Are You Gonna Be My Girl

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album, Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the United Kingdom, and in 2004 in the United States. Written by Nic Cester and Cameron Muncey, the song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" (particularly its drum pattern and near-identical guitar riff); and the 1999 song "Screwdriver" from The White Stripes. The band, however, argues that "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" has more in common with 1960s Motown songs, namely "I'm Ready For Love" by Martha And The Vandellas and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes. The song hit number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it their 1st Top 40 hit and their highest charting single, it also hit number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks and number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. Even though it did not hit number one like the next hit, "Cold Hard Bitch", "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" stayed longer on the charts and is the band's most successful song, often regarded as their signature song.