Bop Girl

"Bop Girl"
Single by Pat Wilson
from the album Strong Love
Released September 1983
Format 7" vinyl
Studio Rhinoceros Studios
Genre Pop
Length 3:33
Label WEA Records
Songwriter(s) Ross Wilson,
Producer(s) Ross Wilson, Mark Moffatt, Ricky Fataar
Pat Wilson singles chronology
"Bop Girl"
(1983)		 "Strong Love"
(1984)

"Bop Girl"
(1983)		 "Strong Love"
(1984)

"Bop Girl" is the debut single by Australian pop singer Pat Wilson. The song was written by her husband, Ross Wilson[1] of the bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock.

"Bop Girl" was released in September 1983. It peaked at number 2 on the Kent Music Report.

At the 1983 Countdown Music Awards, the song won the award for 'Best Debut Single'.

Music video

The music video was the screen debut of 15-year-old Nicole Kidman playing the role of a young "bop girl".[2] Chosen by director Gillian Armstrong, songwriter Ross recalled that Kidman was to represent "an up and coming starlet with a bright future".[3] Kidman herself insisted that the video be used for both a BBC documentary about her career, and also in an American Cinematheque tribute, with the result that the video returned to Australian music video playlists in 2004. The music video was shot in South Coogee.

Track listing

7" Vinyl (WEA – 7-259854)

  1. "Bop Girl" - 3:33
  2. "Tacky" - 3:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[5] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (1983) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 11

References

  1. ↑ ""Bop Girl" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ↑ Hughes, John. "Lost in the '80s: Pat Wilson, "Bop Girl"". popdose.com. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ross Wilson interview on Talking Heads with Peter Thompson". Talking Heads. ABC. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 341. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. .
  5. ↑ "SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs A-B". South African Rock Lists. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 435. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. .
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