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{{Infobox song

| name = Sour Girl

| cover = Sourgirl.JPG

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Stone Temple Pilots

| album = No. 4

| B-side =

| released = April 16, 2000

| recorded = 1999

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:16

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Music: Dean DeLeo
Lyrics: Scott Weiland

| producer = Brendan O'Brien

| prev_title = Down

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = No Way Out

| next_year = 2000

| misc =

}}

'"Sour Girl"' is a single by Stone Temple Pilots. The song was written by singer Scott Weiland and guitarist Dean DeLeo for the band's fourth album, entitled 'No. 4'.

Background



Scott Weiland wrote the song about his first wife, Janina Castaneda. They got married in 1994, as Stone Temple Pilots were becoming popular in America. "Everyone is convinced that it's about my romance with Mary [Forsberg, second wife]," Weiland writes in his autobiography 'Not Dead and Not For Sale'. "But everyone is wrong. 'Sour Girl' was written after the collapse of my relationship with Jannina [sic]. It's about her. 'She was a sour girl the day that she met me,' I wrote. 'She was a happy girl the day she left me I was a superman, but looks are deceiving. The rollercoaster ride's a lonely one. I pay a ransom note to stop it from steaming.' The ransom note, of course, was the fortune our divorce was costing me. And the happy state, which I presumed to be Jannina's [sic] mood, was because she had finally rid her life of a man who had never been faithful."'Not Dead and Not For Sale' (Scribner, 2010), pp138139

"Sour Girl" also appears on the compilation albums 'Thank You' and 'Buy This'. It was the only Stone Temple Pilots song from 'No. 4 ' to reach the 'Billboard' Hot 100, where it peaked at number 78.

Music video



A music video was released to accompany this single and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was a fan of the band, as the female lead. At the time the video was made, Gellar was a popular star thanks to her TV series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and her movies 'Cruel Intentions' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'.

The video was directed by David Slade, whose later work includes episodes of 'Hannibal', and the movie 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'.

The clip was nominated for Best Cinematography on MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.

Charts



"Sour Girl" was one of STP's biggest hits since the 'Core' and 'Purple' era. Billboard ranked "Sour Girl" at #88 on its list of the 100 Best Rock Songs of the 2000s. The song peaked at number four on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number three on the 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks chart. To date, this remains to be the band's only entry on the Hot 100.

Awards



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| style="text-align:center;"|2000

|"Sour Girl"

|MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography

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Track listing



#Sour Girl

#Sex & Violence (Live)

#Sour Girl (Live)

References




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