

^ a b "Good Girls - Elle King | Release Info".

^ "Ghostbusters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available July 15th".US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) King appeared on the Jepisode of Good Morning America to promote the single and the Ghostbusters film, and performed "Good Girls" live. Towards the end of the video, clips of the film are showcased. King dyed her hair blue for the video, with the makeup artist responsible for the clip, Michelle Clark, describing the goal of the visual styling as "badass." Tying in the film concept, King's character dispatches a handful of ghosts with the franchise's signature proton gun. It takes place first in a haunted laundromat and later in a dive bar, where King can be seen playing pool, smoking a cigar, and arm wrestling. The accompanying music video for "Good Girls" was directed by Dano Cerny and premiered July 13, 2016. "Good Girls" entered the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart at number 24 on the chart dated Augand reached a peak position of 21 two weeks later. The song also entered the Rock Digital Songs and Alternative Digital Songs component charts at 10 and 11, respectively, for the same week. "Good Girls" debuted and peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart dated June 25, 2016. fucking nuclear, wired with dozens of hooks and made urgent by scandalous lyrics that go hand in hand with the majority of today's nihilistic pop." Commercial "Get Ghost"., and Elle King dispatches the sassy girl power jam "Good Girls," but the rest of the set feels rushed and forgettable." Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound gave a glowing review of the song, writing, "much like her past earworms. In a review of the Ghostbusters soundtrack, James Monger of AllMusic praised "Good Girls" and "Get Ghost" as highlights, writing, "Mark Ronson.

Critics have also noted influences of soul and blues genres. The song follows a chord progression of Em-A5-Em / Em-B7 (no 3)-Em-G, while King's vocals span a range of two octaves and one note, from B 3 through C 5. According to the digital sheet music published by EMI Music Publishing, the song was originally composed in the key of E minor and set in common time to a "fast" tempo of 176 BPM. "Good Girls" is an uptempo rockabilly and pop rock song written by Elle King and Dave Bassett.
