This was the first album that I owned as a child.

[@marianadamelio]

So sad that women are using this song on tik tok for the wrong reasons

[@nacho9379]

Amen

[@markarete6469]

BRO XDDHAHSHA

[@mikael.wilhelm]

What wrong reason? I don't use tiktok so I don't know what you're referring to.

[@queene315]

Men have been getting away with literally everything for forever with “boys will be boys” let women have their turn and stop trying to shame ppl for saying I’m just a Girl bc they wanted a sweet treat

[@sarenitymanning3333]

Damn mfkas can’t joke around this gen so sensitive

[@miraeja]

the cinematography, lighting, close ups, and angles.. pure early 2000s/late 90s visual style. brings back hard hard nostalgia and memories

[@MegaMagicalMegan]

overexposure / big contrast was such a hot thing back then it's no wonder I always got in trouble for it in my photography class, I just thought that was the best way to go about things! it's fun! that whole POP feeling aesthetic throughout everything felt so energetic, bright & modern

[@wolfgang6442]

Yeah I very much agree!

[@VanielDeeform]

Mid-1990's

[@luiscovarrubias6487]

I would say from mid 90s to very early 00s (00 and 01).

[@raya__rose]

LYRICS!! Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I'm exposed and it's no big surprise Don't you think I know exactly where I stand? This world is forcing me to hold your hand 'Cause I'm just a girl, oh, little old me Well, don't let me out of your sight Oh, I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite So don't let me have any rights Oh, I've had it up to here The moment that I step outside So many reasons for me to run and hide I can't do the little things I hold so dear 'Cause it's all those little things that I fear 'Cause I'm just a girl, I'd rather not be 'Cause they won't let me drive late at night Oh, I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak 'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes Oh, I'm just a girl, take a good look at me Just your typical prototype Oh, I've had it up to here Oh, am I making myself clear? I'm just a girl I'm just a girl in the world That's all that you'll let me be Oh, I'm just a girl, living in captivity Your rule of thumb makes me worrisome Oh, I'm just a girl, what's my destiny? What I've succumbed to is making me numb Oh, I'm just a girl, my apologies What I've become is so burdensome Oh, I'm just a girl, lucky me Twiddle-dum, there's no comparison Oh, I've had it up to Oh, I've had it up to Oh, I've had it up to here

[@I_heart_lana_del_rey]

Thanks sm

[@raya__rose]

@@I_heart_lana_del_rey no problemm😄

[@brad0805]

Sounds like a feminist's wet dream.

[@lindaeriksen7513]

Tysmmm

[@raya__rose]

@@lindaeriksen7513 welcomeee😙

[@jessedavis1741]

Beautiful! I love her energy! Those facial expressions are priceless!!!

[@Justwatchingyoutube05]

Who is still listening in march 2024?

[@ivanprod5097]

Here 🔥

[@Farowb]

May not be a girl, and I’m not the biggest No Doubt fan, but I respect equal rights. Love the imagery used in the video. March 2024!! 🤘😝🤘

[@xXjackdeeXx]

14th march visited

[@s5q1]

Ides of March 2024 checking in.

[@emilyhynes6643]

🙋‍♀️ here

[@hoesluvherro]

Every teenage girl's anthem ♡

[@cleide2479]

Yes

[@theonerandomdude.]

Yall are so ignorant This song is about how women did not used to have the same rights as men

[@hyme601]

​@theonerandomdude. No way? 😱😱😨 nobody realized!!! Thank you for making us aware!!! Your so smart

[@theonerandomdude.]

@@hyme601Whoops. Appears that you used incorrect grammar. If you want to engage in an argument, please use correct grammar.

[@theonerandomdude.]

@edittzz4175 In fact, you used a lowercase f when it should be capitalized.

[@dartmoordave]

I'm 68 and have this album on in the car, loud. My grandkids still think grandpa rocks. It was a great era.

[@jstriker623]

👍👍

[@javiertorres-bb8lf]

64 in 5 weeks.

[@KIepsydron]

Im 19 and I love "old" music. Almost all new pop songs sucks. Big respect to you guys!

[@msmeatpuppet91]

I read "I have 68 grandkids" and was like whaaaat the hell lol badass. Good for you for passing it to the next generation, they need to know the awesomeness that is No Doubt. 🖤

[@CreutzfeldJakobDiseasepatient]

😢❤️

[@Ashlie-May10]

Growing up in the 80's and 90's, I loved this band and song back then, and now many years later, I still love this band and song. xx

[@BOONDOCK658]

As a 2000 baby u guys were spoiled lol

[@markkumanninen6524]

The best piece of music ever written and sung.

[@marisamberg]

A feminist song from the 90's, unfortunaly the lyrics are still so relatable almost 30 years later

[@TeaOtter07]

The comments. Looks at them. Full of misogynistic men. Which proves ur point I’m literally just gonna leave earth soon and go to Mars lmfao

[@galek75]

@@TeaOtter07 So, where's the misogynistic comments? I certainly don't see any!

[@TeaOtter07]

@@galek75 I think their mainly at “new comments” then you have to scroll a bit. There’s ppl saying she’s flat and needs to cover up and crap

[@sminkycorp]

Not really , these days ''men'' are failling over themselves to prove how progressive they are , so 'you' as a woman can't really be sure if you got a position on merit. Back in the 90s if a woman had what was seen as a mans role in life , you knew it was because she had mad skills that paid the bills*. That was my experience with the first few bosses I had ( women who were shit-hot at their jobs ) *Thatcher

[@benchguy69420]

i did not know that a lot of guys are assholes hopefully I wont be one

[@daniella5311]

I SWEAR THIS SONG WILL ALWAYS BE FIRE.

[@YT-jr8gi]

I know right!!!!

[@flygirl8531]

🤘

[@stephanienunez4354]

Period🙌🏽

[@Y0Leeroy2]

Yes going 90 down the highway

[@gypsy414]

ALWAYS! Gwen will always speak for a certain side of me. Rap, r&b, jazz, rock aside, I'll always look for the mosh pit when this chorus hits. Its lyk Nirvana, Guns n Roses, it's the spirit of soul. Guess u had to be there

[@richardaugat8997]

This, was, and is, one of my fav tracks. Period.

[@hoesluvherro]

Props to the band for supporting her girl power! I love this song on so many levels.

[@leonjacobs3426]

She had a gift

[@theshiftybloke4672]

Gwen is hardly the be all of empowerment, try Heart

[@theonerandomdude.]

This is wasn't it was supporting. Do you not know that women used to not have the same rights as men? They couldn't work or do stuff that men did; they would stay home. They couldn't even have a credit card. This song reflects on how it used to be.

[@bennettbush3906]

@@theonerandomdude.Bro, what?

[@TerrenceIII]

@@theonerandomdude. long before anyone in the band was born lol. Women were the first to get credit cards because they took care of family finances. Families were when both parents lived together for life and took care of things as a team.

[@Ruby_Villain]

In junior high, a girl in school performed this for the talent show, including beginning it with taking a pink ribbon off her eyes, and then performing a choreographed dance to it. It was great. I loved the song ever since.

[@layditms2]

Not the Generation then

[@vladimirrodionov5391]

When my late grandmather was still a young woman she escaped a genocide in her home country. With her she brought a single vinyl record myseriously named "Tragic Kingdom". One day last year I took the album to an old antiques shop and the owner let me play the record "vinyl player" which caused me to be overcome by emotion. Now I understand you my dear granny. Rest in peace.

[@bugueralex4844]

Her vocals here are just amazing.

[@fireguy615]

No Doubt, Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers....Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Blink 182...All of the West Coast hip-hop during the Golden Age...SoCal music scene in the '90s was unreal....

[@CaliFuego]

Facts!!!!!

[@gerardocamarena6488]

Fuck yea. That’s why it’s hard to connect to this eras music.

[@minegun3]

i miss the old days :( Music has not ever been the same since 2005.

[@EMan-km3we]

YES. I’m called weird for being 14 and loving no doubt, sublime and the chillies lmao

[@shira6202]

@redoubt 1989 red hot chile peppers ig

[@laia3937]

"yes I'm just a girl, some kind of freak" I realize now what she was trying to say back then when I was 14, I didn't understand like I do now. I use to love that song and the whole CD so badly, thanks Gwen. Powerfull message.

[@bloodyann_]

same! searching for the lyrics in the comments rn lol

[@Nicole-qo7ur]

I totally agree with you

[@stefankulaczkowski4673]

😊

[@jamesmartin3533]

I bought this CD when it first came out!, All the great no doubt songs on one CD!

[@brittanycrosby1551]

I miss videos like this. As a kid I just knew “I’m Just a girl” as a fun song and didn’t understand the lyrics, but now this song is relevant more than ever❤❤

[@PoshHyena]

As an adult woman, I’m discovering that these lyrics really hit closer to home than when I initially heard this song as a kid :/ Big emotions right now.

[@meganphelan7524]

PoshHyena just was thinking the same thing!

[@NObodDEE]

Feels

[@rosalinda12021]

Literally same

[@boltspeedman21]

As an adult male, i see the frustration and double standard and pre-set expectations society has on the female gender..... I feel like I understand, that I do not understand the world through a girls eyes. Music is awesome

[@nitzan3782]

@@boltspeedman21 you're absolutely correct. Wish more men would see that, and more importantly, care.

[@TrippyCommentaries]

Song is still so fire

[@gloriarios2926]

Trippy Commentaries ikr

[@inbetweenbranches7659]

& the video is iconic!

[@CleverMetaphor]

so fire 20 years before people said so fire

[@gregauriz8927]

Fire ??? :) Yes Trippy and it's why you have 911 thumbs up ;)

[@pansycorpsestonight4244]

Trippy Commentaries always will be

[@yuumetal2363]

No DoubutのCD今でも全部持っとる。　めちゃくちゃ好きやった。

[@Alainarodrigoo]

I used to listen to this all the time when I was 7 💀 I wasn't even my style, but loved it. It was before my time, yet I still listened to it on repeat over and over. I'm glad I found it again, I recognized it as soon as I heard a clip of it on shorts

[@206downtown]

I had the pleasure of seeing No Doubt light the crowd on FIRE at an outdoor show in Fresno, CA the summer of 1996. Watching her stalk the stage, belting this out, through a cloud of flying empty water bottles is forever burned in my brain.

[@elizabethbronson6977]

Yesss. Exactly this!! I saw them in Detroit in 96 and it BLEW MY MIND.

[@MadeleineLouiseDiRosa]

wait wtf happened?

[@Righteous_lex_22]

I'm so jealous of yall, I wasn't even alive yet.

[@brittbaybay7806]

@@Righteous_lex_22 no seriously us 90's babies just living vicariously through our parents and them 😅🥰

[@xxladonnaxx]

I saw them in Detroit too and the show was absolutely mind-blowing!!! No Doubt knew how to put on a concert and a party all at the same time!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@brittislove]

No Doubt was huge in the 90's, but little did we know that that was Gwen Stefanis humble beginnings. She's a fucking powerhouse of a person and 100% dedicated to her craft

[@merakitheberry4598]

Praise her!

[@usagi5284]

Hell fukin yea she is!

[@tammyromero7424]

So funny, I told my daughter a couple of weeks ago that in my next life I wanted. Come back as Geen

[@Peachyt82]

no matter how old this album gets it will forever remain a classic. im still sad that they split up.

[@burkhardraum1956]

They are together again 😊🎉🇩🇪

[@katiecattv5862]

Happy International Women's day. ✌️💁‍♀️♀️

[@yummyeon]

it's women's right day but yeah

[@RomanceisSHAME]

I'm always gonna love No Doubt and know they're sucha amazing band. Especially with Gwen Stefani having mad fun and energy to rock any performance. She's such an amazing girl.

[@ORGSE]

Woman. She’s a woman.

[@BubuRulez]

@@ORGSE "Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me" ;)

[@jess3298]

I listen to this song every day after my internship!! I am a women engineering student and I am focusing on processing. This song empowers me to follow my own path and dreams and not care what society thinks!!! Because I know my truth!!!!

[@oldgoat381]

Hell yeah, go out and inspire women everywhere. I'm a dude who ended up abandoning engineering, but one of the best teachers I had while I was doing it was a woman. You've got this!

[@hazellegaleas]

yasss u go girl proud of u

[@UnBesoDeCristal]

❤❤❤

[@batsanddewdrops]

Yeah girl! You got this!

[@arbovenatorraptor9461]

YAAAAS go show those boyos how its DONE

[@NathalieIvantschik-qo6cd]

29 years and still a masterpiece

[@breetorres8255]

Being old & old school, this song just makes me nostalgic. Seeing her live, she kills it everytime with all her fits & the energy 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@originallizzah]

I've been shouting these lyrics everywhere I go since yesterday morning. Thanks, No Doubt, for having No Doubt about the future of women. I've HAD IT UP TO HERE.

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

I wouldn't have thought that this particular song would end up being the vibe of 2022, but I'm here for it. Gwen was ahead of her time omg

[@hermajestyqueenmiloticlady2299]

Sameeeee

[@pamalacinnamon6139]

Yell it Sista!!!

[@servit0r]

Is nice

[@robodestro]

im just a girl all pretty and petite, so dont let me have any rights. true words, like the fucking gospel

[@teo-medesi]

Why is no one talking about the bass player, dude's basslines are just beautiful.

[@tammyromero7424]

The whole band was awesome

[@jaffaxl]

Bass players sicker than trump

[@samneal7679]

@@jaffaxl 5 STAR POST 😂😂

[@sladelius6174]

Tony is very underrated.

[@tullfan2560]

Amazing liveliness and incredible feel in the bass.

[@weslovett7186]

this song always plays at my job! glad i finally found it

[@Laineymarie47]

THE GOOSEBUMPS WONT STOP

[@Kalendil]

I was a 12 years old girl when this song came out... Im a 38 year old woman now, but Im still just a girl :)

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Strange cuz i m 43..lol

[@TeaOtter07]

I’m 14- I wasn’t even existing when this came out. I love 80’s-90’s music so much. Your guy’s music era was honestly one of the best

[@alecia2023]

I'm 15 and was not alive when this was made lol

[@gwennybee4180]

@@TeaOtter07 agreed

[@minajan4316]

Nothing like the 90s.

[@olivergasior8005]

She was 35 in this video, she's 25 now

[@fredobeno4961]

lol

[@har0xz]

she was 25 here, shes 46 now lol. still hot

[@smartchick1981]

your daddy

[@supastar25]

sounds legit

[@tlcboom1758]

Oliver Gasior she was 34. just saying, it was 2003 and she was born '69 so she was 34 xd

[@dgrn101]

I'm definitely not a girl but this is still one of my absolute favorite songs

[@joaopaulob80]

I just love this gurl voice and attitude !!! Dammmn !!! God bless u more and more gurl !!!

[@nogoogleplus]

I never really appreciated it as much back in the day...but the whole band was so on point for this tune. And Gwen's vocal performance is just killer!

[@ArcticSun84]

That woman is a vampire. She hasn't aged. Like at all 🤔

[@MrMetalhord]

Claudine Francois adrenachrome

[@drainpig894]

@@MrMetalhord WTF does that mean? Is it an anti-ageing treatment?

[@stoopidhaters]

@@MrMetalhord Or just botox.

[@l.tc.5032]

Her and Paul Rudd.

[@MrMetalhord]

@Vinny V more than jus Botox goin on. Have a look into it

[@rh_911jk]

Anyone in 2024?

[@Perykvaal]

I just watched the video for the first time in my life, despite that I've been aware of this song for nearly 30 years. I was surprised by how... rather prophetic it was.

[@zigisamblak]

This song makes me sing "I'm just a girl"... I'm a 43 year old male.

[@tammyromero7424]

You're awesome!!!!

[@christianmedina2793]

Same

[@DanielGaviriaAcosta]

me too buddy, me too...

[@isabellamannino4751]

That makes this song even better

[@semat6ry225]

i stan

[@cocoaman1564]

one of my favorite riffs of all time

[@tamarestherperezmedina]

Masterpiece.

[@dinonon170]

I know this song is about female empowerment and stuff but the lyrics are literally how I feel everyday as a person diagnosed with depression and anxiety

[@Setsunako6587]

Honestly... being a "pretty," female-presenting person can be exactly that. I used to think about sexual assault every. Single. day, and it's never even happened to me! When the world is safer for women and girls, EVERYONE will have less to be anxious/depressed about 🤞🏾

[@love0the0fans]

This is what I like to call my "rage song." I just cry, and scream the lyrics because so many of my problems boil down to me just being a girl, and I relate to EVERY SINGLE LINE🥲

[@johnsmi213]

Gwen said she wrote it when she was afraid to walk home alone and realized how much easier guys have it.

[@sc00byp00h]

YES

[@dinonon170]

@DruidVW ok?

[@Ironbat92]

The perfect song to play when fighting your former colleagues.

[@BroZilla-vh3tu]

TheMavWith_A_Mouth I understood *that* reference

[@xgame715]

I understood that reference of that reference

[@rayhanathalla]

Fighting your former colleagues while wearing the same uniform albeit it has different colours on it...

[@randomcat4940]

Natasha: *turns around* Captain Marvel:wheres fury?

[@rumblefish9]

and carrying a Fonz lunchbox

[@LottieCardwell-qc8eg]

I love the line “Don’t you think I know exactly where I stand” because people often think that girls are too innocent to understand the more subtle aspects of the patriarchy, but we’re not. We experience them every day-of course we understand them.

[@IqueueDash]

ngl the lyrics in this song hits so deep if u just click subtitles wow it’s sadly so realistic

[@keanahernandez9763]

Ik it makes me teary eye I’m just an hormonal girl in the world

[@DestinyFomo]

this still rocks...

[@solarisengineering15]

There's definitely two distinct times you hear this song. Once when you first as a kid where it just rocks and the first time as an adult when you realise how sad the lyrics are because they are about the oppression of women. This song is straight fire, both musically are lyrically. Edit: Please help I'm being swarmed by Karens and Kyles for speaking truth to power.

[@nickcollins9170]

I wouldn't say "opression" of women but at the time of the making of this song in 1995 there was definitely much more casual disrespect of women in daily life than in 2022.

[@RS-ni3lj]

Do you live in Afghanistan or something?

[@annmarie6870]

Lol! I work with someone who clearly still believes that woman should not get special rights he literally thinks woman get special treatment it’s like dude you’re 32 years old please act your age. Of course I’m nice to this moron. People have told me just keep being nice but I’m honestly losing patience with idiots who cannot accept that the world is changing. Give it a rest idiots we are just done with the bs we don’t live in the 1950’s where woman are encouraged to get married or have kids. Theirs a lot of single people out there for a reason.

[@aaronpaul6601]

@@RS-ni3lj Listen to the lyrics.

[@aaronpaul6601]

@@nickcollins9170. Listen to the lyrics.

[@syd5380]

The line "what I've succumbed to is making me numb" makes me emotional

[@tcu1099]

Do you guys remember owning Tragic Kingdom as a CD? Man, that was the f*cking best.

[@jameseunice7761]

I want to thank God.Gwen.

[@bombshellswithbombs]

I still have Tragic Kingdom and their live concert 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@ChaosBadger777]

I've still got Tragic Kingdom, it was a great album and takes me back to the 90's.

[@galavizencinas2350]

I have Tragic Kingdom too

[@erit.africa]

I was 16!!! and absolutely loved it!

[@michelehood8837]

Gwen is the fucking boss. I always felt like this described the way my parents treated me as a young woman. I’m 50 now, and it still reminds me of the bias I felt when compared to my twin brother.

[@craigdrohan7591]

I teach sociology and always rock my class with this one when we look at prejudice and discrimination. I'm partial to belting it out with Gwen too, even though I'm a 43 yr old male.

[@sleepingkirby]

If it makes you feel any better, I was a Taiwanese male that grew up in the US and even I felt some of this. No doubt (no pun intended), my sister got it worse but still. Prejudice is prejudice.

[@nandini8814]

A person who appropriates culture isn't a boss. They're dumb.

[@missghosty]

@@nandini8814 What?

[@nandini8814]

@@missghosty wdym what. Gwen has been appropriating Indian culture since years.

[@aj_nav]

Back then we had so many good songs/artists. Didn’t have to flip through every station 528 times to find a decent song or give up and play the music on your phone.

[@wildwombat]

Romy & Michelle fan here, and this song is one of the few things I remember of those days.

[@QrogaMilo]

"What I've succumbed to is making me numb" "What I've become is so burdensome" Great real life lyrics. Relatable to anyone who betrays oneself, is conditioned by those around.

[@lexalee5795]

Britney Spears

[@mikael.wilhelm]

You're the only one in the comment section that puts your finger on the key phrases in the lyrics. Gwen has turned herself into a fraud, and the song shows how she feels about it. Gwen has painted a prettier and more sexually attractive face on top of her real face, using a secret female seduction technique called "makeup". She is taking full advantage of the power of sexual manipulation that is available to her as a girl, and has in fact become a big star for it, with the entire world fawning over her and showering her with attention. The song is about how she hates what she has become (a big fat lie!), and she tells us straight up she has had it up to her fake eyebrows. This is probably the most feminist song in existence, since it perfectly sums up the feminist desire to have the cookie and eat it too. Gwen wants to be taken seriously as a man is taken seriously, but she ALSO wants flutter her fake eyelashes and harvest money and attention from all the simps. She chooses to be "just a girl" to reap all the rewards that come from it, then she turns around and blames the world (but at least she seems to have self awareness about her own behavior). This is apparently super relatable to all the women commenting here, so I'm assuming they're all doing the same thing (abusing the sexual power that comes with being a girl, then playing victim when being treated as a sex object), albeit not all women do this as successfully as Gwen. She is a very gifted woman after all.

[@denisesatx]

I remember hearing No Doubt play this song live on a radio station, they were introducing this song for the first time. This band was awesome and I loved this whole album. I have memories of constantly watching this music video on MTV, the nostalgia hurts❤

[@winniekamau8907]

amazing song i love it so much

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Hard to fathom that this tune is almost 30 years old. Where on earth has the time gone??

[@lisajohnson521]

i remember rocking out to this back in the day when it first came out. I was younger and really just getting my groove on.But I actually sat down and listened to the lyrics a few days ago and this has become one of my favorite songs. I think the lyrics are really brilliant honestly. I wonder what encouraged her to write them! I have always been a Gwen fan, still am. LOVE HER!

[@rickpaulparks7678]

love no doubt. it reminds me of simpler times. I'm getting older, but still young at heart. I found a picture of me from 1999. I was so young looking.

[@valeriesweekofwonders1067]

Lisa Johnson I just read that she was inspired to write this song after an incident where her father got mad at her for driving by herself late at night. It's definitely a feminist anthem about women being independent and not needing to be "protected" all the time. She said about this song; “ I wrote that because my dad got mad at me for going to Tony’s house and driving home late at night. I mean, c'mon, I’m, like, going on 30 here! " -Gwen Stefani

[@Brian-jj2kk]

Lisa Johnson @@@

[@kelkil79]

The lyrics were utter rubbish... They won't "let her have any rights," WTF is she talking about, she's in a bad touring and doing whatever the f*ck she wants???

[@emmabarron7614]

@@kelkil79 oh shut up. Women don’t have rights in many countries. She’s talking about being a woman generally

[@tiffanydavis1370]

Just a 30-something year old black woman reminiscing my childhood favorite songs.

[@ericaminnis4676]

Same here lol!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

It's a good song. I also like the " The Fallout Boys".

[@EstefaniaHZ]

You go girl ~ I ain't stopping you. 💛

[@lorethajohnson8140]

Oh the looks I got for liking this song back in the day, glad I didn't let people's opinions change me

[@xitlalic]

same

[@raidri_conchobair]

i am a guy but this song is just so great. I love it! Music history. Today's music can't keep up by any means.

[@TristanClark-wt1xy]

This song is so good it just makes me want cry

[@gamermoment7044]

The way she said 💫clear💫 is just TOO MUCH. Sends shivers every time.

[@speedwagon9405]

Wow. How it still holds up to this day.

[@rileyk5228]

A lot of music from that era does... They were focused on timeless, not timely

[@DeyRapingEveryone]

Calm down mate she's talking about real girls.

[@StephenStine]

@@rileyk5228 perfectly said

[@740B230K]

Geiler 90ger Jahre Song, habe ich als Jugendlicher beim Fortgehen schon gerne gehört. In den alten überfüllten Gassen zwischen den Lokalen!

[@jnairac]

No Doubt one of the best lyrics written back then. Gwen and the lads💜✊🏽

[@sabahbubbler]

Always loved this song but revisited because of Captain Marvel

[@ivanjambonneau9184]

YES

[@warzoneparamancos5499]

Same

[@rue2414]

Naw already new this song

[@mostrodelretail]

same

[@Chrisbleach25]

The movie was okay not best marvel movie but okay i give captain marvel 7 out 10.❤💙

[@aaalba9339]

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I'm exposed And it's no big surprise Don't you think I know Exactly where I stand This world is forcing me To hold your hand 'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me Well don't let me out of your sight Oh, I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite So don't let me have any rights Oh, I've had it up to here! The moment that I step outside So many reasons For me to run and hide I can't do the little things I hold so dear 'Cause it's all those little things That I fear 'Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be 'Cause they won't let me drive Late at night Oh I'm just a girl Guess I'm some kind of freak 'Cause they all sit and stare With their eyes Oh I'm just a girl Take a good look at me Just your typical prototype Oh, I've had it up to here! Oh, am I making myself clear? I'm just a girl I'm just a girl in the world That's all that you'll let me be! Oh I'm just a girl, living in captivity Your rule of thumb Make me worry some Oh I'm just a girl, what's my destiny? What I've succumbed to Is making me numb Oh I'm just a girl, my apologies What I've become is so burdensome Oh I'm just a girl, lucky me Twiddle-dum there's no comparison Oh, I've had it up to! Oh, I've had it up to!! Oh, I've had it up to here

[@jackpotg-larz7445]

In 5 years theres gonna be the "I'm just a boy song"

[@aaalba9339]

@@jackpotg-larz7445 ...why?

[@jackpotg-larz7445]

@@aaalba9339 I think it would have a good ring to it.

[@aaalba9339]

@@jackpotg-larz7445 lol why do u think that?

[@jackpotg-larz7445]

@@aaalba9339 because the girl version was so good. Hense why I'm here. Plus the feminist movement. So it would make sense if a boy did it in like 5 years.

[@GooberThe1]

though Im not a big pop rock fan, this is just one of my favorite songs from that type of music.

[@stormchaser419]

So 90's right here. It has those feel good vibes from the 80's and overall music sound but Gwen turns it into a 90's masterpiece. This coming from a guy who listens mainly to hard rock.

[@amandah.2202]

She was so ahead of her time

[@ryublueblanka]

You are!

[@AikiDoge]

0:15 Girl driver is in dhe denial stage ov grief.

[@robertthomas5736]

Way ahead of Her Time

[@ryublueblanka]

Actually she really wasn't...she's in her 40's here

[@lamasu8060]

@@christinaperez7681 what? Who gives a shit if she has a love interest!

[@gabriellamortier2710]

I will forever think of the movie “Clueless” when I hear this song ❤️

[@tiffprendergast]

Gabriella Mortier it was in Romy & Michele not clueless

[@MisssKayy]

Tiff Prendergast I love Romy and Michelle! That movie is hilarious

[@clivechiam]

Tiff Prendergast it was on clueless what crack are u smoking 🙄

[@gabriellamortier2353]

Tiff Prendergast yes I am aware it was in Romy and Michele, however it was in Clueless first

[@davidhunt5350]

El maguey

[@brentsantus4077]

Was a punk in the late 70s when this came out I bought the album straight away, still love it

[@user-xc9du5sm8k]

My favorite guitar riff of all times. And I heard a lot of them.

[@johannespaul5933]

She was a lyrical monster

[@KishBish]

YES!!!

[@JustSummer1]

she still is

[@acermakambumug1650]

monstrossity

[@linklink9589]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGewqmijnrhjl5I

[@gigiice7060]

She still is

[@baronsofsaturn9242]

Gwen Stefani was just a teenager when No Doubt got rolling. In 1992 they signed a record deal and released an album with Interscope Records but due to poor album sales, the label cancelled plans for additional albums. Undeterred, the band independently released a second album which impressed Interscope Records enough that they suffered FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). The label resigned the band to release their 3rd album in 1995 which became "Tragic Kingdom". "Just A Girl" was the song that broke the band into mass consciousness and its the first song that Gwen solely wrote the lyrics for. It's sarcastic tone and a nod towards an independent attitude for women has been seen as a statement for feminism but in reality, Stefani simply wrote the song in reference to a time when she got in trouble with her parents for sneaking out of the house. The video featuring a cute and vibrant Gwen, went into heavy rotation on MTV after the single was released... and the rest, as they say, is history.

[@bellap7780]

k

[@zzulm]

Thanks for sharing. And she went to practice with her band until late at night and her brother wasn't with her so she drove back home alone late at night form LA to Fullerton. And her parents were mad at her and that's when she noticed that it was only because she was a female.

[@TheStarBlack]

Is this Wikipedia now?

[@dustinthomaswinkler2301]

I’m not trying to be an asshole. But a lot of this information isn’t true. Gwen And Tom wrote Just a Girl, the only songs Gwens wrote on her own for ND are Simple kind of life and Suspension without Suspense. The second album The Beacon street collection was a fuck you to interscope. They where never dropped from interscope. Turned over to TRAUMA in 95 then that subdivision of interscope closed then Just a girl was off the 3rd album Tragic Kingdom. I could keep going and going

[@anja6983]

Can be a statement for feminism towards her parents too ... Im a farmersdaughter and in opinion of my mother and grandparents im not capable to have a farm. I would need a husband for it ... Parents are sometimes the ones who treat you wrong

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

I love this song it makes you think of a different time period and beyond life is adventures inside adventures and beyond.

[@cosmikgazer]

Gwen was the epitome of cool in the 90's

[@Itsindy_]

Now no one is cool. Just a bunch of autotuned skanks with no originality.

[@laurenelizabeth7833]

Cosmik Gazer not anymore tho😢

[@dannie2712]

she was still cool until recently

[@Upper_echelon_exotics]

DaNZ 27 What changed recently? I haven't heard anything new about/ from her.

[@dannie2712]

Trin Murray when she started doing country pop duets with that southern hick lol

[@neener7887]

Is this song still with us in th building??? No Doubt & Gwen shaped a lot of my life and the radio silence from both outputs is defening.

[@jeremymckinnon5325]

One of the most underrated voices of the 90s!!!

[@atsum3053]

Captain Marvel made me come back and listen to this absolute bop

[@notelian80]

same my g

[@irismcdonald2683]

As someone living with sexual trauma, these lyrics came at a perfect point when my crying, feeling like it's my fault, turned to screaming, knowing it theirs. I still listen to it pretty frequently, and it's one of the only songs that makes me feel heard. Thank you.

[@zankety578]

You're so brave, I wish you the best of luck on your journey in life.

[@petrovicmarija8131]

I'm so sorry, this made me so sad😣that person will burn in hell! You are so brave and beautiful🌷🫶🏼🫶🏼. You are as beautiful as this song❤️!

[@raiponcem9209]

Same here, incest from my father .