Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) Explained

"Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" is the first single from Loverama, the fifth album by Custard. It reached #52 on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and spent 24 weeks in the top 100.^[2] The song was placed #3 in the 1998 Hottest 100.^[3]

The Andrew Lancaster and David McCormack directed music video won the ARIA Award for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 1999.^[4]

McCormack later said, "We were going around in circles. 'Girls Like That' is as far as you can take the ironic love song; you just can't go any further than that."^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Releases – Product Available from: 5.10.98 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 448). Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). 2017-08-28.
2. Web site: ariaNET The Chart! Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 5th April 1999. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). 2016-09-13. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
3. Web site: Triple j's Hottest 100 . . 8 September 2014 . 8 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908155857/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1998&alltime=0 . dead .
4. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 12 December 2019 .
5. Book: . 253 . 2016 . . 9780702235610. Andrew Stafford .
6. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 71.