# Who originally did "Girl U Want"? DEVO?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 29, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-did-girl-u-want-devo/126036 "2002-08-29T03:29:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-did-girl-u-want-devo/126036/1 "2002-08-29T03:29:18Z")

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I could have sworn that DEVO’s version was a cover of an earlier version, but now I’m thinking maybe DEVO originated this tune.

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-did-girl-u-want-devo/126036/2 "2002-08-29T04:05:04Z")

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It is a Devo original.

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**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-did-girl-u-want-devo/126036/3 "2002-08-29T04:07:50Z")

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I’m pretty sure that is an original. I don’t have any Devo disks nearby, so I can’t verify.

Good song too 🙂