Don’t Cha vs Girlfriend
Word Wars
September 23, 2009

If adultery’s your thing, then you’re in luck. I’m pitting two of the decade’s most popular homewrecker songs: Pussycat Dolls’ ‘Don’t Cha’ and Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend”.

Don’t Cha was released back in 2005, and it got so big Scherzinger became the new Schwarzenneger. Hot? Yes. Stimulating? Yes. Spawned legions of paranoid girlfriends? Yes.

A year later, Avril revived her career with Girlfriend. Personally, I hated the song. I found Avril’s cheerleader-on-steroids vocals annoying, but the rest of the world liked it. The song topped the Billboard 100 and is still the most watched music video on Youtube.

Both are catchy. Both went platinum. But what song really takes home the man?


Avril and Nicole singing two of the decade’s most popular homewrecker songs

Don’t Cha

I know you like me (I know you like me)
I know you do (I know you do)
Thats why whenever I come around she’s all over you
And I know you want it (I know you want it)
It's easy to see (it's easy to see)
And in the back of your mind
I know you should be home with me

Dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me
Dont cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me
Dont cha, dont cha, baby
Dont cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me
Dont cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me
Dont cha, dont cha

Fight the feeling (fight the feeling)
Leave it alone (leave it alone)
Cause if it aint love
It just aint enough to leave a happy home
Let's keep it friendly (let's keep it friendly)
You have to play fair (you have to play fair)
See, I dont care
But I know she aint gon' wanna share


GIRLFRIEND

You're so fine, I want you mine, you're so delicious
I think about you all the time, you're so addictive
Don't you know what I can do to make you feel alright?
Alright, alright, alright

Don't pretend, I think you know I'm precious
And so yeah, I'm a motherf*cking princess
I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right
I'm right, I'm right, I'm right

She's like so whatever
You could do so much better
I think we should get together now
And that's what everyone’s talking about

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

 
 
For me, it’s Girlfriend. I know the song has the lyrical depth of a fifth grade love letter, but at least it has conviction. While the Dolls wallowed in guilt towards the end of the song, Avril grabbed our crotches even harder. Look, if you’re going to seduce someone, make sure you follow through. Otherwise it’s just a man, a woman and a big elephant in the room.

- Paulo Agulto