Hey Little Girl Explained

Hey Little Girl
Cover:	Hlg-icehouse.jpg
Caption:	1982 Chrysalis Records (7" vinyl release)
Type:	single
Artist:	Icehouse
Album:	Primitive Man
B-Side:	Glam
Released:	1 November 1982^[1]
Length:	3:53
Prev Title:	Great Southern Land
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Street Cafe
Next Year:	1982

"Hey Little Girl" is a single released by Australian band Icehouse, the second single from the band's 1982 album, Primitive Man.^[2] The album and single were co-produced by band member and the track's writer, Iva Davies, and Keith Forsey.^[2] It was released in November 1982^[1] on Regular Records in 7" vinyl single and 12" vinyl single formats. UK and Europe releases by Chrysalis Records were also on 7" and 12" formats, but with different track listings. The single was then released in the US in 1983 on the same formats. On "Hey Little Girl", Iva Davies uses the Linn drum machine—the first for an Australian recording.^[3] It peaked at No. 7 on the Australian singles chart^[4] and No. 2 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Germany, Top 20 in UK, Sweden and Netherlands, and No. 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

The US cover for the single has a still from the Russell Mulcahy music video for "Hey Little Girl".^{[3] [5] [6]}

In 1997, a series of re-mixes of the song was released in Germany on the Edel Music label. Another remix version by Infusion was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982–1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	7
France (IFOP)^[8]	13
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[9]	55
US Billboard Top Tracks	31

Year-end charts

Track listing

All tracks written by Iva Davies.^[11]

7" single (Australian/NZ release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" – 3:53
2. "Glam" (dance remix) – 6:40

7" single (UK/Europe release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" – 4:10
2. "Love in Motion" – 3:34

12" single (Australian/NZ release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" (extended dance remix) — 6:59
2. "Glam" — 3:18
3. "Glam" (extended dance remix) — 6:38

12" single (UK/Europe release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" (disco edit mix) – 7:00
2. "Hey Little Girl" – 3:40
3. "Can't Help Myself" (club disco mix) – 5:58

7" single (US release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" – 3:40
2. "Mysterious Thing" – 4:21

12" single (US release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" (extended version) – 6:11
2. "Hey Little Girl (dub version) – 6:14

CD single (German release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" (radio edit) – 3:45
2. "Hey Little Girl" (future house single) – 3:40
3. "Hey Little Girl" (x/tended edit) – 4:59
4. "Hey Little Girl" (DJ Darling vs DJ Sören) – 6:40
5. "Hey Little Girl" (original version) – 4:22

12" version (German release)

1. "Hey Little Girl" (DJ Darling vs DJ Sören) – 6:40
2. "Hey Little Girl" (future house single) – 3:40
3. "Hey Little Girl" (X/tended edit) – 4:59
4. "Hey Little Girl" (radio edit) – 3:45

Personnel

Credits:^[2]

Icehouse members

• Iva Davies – vocals, guitar, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, bass guitar, Linn drum machine

Additional musicians

• Keith Forsey – additional percussion
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar and backing vocals

Recording details

• Produced – Iva Davies, Keith Forsey

Accolade

"Hey Little Girl" is included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Platterlog: Singles – Supplementary Page: 54 > 1 November 1982. Platterlog. Imgur.com. 22 January 2023.
2. Web site: Magnus . Holmgren . Stefan . Warnqvist . The Flowers / Icehouse . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929120725/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html . 29 September 2013.
3. Web site: Artist: Icehouse . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060917135919/http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,49247 . 17 September 2006.
4. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . 1993 . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . . 0-646-11917-6.
5. Web site: Jason . Grech . An interview with Iva Davies . Countdown Memories . 23 July 2004 . 16 June 2008 .
6. Web site: Icehouse – artist videography . MVDbase.com . 2008 . 19 June 2008 .
7. Web site: Kelvin . Hayes . Icehouse – Meltdown . . 16 July 2008 .
8. Web site: Le Détail par Artiste . InfoDisc . Select "Icehouse" from the artist drop-down menu . 20 May 2016 . fr.
9. Web site: Icehouse – Awards . . 17 June 2013 .
10. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts: 1983 . Offiziellecharts.de . GfK Entertainment charts . 9 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150509000529/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1983 . de.
11. Web site: Hey Little Girl . . 24 March 2014 . 23 March 2014 . https://archive.today/20140323214315/https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch%23.
12. Book: Dimery, Robert . 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die . . 2011 . 978-1-8440-3717-9 .