"
When I Grow Up" is a song by American
girl group The Pussycat Dolls from their second and final studio album
Doll Domination (2008). It was released by
Interscope Records on June 3, 2008, as the
lead single from the album. "When I Grow Up" was their first single following the departure of the group's longest-standing member
Carmit Bachar. It was first recorded for
Nicole Scherzinger's planned solo project,
Her Name Is Nicole, but after its cancellation and Scherzinger's return to the group, she felt that the song was better suited for the group. It was written by Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas and
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, who also produced the song. It is an uptempo
electropop song with elements of the 1966 song, "He's Always There" by British rock band
The Yardbirds. "When I Grow Up" speaks about the desire to be famous, and was described as being "autobiographical" by Scherzinger.