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September 25, 2006

New Good Charlotte - "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl"

On this unintentionally hilarious new single, the Madden bros prove they can spit monotone rhymes about luxury brands with the best of them. (And by "them" we mean no one you want to listen to.)

Good Charlotte - "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" (MP3)

We're told it's intended "for the club," so expect GC's MySpace to host a dozen or so remixes in the coming weeks. Wonder how it'll go over in the ghetto.

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It sounds like Cake.

Posted by: lonetallow at 09/25/06 1:28 PM  | Reply
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It sounds like The Faint.

Posted by: bryan at 09/25/06 1:31 PM  | Reply
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The vocals do, yeah. Very Cakey. And there are a few seconds in the chorus (the ahhh ahhhs) that hint at potential Killers-like superpop. Otherwise, thumbs dizzown.

Posted by: scott at 09/25/06 1:33 PM  | Reply
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This isn't the worst thing I've ever heard...but it's just such random drivel. I do like the 'a-ha's though.

Posted by: Sean at 09/25/06 1:34 PM  | Reply
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Here's hoping the phrase "underage horse-face" appears in the lyrics.

Posted by: Mark Swiderski at 09/25/06 1:39 PM  | Reply
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i really can't decide if it's awful or awesome. perhaps "awfulsome", to quote mr tom scharpling.

Posted by: george at 09/25/06 2:24 PM  | Reply
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So bad, I guarantee it's a hit. I won't be able to get a boner for a week.

Posted by: Mike at 09/25/06 2:40 PM  | Reply
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This does sound like The Faint...in a gross way.

Posted by: Hologram at 09/25/06 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Oh my god...you're all right. It's a bastardization of all three of those bands, and probably more...as if GC couldn't suck more. But I suppose it's better than it sounding exactly like one of their other (equally sucky) albums.

Posted by: a is for applebits at 09/25/06 3:51 PM  | Reply
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scott, i'm sending you a bill in the mail for the reimbursement of the time i just spent listening to that song. wow.

Posted by: mel at 09/25/06 4:14 PM  | Reply
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i hope they die in a plane crash Lynyrd Skynyrd style.

Posted by: hakeem at 09/25/06 4:51 PM  | Reply
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i like how the try to REP washington dc when they arent even from there. pathetic.

Posted by: also at 09/25/06 4:53 PM  | Reply
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Perhaps all their tattoo ink combined with their eyeliner and congealed in their bloodstream. But what about their hardcore punk fans -- what will they do now that their beloved GC has gone all "club"? Only GC could name drop Louis Vuitton and brass knuckles in the same song.

Posted by: YuppiePunk at 09/25/06 5:55 PM  | Reply
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He is calling you "DUDE!"

Posted by: strobie at 09/25/06 6:36 PM  | Reply
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Well, those gunning for "the worst lyrics composed of the year" must be relieved that the election's been stolen... and by republicans again. It's so bittersweet.

Posted by: Patrik at 09/26/06 5:21 AM  | Reply
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wow. i love GC and this SERIOUSLY sucks. now that they've gone all "club" or w/e. ....shoulda stayed w/ punk/rock

Posted by: Anonymous at 09/27/06 8:16 AM  | Reply
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wow. i love GC and this SERIOUSLY sucks. now that they've gone all "club" or w/e. ....shoulda stayed w/ punk/rock

Posted by: Anonymous at 09/27/06 8:16 AM  | Reply
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wow. i love GC and this SERIOUSLY sucks. now that they've gone all "club" or w/e. ....shoulda stayed w/ punk/rock

Posted by: Anonymous at 09/27/06 8:16 AM  | Reply
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wow. i love GC and this SERIOUSLY sucks. now that they've gone all "club" or w/e. ....shoulda stayed w/ punk/rock

Posted by: alyssa at 09/27/06 8:16 AM  | Reply
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wow. i love GC and this SERIOUSLY sucks. now that they've gone all "club" or w/e. ....shoulda stayed w/ punk/rock

Posted by: alyssa at 09/27/06 8:16 AM  | Reply
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I LOVE Good CharlottE!!! ThE neW sonG (keep your hands off My girL) ROCKS!!!

Posted by: Flor at 09/27/06 3:42 PM  | Reply
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its such a random song llf but i love random

it rocks

Posted by: nikki at 09/27/06 5:41 PM  | Reply
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its such a random song llf but i love random

it rocks

Posted by: nikki at 09/27/06 5:41 PM  | Reply
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meh, the songs not that bad actually. ive listened to it like 50 times by now trying to determine my decision on wheter it rocks or it sucks.

Posted by: alyssa at 09/27/06 8:15 PM  | Reply
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I reckon this song rocks I've listened to it six million times, except I think they say "I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck and my chain", i reckon the best bit is the a-ha bit it's awesome.

Posted by: clare at 09/28/06 12:24 AM  | Reply
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i meant they say it to much lol

Posted by: clare at 09/28/06 12:26 AM  | Reply
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this song rox my sox. like i first heard it and i was like waht the helllll..... but then the 3 time i heard it i was like "ahh huhh, ahh huhhh, keep ur hands of my gir, keep ur hands of my girl" and so now the song is like on repeat on my ipod and i think that joel and benji did an awsom job trying to write a "CLUB SONG" coz i would dance to this song an a club but i would also pay to see good charlotte perform it live...

so anyway... all u gc fans who dont like it, just listen to it a couple a times and mabey ull get used to it... but if ya dont, dont worry coz there new album should be hitting the shelves in feb some time and it should have some other stuff apart from "club music" on it.


well gc rok and yer

Posted by: dani at 09/28/06 7:00 AM  | Reply
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I heard this song once an twice an after that... I LOVED IT! dont care what u say...its awesome!

Posted by: Tia at 09/28/06 9:41 AM  | Reply
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well,ok when you listen to the song 4-5 times you get used to it but...THIS IS NOT GOOD CHARLOTTE!!! :'( please gys tell me the other songs from the album don't sound like Keep Your Hands Off My Girl :(anyway this is GC and I'll keep on listening to that song till I like it :P

Posted by: a_BG_fan at 09/28/06 1:39 PM  | Reply
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ive been following gc faithfully for years now.. and i didnt really expect this from them..im not really digging it but i guess it just needs time to grow on me ..i do agree with whoever said that it sucks so bad it will be a hit, the wrose songs usaly are.... i mean i love gc and all but this one isnt a hit in my book ...

Posted by: shinn at 09/28/06 3:15 PM  | Reply
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I really love GC, but this song is not good. I don't hate it but.. just.. is no good
i really hope more from them, trey're a grear band.

But obviosly I'll hear their other song cuz I love them

Posted by: Andrea at 09/28/06 7:28 PM  | Reply
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Oh my god this song is so bad I don't think that the new album would be good...

Posted by: Ded at 09/28/06 7:34 PM  | Reply
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Oh my god this song is so bad I don't think that the new album would be good...

Posted by: Me at 09/28/06 7:34 PM  | Reply
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Hey! I love THIS SONG! iM TOTALLY INTO GC! Cant wait for the new album!!

Loving their new sound...

Posted by: Maria at 09/28/06 8:09 PM  | Reply
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garbage, absolute pigshit

Posted by: ju at 09/28/06 9:22 PM  | Reply
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good charlotte es la mejor banda de todo el universo y el cosmos y la cancion esta super bacana ojala siguan asi son lo9 mejor y tambien todos apoyemos a las bandas de neo punk que el neo es lo mejor en musica
I LOVE GOOD CHALOTTE
I LOVE BILLY MARTIN, JOEL Y BENJI MADDEN, PAUL THOMAS Y CHRIS WILSON

Posted by: xiomara at 09/28/06 9:55 PM  | Reply
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yeah,first time i heard dis song,i didnt like but after i played it 2-3 times,i started to like it.I think,its good song and easy listening as well but I think it's not Good Charlotte!!!!
And I do not expect dis from GC guys,I wish the other songs from their fourth album will be better than dis.I'll keep representing GC!!!!

Posted by: Mutia Harwati at 10/01/06 4:34 AM  | Reply
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dude, whoever just said that this song sucks up at the top can die for all i care. This is now my new favorite song. So what if they went "club" or w/e.screw you loser. you have no taste.


ROCK ON GC!!!!!!WOOOOH

Posted by: camden at 10/03/06 3:29 PM  | Reply
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Seriously you guys don't know what the hell your talking about, so what this isn't typical gc, but too be honest i like it, its different, and they've managed to pull it off which is hard to do...And even Joel said that its not his fave track from the new album but it was just a bit of fun, him and benj experimenting. They rock whatever they produce,and at least their still together and trying new things togteher...unlike some so called bands who felt that they had to split to try different things *ahem blink182*, and both of their bands still sound like blink....so come on everyone and back GC

xxx

Posted by: Kelly at 10/03/06 4:01 PM  | Reply
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um. i like it.
up yerrs.

and fyi, they`re from maryland which so happens to be RIGHT next to washington, DC.
so, basically, they ARE from DC.
dumbass.

Posted by: rach at 10/03/06 11:31 PM  | Reply
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um. i like it.
up yerrs.

and fyi, they`re from maryland which so happens to be RIGHT next to washington, DC.
so, basically, they ARE from DC.
dumbass.

Posted by: rach at 10/03/06 11:31 PM  | Reply
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Check this out.....here's the video...
http://www.nylonmag.com/radar/watch_this/100306goodcharlotte.html

Posted by: sam at 10/04/06 1:01 PM  | Reply
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Welllll. If you guys think THIS is bad.. you're in for a real treat. Rumor has it theyre doing one song with Fabulous and another with The Game on the new album.

how they do that and still manage to put Avenged Sevenfold on the same album is still unknown, but it should be amusing.

Posted by: Shannon at 10/08/06 9:55 AM  | Reply
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i love good charlotte and i personally love this song. oh, haters. if u hate gc so much, y listen to their songs? i mean u have a right to hate them, but y still listen? lovin' the song though!

Posted by: Christy at 10/09/06 12:05 PM  | Reply
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Hi! i'm from buenos aires,Argentina
and i really love good charlotte, and i like this song...not is BAD...it's diferent but can be better.I don't speak english too much and i can't say everything.so...i wait for the next cd of good charlotte!!

la cancion me gusta! es diferente y original...
espero con ansias el proximo cd y pienso coprarmelo el mismo diaaaaa!!!

chauuu
bye*

mikuu*

Posted by: micaela at 10/10/06 8:29 PM  | Reply
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GUYS, THIS SONG TOTALLY BLOWS. ITS NOT EVEN A SONG, ITS SOMEONE ELSE. THESE GUYS ARE A JOKE. STOP WASTING YOUR TIME WITH GARBAGE AND START USING YOUR EARS. THANK YOU.

Posted by: mark at 10/27/06 2:45 PM  | Reply
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i really don't think the reviews are split on this song because i'm pretty sure the positive comments are all just ironic.
they have to be.

Posted by: andy at 10/29/06 7:37 PM  | Reply
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I agree with Andy. I missed this post the first time around and clicked on the link from the video post because I was curious that Stereogum readers would actually be split on a GC song. I've never seen so many typographical errors and general teengirlsquadness in a Stereogum comments section, so all those raves above have just got to be cringingly accurate parody. Either that, or whoever said kids were just finding Stereogum by googling "Good Charlotte" was right.

Posted by: sunnydlita at 10/30/06 6:50 PM  | Reply
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I LOVE THIS SONG! i dont give a frick if u HATERS dont like it,but i do.I represent GC all the way!I think this song is soooo random and i love it!i like the part where he says she she she dont wanna talk about it he he he wants to fight about it me me i dont wanna fight about it! ROCK ON GC!WOOOP WOOP! :P

Posted by: Brianna at 11/01/06 6:37 PM  | Reply
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I LOVE THIS SONG! i dont give a frick if u HATERS dont like it,but i do.I represent GC all the way!I think this song is soooo random and i love it!i like the part where he says she she she dont wanna talk about it he he he wants to fight about it me me i dont wanna fight about it! ROCK ON GC!WOOOP WOOP! :P

Posted by: Brianna at 11/01/06 6:38 PM  | Reply
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The damn mp3 is not working..
please re-link it.

Posted by: Lian at 11/06/06 2:52 PM  | Reply
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The link isn't working. Could you pretty please reupload it?

Posted by: Angela at 11/07/06 1:25 AM  | Reply
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hey hey!! we dont wanna read comments we juss wanna c the video...yeah....u guyz r freakin awesome..were glad u went rap and we r soooo fuckin excited 4 the album!!buh-byes......o yeah benji we r gonna get married!!-love ashton & jeana!!

Posted by: ashton and jeana at 11/27/06 10:15 AM  | Reply
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honestly,that's not good charlotte....i can't believe...you did that...i hate you!!! i loved you so much!what happend to meet my maker, we believe...to i just wanna live.......to hold on....i lived for you.for every moment..just to hear you....and this is not IT...jus't isn't you guys have changed....just not the same....what happend to wounded???and all so called "fans" that are listening to the song so many times just to like it, that's not a gc fan....youre fake...like a groupie...you suck(oh..i need someoneto help me heal these wounds,i'm doing everything i should have....)this isn't the band i loved so much....no...

Posted by: martina at 12/04/06 8:10 PM  | Reply
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think...good charlotte was a lie..........

Posted by: martina at 12/04/06 8:25 PM  | Reply
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I loved this song....its so diff from their other albums but its still GC!.....i like the edge it has to it....LOVE IT!!!

Posted by: regina at 01/14/07 1:17 PM  | Reply
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I loved this song from the moment i heard it. So what if it is different. Thats why people should love it. They had the balls to make a different sounding song, so big them up for doing so. If you truly loved gc then no matter what they did you would still like it. You are all very closed minded. Gc are awesome and will always be awesome. Btw this only goes for the people who don't like it.

Posted by: Holi at 01/27/07 9:04 AM  | Reply
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gd charlotte are awesome!!!!! especially joel he's soooo hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Posted by: Lola at 01/29/07 3:59 PM  | Reply
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wth? the lyrics are idiotic, but for some reason it won't get out of my head.

comfort eagle ripoff, anyone?

Posted by: chls at 02/04/07 3:26 PM  | Reply
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its a gd song, bt ye tis not gc's sound. to be honest thers been betta from them, bt i like the nu sound, and it is guna grow on me. still they cant touch lostprophets, no matter how hard they try

Posted by: horse at 02/05/07 12:44 PM  | Reply
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i luv the song it great!!!!!!!!!!
u guys rox

Posted by: shannon at 02/05/07 7:56 PM  | Reply
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i cant believe you guys are saying such bad things bout 'keep your hands off my girl' i think it is AWESOME!! i dont like GC but i love this song!! i usually go for MCR but this rocks!! =)

Posted by: Jaimee at 02/12/07 2:18 AM  | Reply
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This "song" if you can call it that is fucking terrible. And seeing as I have to listen to it on the radio, i have heard it many times... it doesn't grow on you. Now matter how many times you throw bullshit at someone, they're not going to come to like the taste. GC, what happened?

Posted by: Richard at 02/12/07 1:13 PM  | Reply
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i think the song rocks, best one of there songs yet,the video could of been a bit better, all you emo goths depresive pricks that try to show your view in life when know one realy cares, your just sad and weird and need to get some day light ok, SHOP IN TOPSHOP IT RULES.

Posted by: james pyett at 02/16/07 5:37 AM  | Reply
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Goel medden сука, пидор, чмо, уёбок!!!! I hate good Charlotte!!! They sucks bulls dicks!!!!!

Posted by: Tokio Girl at 02/22/07 10:16 AM  | Reply
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Hey that "Tokio Girl" doesnt even know the right spelling of her home town. Well, they are japanese, so... so be it. But it sounds like she doesnt even know who those Good charlotte guys are! She doesnt know what she's saying, so you better back off, go to the corner and kill yourself, okey?

Posted by: Leanne at 03/09/07 10:33 PM  | Reply
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It makes me laugh time and time again on how all you 'Punk Rock' people get so upset when one of the so called 'punk rock' bands changes up their sound a bit. It is such a hoot to read your comments. I can just picture you all, you have not changed your style or attitude in years, not only do you look the same but you probably are still thinking the same thoughts that you had 6 years ago. Really, life is about change and growth, experimenting and figuring out who we are. If you adopt one style, think the same thoughts, do the same actions for your whole entire life, all i can say is that your existence must suck. NEWSFLASH, Good Charlotte were never a punk band, they are pop, so good news, if you liked the old GC, then you in fact do listen to pop music, and maybe there is room for change in your life. Cheerio!!! xo

Posted by: stacey at 03/11/07 11:03 AM  | Reply
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EMO EXTREMISTS

Posted by: s@yNo2eM0 at 04/18/07 12:41 PM  | Reply
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dude this song rocks. it kicks buttcheeks.

Posted by: poop at 10/30/07 4:08 PM  | Reply
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