No Doubt - Just A Girl

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@RgzToTact]

You wrote a whole story about a trash ass song.

[@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 🤘

[@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).

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

The video was made in 1996, that's the mid-90s.

[@amazingvioletrose1680]

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

[@RgzToTact]

No tf it isn’t 😂 stupid ass lyrics with her stupid ass lisp sounding retarded goofy sounding ass

[@Christina528-b6h]

No one ever talks about how amazing the actual band was. They are all awesome musicians!

[@PhillipaSorensen]

Agreed

[@violetlunna]

No one who They were everywhere in the 90s and early 2000s

[@yardimliege]

No doubt!

[@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.

[@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]

😢❤️

[@Minji68689]

@@javiertorres-bb8lf happy late birthday

[@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

[@lillianmarie7160]

@@Axolotl4Chaos agreed. I was completely blindsided when that "Hey baby" song came out. Awful. But this? wondrous!

[@JenniferOxnard]

Same here, listening to this now at 44 years old I hear what she was saying. But at 15yrs old I just heard a catchy beat with awesome female singer.

[@sntslilhlpr6601]

This was when her brother (the drummer) was writing the lyrics.

[@robinhooduk8255]

i heard this today on the radio and wondered if young people now would change the context of it and give it some neo-feminist bent. and here it is the second highest comment. you guys are so easy read, you are like a childrens book haha! the song is about being immature and naive girl and ironically you guys dont get that because you are too immature and naive to see it. as other commenter said the lyrics are written by a man.lol

[@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🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@pollymahone9392]

​@@EGM-he8sdagreed

[@eirikbelisarius1100]

How this song brings me back. The 90s was perhaps the last sane decade. This song is a f... masterpiece!

[@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

[@anomous2307]

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

[@Dunnowhocares]

SoCal radio stations play so much music from the 90s and 00s you'd think all those bands were still together

[@davidmonrrealjr]

honestly...

[@supastar25]

We had it so good and probably didn't realize it

[@darkman14563]

I miss the late 90s and early 2000s music everything had meaning and though behind it and was absolutely uppity

[@halroxdynasty8683]

I know

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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😙

[@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.

[@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]

😊

[@imana-hole3591]

The world is a better place because this song exists

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

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

[@marcus813]

IKR? I still remember being in junior high and enjoying this video on MTV.

[@smeenuar]

Even harder to fathom it's been on KZbin for half the time it's been out

[@rixretros]

"........time gone??" Yeah, I've said that a time or two myself !!! 🤦‍♂

[@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

[@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!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@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

[@hermajestyqueenmilotic]

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

[@sauravbalmiki9015]

It's November 24th, 2024. I found this song on a reel, instantly Googled it, and now I am finally hearing it, 29 years after its release.

[@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" ;)

[@_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

[@פרטיחסוי]

כבד את אביך ואת אמך ... זאתי בטח פיצוצים

[@pioxia777]

@@SoggyBiscu1tLMAO

[@katiefox6541]

@@SoggyBiscu1tyou don’t understand… I can’t even look up in public without catching a man staring at me.. that’s what the lyrics are implying, it’s soul draining fr

[@SoggyBiscu1t]

@@katiefox6541 womp womp??? I was making a joke, no need to get mad lol

[@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

[@yamum-y7l]

I'm 17 and I wasn't even around when no doubt started and there music is literally my everything. It's no doubt and the veronicas are like my 2 favorites

[@megaskyburst]

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

[@claudiallano2401]

Yeahh!!!!✨✨

[@aaaaaa3147-v7t]

yess❤

[@Rayanjai]

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

[@banderson207133]

Well she was the last remaining original member of the bad that morphed into no doubt. The other two members was her brother and a friend that committed suicide.

[@jamiemarky4842]

Lmao

[@hellogorgeous101]

Why should they get “Props”? They’re a band that wrote and performed a good song. Period. Your comment is an example of the type of causal sexism this song is literally about. dumbing it down and calling it “girl power” and acting like the men in the band should get applause because they did her some big favor for “allowing” her to sing the lyrics. 🙄

[@chicosouza8761]

kikiki

[@Dranex11]

@@hellogorgeous101 this is a point well made..

[@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❤

[@doierry772]

the worst person you’ll ever meet is in this comment section talking about how happy they are that they found this song before tiktok

[@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!

[@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?

[@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

[@nancysgirlfriend27]

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

[@gwennybee4180]

@@TeaOtter07 agreed

[@minajan4316]

Nothing like the 90s.

[@syd5380]

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

[@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

[@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

[@djskdjsk28]

This album “Tragic Kingdom” is to me one of the all time greatest albums, ever. Hit after hit after hit and thus becoming/being iconic. I bought the album when it came out in 95’, when I was 25 & because of this song in particular, and was totally blown away, from the beginning till the end. I didn’t know much about “No doubt” previously, as they weren’t known really well here in Australia, so I didn’t have their earlier albums, but this album cemented it for me. I’m now 50 ( f*ck, I’m getting old!) I was and always will be a HUGE fan of No Doubt. Gwen and the band are iconic. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ always

[@suzawilo]

Turning 40 and from Finland 🇫🇮 but otherwise pretty much the same 💪🏽

[@dahamisamarathunga840]

I wish I was born in that generation tbh...

[@andymccallum8090]

one of the greatest albums ever? bold statement but each to their own.

[@andrejvidovic1]

I'm just a 38 year old heterosexual man and I can relate to every single lyric of this song all my life and then some. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@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!

[@inigoilzarbe2010]

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, 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

[@crystalball7993]

Iñigo Ilzar Thank you :)

[@krystalgorman86]

Iñigo Ilzar thanks for putting up lyrics i love this song but not heard it in few years so kinda forgot the words lol so thank you again

[@makpeter123]

Iñigo Ilzar she’s basically telling ya she’s a man

[@teresecowley8703]

Cat Stevens peace traib

[@tituslivius2084]

Iñigo Ilzar I

[@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

[@EboniSincere]

Crazy how my children listen to the same songs of my past...I love it❤

[@kimberlylippington9582]

I’ve never even seen captain marvel I’m just here for the song 😭

[@chrissy_athumum]

Love your profile

[@chrissy_athumum]

@crimsontears17 yay, what's your favorite song?

[@chrissy_athumum]

Mine is either love is black and white or beauty is empty

[@kimberlylippington9582]

nerdygoth _101 love in black and white is one of my favorites along with stuck on you and mrs. stadler :)

[@chrissy_athumum]

@@kimberlylippington9582 I have found my people

[@DestinyFomo]

this still rocks...

[@RgzToTact]

No it doesn’t

[@LilRocker2005]

I can't be the only one who would love to see one more No Doubt album!

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

Gwen Stefani was the only frontwoman of her time that could get all the men and boys in an audience to sing "I'm just a girl". Only to find out this song isn't a "girl power" song, and it's about breaking out of boxes society places you in

[@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?

[@Vinnay94]

@@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

[@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

[@nicolasobertino6821]

The 90' were so good! Great musical era for rock music

[@flixtrue6300]

So relevant these days in America. Good luck!

[@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

[@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

[@iam2tired4this]

My mom used to play this all the time, and at one point when I asked why, and she said that after I was born, when she was coming home from the hospital, my aunt had called the radio station in the town we lived in and said to play this, but dedicate it to my mom. so about 10 minutes later after all the ads and radio shit there was a little announcement. "Just got a call and wanted to congratulate **insert my moms name** on her newborn baby girl! This ones for you, huge respect to you and all the moms out there" and this song followed it. Brought tears to my dads eyes. Now, 13 years later, this is one of my favorite songs, and my mom still cries a little when she hears this. Thank you mom, you have good music taste :)

[@scottjankovic9773]

Thats awesome :) always nice when a song has a super personal meaning to someone just like that

[@TheHardbrag]

I was just cruising downtonw and i said to myself " lets turn the radio " and this was on it i felt so old ahahahha

[@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.

[@Attilaband]

I relate to this too hard

[@linklink9589]

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[@maymay-sq1ix]

Hát mégis hogy? :D

[@funacountya2821]

same but im non-binary-

[@bitzen2382]

@@funacountya2821 pog

[@dat_berserk_gamer445__7]

@@funacountya2821 so your not anything?

[@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 .

[@Frobbus]

I can’t believe this hit 100M views just today. No Doubt rules!! 🎉🎉

[@entertain7us148]

Who else is doing a 90s throwback night???

[@chltmdwp]

this is 00's throwback not 90

[@entertain7us148]

chltmdwp ... this song was released in 1995

[@monivecc2982]

MEEEEEEE!

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

chltmdwp funny since I was listening to this song in the mid 1990s

[@fade2black001]

Says right there in the description that it was copyrighted in 2003

[@Helladgaf]

My mom told me this used to be my song when I was a little girl! It would come on the radio and I'm singing along all loud in the back seat haha and now this 28 year old gonna see Queen Gwen live for the first time next month! I'm gonna cry lol

[@NadLeaNnot1]

This song has been awesome for 2 decades , so glad more people are discovering no doubt thanks to captain marvel , music was cool back in the 90’s , i was like 9 then but this is still part of my playlists xD

[@gabrielperez5193]

I thought thia came out in 2003 lol

[@NadLeaNnot1]

Chief Indiana hahaha no xD 98 or 97 I think

[@Wout.vlmnck]

@@NadLeaNnot1 1995.

[@Fred-uc4eo]

I remember when this song and "Hand in my Pocket " were played on Las Vegas radio in the 90's. I started appreciating female artists.

[@orestessamolis8498]

The description says 2003 because that's when it was re - released on the singles collection album or vevo just made a mistake. This definitely came out in 1995 the actual band members said it

[@zoeybatterup152]

Music video.

[@orestessamolis8498]

Zoeybatterup152 LOL ! The music video is also from 1995,it was just because it was re - released on the singles collection album in 2003,or vevo made a mistake like they a,ways do. LOL ! Why would a music video come out 8 years after a song ?

[@zoeybatterup152]

orestes samolis idk i forgot who but a band i used to listen to has done that

[@orestessamolis8498]

Zoeybatterup152 well not this band. I meant *always

[@orestessamolis8498]

Zoeybatterup152 does this look like a 2003 music video to you ? and Gwen looked like this in 1995

[@philthytanks4952]

i remember seeing no doubt as basically an “unknown” band and was blown away as a kid, and though i’m sure they were already on their way up, to see them blow up throughout my childhood was dope, just kinda wish she brought her band with her into her broader fame. I understand they had their own beef and issues, though i wish they could’ve continued to make music like this

[@Lo-ed4fq]

I love how she did her own makeup,clothes and the style in this video

[@shavedparmesanprosciuttoan4317]

Did you watch the vogue interview too?? Lol I immediately came back to watch old videos after that

[@nandini8814]

The bindi put me off tho. I'm severely disappointed with Gwen for using an ancient tradition as a fashion statement.

[@Clara-lh7pj]

@@nandini8814 Well she was dating Tony Kanal for quite some time who’s of indian descent, so I think she had her own legit reasons to do that, and in that case it’s more of cultural appreciation rather than appropriation…

[@kaitlynferguson8071]

@@Clara-lh7pj appreciation would be more of the song having desi elements but it doesn’t so it’s still kinda off putting

[@nandini8814]

@@Clara-lh7pj It's literally not related to the music. There's no need to put it in the music video??

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-bd7ku9iw9l]

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

[@chazzmccloud36]

This was the first CD I bought with my own money, I was about 12 when it came out. I still get a smile on my face when I listen to it, to this day.

[@lizzybethnj617]

Me too.

[@layditms2]

Are you a Millenial ?

[@MrAlcazar]

Takes me back to 7th grade, when I used to listen to the radio religiously!

[@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

[@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

[@marcus813]

I'm so thankful that I grew up in that era of No Doubt. This is song that got me into the band.

[@mentak2593]

Walked into an almost empty arena in 1995..Seattle, Bumbershoot, saw Gwen on stage singing this song...i was transfixed...maybe 200 people in the audience. My friends wanted to leave and see Black happy.... I was like, are you even listening to this? Do you have ears? She was like a goddess, still is.

[@kandie3127]

Blue Lily I agree so much. She looks just the same too if not better now.. Timeless beauty

[@lettybabesify]

Just a shame she branched into pop 😂

[@littlesunn6598]

Blue Lily damn, wish i was your friend then! we could have had a blast

[@mpdalyful1]

you can blame interscope for that...

[@mpdalyful1]

you can blame interscope for that... it was reason her brother left the band. he could not stand thier creative interference.

[@dariamorgendorffe8]

I didn’t realize how much I missed artists having rings in their eyes from those awesome 90s lights.

[@tessicat]

This song still resonates so well, one of the best albums of all time

[@DirtbagB_outside]

I work construction and I guarantee you if this plays on job site 75 outa 100 dudes all guna be singing this out loud lol

[@beatrizgarcia9637]

Everything she’s wearing is back in style now. Im ready for it 😎

[@OkayWhoBroughtTheDog]

Me too! I was too young to try to dress like that but this time around, I’m ready!

[@katiebayliss9887]

Beatriz Garcia its hideous

[@SciFiArtman]

I say, it's not what she's wearing, but how she wears it! Everyone's mileage will vary!!!

[@lunar3193]

You're too fat

[@ahhwe-any7434]

Is it fr? I mean, I believe a lot of trends are on cycle anyway. Bc I read i.net comments & look at ppl around my age, & think sh like ," 🤔I don't think we exactly have the same beliefs. Why are they always hating on the younger folks? Did I dress just as crazy? Did they not eventually have kids? 💡 My nieces..." Think back to ish like this & I'm like yeah, I guess ...they have a point. I did cover myself up a lot more. Even in public. But like, do you still not have dress codes :/...? Lol, I ironed letters on tank tops. But I did show off my tummy sometimes. Just a bit... & Wore a lot of jerseys. And factory worker shirts. Bc ppl said I stuffed my bra. And I copied Korn's style (hair, but when I was out of hs). Michelle Branch (dress over jeans, out of hs). And a whole lotta other randomness. But that's ok tho., Bc at least Tre Cool likes my style. I grew up in the suburbs. I was really trying emphasize that individuality... Im pretty sure a lot of females wore white tanks and black strapped bras. Although, once I did get in trouble for not wearing a bra :/. I didn't actually put that much like perverse thoughts into it. It's just my mom kept buying my lace bras, & they were itchy af. - 90s kid right hurrr:/ 🙋

[@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!

[@jessedavis1741]

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

[@sonicplys64]

This song is so revolutionary.

[@Eric-yt7fp]

Legitimately one of the best punk songs of the 90s.

[@gamermoment7044]

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

[@LordBillington42]

Maybe in a couple of decades we can get another one like the 90's so I can have some fun in my 50's.

[@bbailey3055]

I think it’ll come back around before that.

[@Chookity-Pok]

It's never gonna be the same, unless we get rid of every existing smartphones

[@Mr.CoachBeaulieu]

Throw away all call phones and being back house phones and it MIGHT happen.

[@isabellalovespinkk]

I WAS SINGING “IM JUST A GIRL” INFRONT OF MY DAD AND HE KNEW THE SONG AND SAID “IN THE WORLD” (keep in mind he’s almost 60)

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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❤❤

[@RgzToTact]

Nobody gives a fuck what you miss. You miss bullshit like this? Song is fucking ass.

[@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 😊🎉🇩🇪

[@himbolastname6379]

No Doubt has some of the best bass riffs

[@N.P.G]

Sure, gwen's boyfriend is a mad bassist

[@catasterphe]

Yeah holy, I just listened to this song again and realized how crazy the bass part is

[@funboy1967]

Renegade Soundwave is the one for me.

[@strallen30]

I can't believe Gwen Stefani is 49 years old now. She still looks the same!!!

[@paronychia7299]

She’s hot

[@march950]

Shes gonna be 50 in less than two months

[@falcofan18]

@2 D she has 2 cups of orange juice.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yup

[@zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980]

Looks hotter actually

[@venusxxo]

soon this song is turning 30 years old and it’s still a bop! love this song and it is truly timeless

[@douglasjohns9555]

This gives me chills… Some of the best writing ever in history…. Love you