| I Kissed a Girl | |
| Cover: | I_Kissed_a_Girl_(Jill_Sobule_song).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jill Sobule |
| Album: | Jill Sobule |
| B-Side: | Resistance Song |
| Released: | [1] |
| Genre: | Folk-pop[2] |
| Length: | 3:13 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Brad Jones[3] |
| Prev Title: | Living Color |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Supermodel |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"I Kissed a Girl" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule. The song, released on May 2, 1995, reached number 20 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 36 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. In Canada, it debuted and peaked at number 15 on the newly established RPM Alternative 30 chart.
In 2008, the song received renewed attention after Katy Perry released a song with the same title. Some music critics unfavorably compared Perry's song to Sobule's due to their titles.[4] [5] In a 2009 interview with The Rumpus, Sobule criticized Perry, stating, "Fuck you Katy Perry, you fucking stupid, maybe 'not good for the gays,' title-thieving, haven't heard much else, so not quite sure if you're talented, fucking little slut."[6] Sobule later claimed that her comments were meant to be facetious. She stated that she "rambled on with a string of over the top dumb-ass profanities, purposely out of character and completely in jest ... I have never really been angry or had ill feelings towards Katy herself. I was actually in a small way happy to not be the 'Kissed a Girl' girl anymore".[7]
The music video featured Italian model Fabio playing Sobule's heterosexual love interest. It parodies his romance novel covers, and features young women in 1960s-style hair and dresses.