"Hollaback Girl" is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance record", the song is influenced by 1980s pop and dance music. The song was written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, as a response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with Seventeen magazine.