“California Gurls” is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry. It serves as the lead single of her upcoming third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco.
According to Perry, the song is an answer song to “Empire State of Mind”. The song was originally intended to be sent to mainstream and rhythmic airplay on May 25, 2010. However, after clips from Perry’s new album were leaked online, her label released the song to radio on to May 7, 2010, and also began to stream it on her website. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, giving Perry her second US number-one single and Snoop Dogg his third. The song reached number one in over 10 countries, including United States, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, UK, and New Zealand.
Other Information
- Released : May 7, 2010
- Format : Airplay, Digital download, CD Single
- Genre : Electropop, dance-pop, R&B, disco
- Length : 3:56
- Label : Capitol
- Writers : Katy Perry, Bonnie McKee, Calvin Broadus, Max Martin, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald
- Producer : Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco
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