Girl U Want
	Produced by DEVO in association with Robert Margouleff
	Released on May 1980
	no chart information
	Find it at GEMM
GWB 0400 wo. picture sleeve

W arner Brothers actually whipped out “Girl U Want” first from Freedom of Choice. It didn’t chart, but I don’t remember seeing a video for it either. With better promotion, this could have easily cracked the US Top 100 (so could a lot of Devo songs). Like “Be Stiff” and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” before it, the band sabotages the song early on by introducing a counter rhythm, which may have been one reason why radio stations shied away from it. However, therein lies the song’s charm. The B side in the US was “Mr. B’s Ballroom” from Freedom, in the UK it was the nonalbum “Turn Around,” which appeared on the flip side of “Whip It” in the US. For more on "Girl U Want," check out Songfacts.

TRACK LISTING

US 7-inch single

1. GIRL U WANT
2. MR. B's BALLROOM
   
   UK/JPN 7-inch single
   
1. GIRL U WANT
2. TURN AROUND
   
   Back To Back Hits reissue
   
1. GIRL U WANT    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:56
2. WHIP IT    (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale)    2:37

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