Girl Friend (track)
by The Modern Lovers
Year: 1976
From the album The Modern Lovers (track #8)
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Girl Friend appears on the following album(s) by The Modern Lovers:
- The Modern Lovers (track #8) (this album) (1976)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/24/2026 16:21 | alexandermause | 17,384 | 85/100 | |
| 01/08/2026 05:36 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 10:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 93,211 | 71/100 | |
| 10/27/2025 22:51 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 09/28/2025 06:49 |  Purplepash | 33,887 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.0/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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VictorVale 09/28/2021 12:19 | #274315
Grade álbum de rock, parece simples, mas é bem elaborado!
To me this was the worst track on the album. IMO. The lyrics don't stick to me and feel kind of dumb. Maybe that's love for yeah?
nachosbob 11/07/2014 04:22 | #126385
I agree with Suede's comment dumb lyrics, great music.
SuedeSwede 04/11/2014 18:44 | #109029
I like the style, but I agree with what JMan is trying to get at. It's incredibly vapid and patronising when you have to be told over and over "I understand a girlfriend. Yes, a girlfriend. A girlfriend. A G-I-R-L-F-R-I-E-N-D."
However, musically this is great.
That's a girlfriend. That's a girlfriend.
That's a girl.... friend...
That's G-I-R-L-F-R-I-E-N-D.
Ugh.
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