# It's not "Jessies girl"..its not "My Best Friends Girlfriend"...what is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563 "2009-01-16T05:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ready29003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/1 "2009-01-16T05:24:27Z")
There is this great song…about a guy who has the hots for some other guys girl…I know I hear it on the radio once in a while… It’s gotta be an 80’s or 90’s song… I cannot think of it…and I haven’t heard it recently enough to even be able to think of any lyrics… Help!! any ideas? What darn song am I thinking of???😕 ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/2 "2009-01-16T05:37:09Z")
“Is She Really Going Out with Him?” by Joe Jackson? [Here’s the video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Md-t6G-8QA) ---
**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/3 "2009-01-16T06:06:31Z")
Henry Lee Summer, Girl Like That? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/4 "2009-01-16T06:20:17Z")
Could it be _Stacey’s Mom_, by Fountains of Wayne? ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/5 "2009-01-16T06:40:30Z")
[Flavor of the Weak](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n87oD8E98MM)? (actual song starts 40 seconds in) [Girl All The Bad Guys Want](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LjOrfa2dDQ)? (actual song starts 18 seconds in) [I’m Straight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_exvKnrK6g)? (probably not, but always loved this song) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/6 "2009-01-16T07:41:36Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/7 "2009-01-16T08:10:12Z")
It’s [“Somebody’s Baby”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-3TZiyY9Sk) by Jackson Browne. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/8 "2009-01-16T08:36:19Z")
[Chris Farley] “It’s by that guy, right, with the guitar? Goes like this? Da- **daaaaaang/screecch**?”[/Chris Farley] Sorry, but the question made me think of that…🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/9 "2009-01-16T09:02:15Z")
“Layla”, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/10 "2009-01-16T10:17:59Z")
“[I Got a Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1dezyKAwI)” by Tripping Daisy? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/11 "2009-01-16T13:39:13Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Could it be _Stacey’s Mom_, by Fountains of Wayne? Ha! Cause that only came out 20 years or so after what the OP had in mind. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/12 "2009-01-16T13:56:41Z")
“Rio” by Duraan Duran ::: G, D, & R ::: ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/13 "2009-01-16T15:33:05Z")
It might be The Cars’ _My Best Friend’s Girl_, unless that’s the one you’re referring to in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/14 "2009-01-16T15:53:15Z")
[Jenny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny) by Tommy Tutone? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/15 "2009-01-16T16:04:55Z")
[I’m on Fire](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bruce+springsteen/im+on+fire_20025015.html) by Bruce Springsteen, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/16 "2009-01-16T16:52:22Z")
I wish that I was Uncle Jessie’s Girl by Dave Coulier? ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/17 "2009-01-16T17:02:06Z")
It is “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield ~1981 see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%27s\_Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%27s_Girl) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/18 "2009-01-16T17:03:50Z")
> [@BigBadWolf](#): > > It is “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield ~1981 see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%27s\_Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%27s_Girl) (nudge) see thread title ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/19 "2009-01-16T17:03:55Z")
See the first four words of the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/20 "2009-01-16T17:26:25Z")
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