Gold Guns Girls
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"Gold Guns Girls" is the fourth single from Canadian rock group Metric
Metric (band)
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...

's fourth studio album Fantasies
Fantasies (album)
- Singles :* "Help, I'm Alive" * "Front Row" * "Gimme Sympathy" * "Sick Muse" * "Gold Guns Girls"...

. The lyrics were inspired by the 1983 movie, Scarface
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...

. The song was released in the UK and US for radio airplay in December 2009 and as a download single in the UK on April 25, 2010. The song has also been used on the FIFA 10 soundtrack.

Metric also released an acoustic version of the song on their EP Plug In Plug Out
Plug In Plug Out
Plug In, Plug Out is an acoustic EP released by Canadian indie rock band Metric on October 27, 2009. It was first released exclusively on Amazon.com, and was released on iTunes on December 1, 2009 for residents of the US and UK. It became available worldwide on the band's website in early 2010...

. The song is the opening and ending music of Totally Spies: The Movie. It also appears on the soundtrack of the film Zombieland
Zombieland
Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse...

. However it became more popular as it were featured in Test Drive Unlimited 2
Test Drive Unlimited 2
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a racing video game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari. It is the sequel to Test Drive Unlimited and the tenth game in the series. The game was released on 8 February 2011 in North America and on 11 February in Europe.The game suffered from many bugs during...

.

A remix by Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda
Michael "Mike" Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist. He is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park, along with his co-frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, and as a solo rapper in...

 of Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...

 appears on the Download to Donate for Haiti
Download to Donate for Haiti
Download to Donate is a program by Music for Relief, a non-profit organization established by Linkin Park in 2005 to help victims of natural disasters to help them recover from such disasters. So far, the program has released three compilations: two to support the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and one...

 album.

In the UK

  1. Gold Guns Girls (4:08)
  2. Gimme Sympathy
    Gimme Sympathy
    "Gimme Sympathy" is the third single from Canadian rock group Metric's fourth studio album Fantasies. The song was released for radio airplay in March 2009.- Song information :...

     (Adam Freeland
    Adam Freeland
    Adam Freeland is an English DJ and producer associated with breakbeat based electronic music. He was a resident of Brighton, moved to Los Angeles where he recorded second album Cope™ but is now based back in Brighton...

     Remix) (5:50)[1]


[1] This track is incorrectly labeled on the single as the Adam Freeland remix of "Sick Muse
Sick Muse
"Sick Muse" is the third single from Canadian rock group Metric's fourth studio album Fantasies. The song was released in the UK for radio airplay on May 18, 2009, and in Canada on June 1, 2009.-Song information:...

", when in fact it is "Gimme Sympathy".

Music video

The music video for Gold Guns Girls was shot by Eady Bros and Metric and features the band racing around New York City in black and white.
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