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"Sour Girl"
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album No. 4
B-side
  • "Sex & Violence" (live)
  • "Sour Girl" (live)
ReleasedApril 4, 2000 (2000-04-04)[1]
Genre
Length4:16
LabelAtlantic
ComposerDean DeLeo
LyricistScott Weiland
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Down"
(1999) 		"Sour Girl"
(2000) 		"Break on Through (To the Other Side)"
(2000)
Audio sample
"Sour Girl"
Music video
"Sour Girl" on YouTube

"Sour Girl" is a song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It was written by singer Scott Weiland and guitarist Dean DeLeo and released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, No. 4 (1999). "Sour Girl" became the band's only song to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 78. Billboard ranked "Sour Girl" at No. 88 on its list of the "100 Best Rock Songs of the 2000s".[4] "Sour Girl" later appeared on the compilation albums Thank You and Buy This.

Background

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Scott Weiland talked about the song in his autobiography Not Dead & Not for Sale:

"Everyone is convinced that it's about my romance with Mary [Forsberg, second wife]," "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."

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Chart performance

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"Sour Girl" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 6 on the Billboard Triple-A chart.[6][7][8] As of 2026, it is the band's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 78.[9]

Music video

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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 video was nominated for Best Cinematography on MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.[10]

Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
Nominations for "Sour Girl"
2000 "Sour Girl" MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography Nominated[10]

Track listing

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  1. "Sour Girl"
  2. "Sex & Violence" (live)
  3. "Sour Girl" (live)

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1344. March 31, 2000. pp. 88, 101.
  2. ^ Shipley, Al (June 8, 2024). "Every Stone Temple Pilots Album, Ranked". Spin. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Stone Temple Pilots' Albums Ranked". Alt77. April 5, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Billboard Decade Ending Rock Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Not Dead and Not For Sale (Scribner, 2010), pp138–139
  6. ^ a b "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "MTV Video Music Awards | 2000 | Highlights, Winners, Performers and Photos from the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards | MTV.com". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 269.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Image 7277". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-87.
  15. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-88.
  16. ^ "The Best of 2000: Most Played Triple-A Songs". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 44.
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