"Rich Girl" is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani
(pictured) from her 2004 debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Produced by Dr. Dre, the track features rapper Eve, who had previously
collaborated with Stefani on the 2001 single "Let Me Blow Ya Mind".
"Rich Girl" is a remake of Louchie Lou & Michie One's 1993 song of the
same name, which was in turn an adaptation of the Fiddler on the Roof
song "If I Were a Rich Man". In the song, Stefani discusses dreams of
wealth and luxury. She has said that the song is from the perspective of
"when she was just an Orange County girl". The last song to be included
on the album, "Rich Girl" was released in late 2004 to mixed reviews
from music critics. Some found it ironic that Stefani, who had already
sold 26 million records as a member of the rock group No Doubt,
discussed having money in the counterfactual conditional. It was a
commercial success, reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts
it entered. In the United States, the song was certified gold, and it
received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung collaboration at the
48th Grammy Awards. The music video was directed by David LaChapelle
and features a pirate theme.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1745:
Jacobite Risings: Jacobite troops led by Charles Edward Stuart
defeated the Hanoverians in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prestonpans>
1860:
Second Opium War: Anglo-French forces earned a decisive victory
against Qing Dynasty troops in the Battle of Palikao, allowing them to
capture Beijing.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palikao>
1921:
A tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium
sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in
Oppau, Germany, killing at least 500 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion>
1938:
The Great New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island,
New York, killing at least 500 people and injuring about 700 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane>
1953:
North Korean No Kum-Sok defected with his MiG-15, inadvertently
making Operation Moolah, an American effort to bribe Communist pilots, a
success.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Moolah>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
infanticide:
The murder of an infant.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infanticide>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you're squeezed for information, that's when you've got to
play it dumb: You just say you're out there waiting for the miracle to
come.
--Leonard Cohen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen>