Single:
Girls Talk entered the Australian singles chart* on 27 August 1979 and peaked at #9. It was #56 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Repeat When Necessary which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 July 1979 and peaked at #37.
Songwriter:
Elvis Costello
Producer:
Dave Edmunds
Record label of Australian release:
Swan Song
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS CLIP BELOW: 1979 music video clip of Girls Talk
Wikipedia:
Girls Talk was written by Elvis Costello and first recorded by Dave Edmunds. Costello gave an early version of the song to Edmunds, saying he donated the song “in a moment of drunken bravado.”
Edmunds reworked the song and released it on his album Repeat When Necessary. Costello later released his version as a B-side to I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down. Both Edmunds and Costello’s versions attracted critical acclaim.
As with many of Costello’s previous songs, it is tricky to ascertain a particular meaning, as his lyrics are replete with such double meanings as “though you may not be an old-fashioned girl, you’re still going to get dated”.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Talk_(Elvis_Costello_song)
Lyrics:
There are some things you can’t cover up with lipstick and powder
Thought I heard you mention my name, can’t you talk any louder?
Don’t come any closer, don’t come any nearer
My vision of you can’t come any clearer
Oh, I just wanna hear girls talk
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BONUS CLIP
A music video was produced for Girls Talk featuring Dave Edmunds and Rockpile playing on the roof of the Warner Brothers Records building in Midtown Manhattan, as well as assorted shots of people walking through Manhattan.
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