{{EngvarB|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = Dirty Jeans | cover = Dirty_Jeans_by_Magic_Dirt.png | caption = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Magic Dirt]] | album = [[What Are Rock Stars Doing Today]] | released = July 2000 | recorded = 2000 | studio = Festival Studios | venue = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=41}} | label = [[East West Records|EastWest]] / [[Warner Music Australasia]] | writer = Magic Dirt | producer = Phil Vinall | prev_title = Expectations | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Pace It | next_year = 2001 | misc = }} "'''Dirty Jeans'''" is a song by Australian alternative rock band [[Magic Dirt]]. The song was released in July 2000 as the lead single from the band's third studio album ''[[What Are Rock Stars Doing Today]]''. The single peaked at number 68 in Australia, becoming the band's first charting single.
The song polled in position 12 in the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2000]].
==Background and release== In the early stages of writing the band's third studio album, lead singer [[Adalita Srsen]] had dealt with a lot of angst and emotionally raw issues in the previous releases and was now in a different headspace. In 2018, Srsen reflected with [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] saying "I just wanted to write happy stuff and poppier, upbeat stuff". On a train ride home one night, Adalita said she jotted down some lyrics and chords to a new song. Days later, sifting through her recorder, intending to show bassist [[Dean Turner (musician)|Dean Turne]]r another song, the cassette stopped at her rough version of "Dirty Jeans". Turner asked her what it was and Adalita was dismissive of the song. She said "I was a bit sceptical about 'Dirty Jeans' and I was not sold on that song for a long time.". The band's excitement ramped up when they decided they could have a heap of fun, hamming things up with the sound of the song.<ref name="Double J">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/classic-albums/classic-album-magic-dirt-what-are-rockstars-doing-today/10459962|title= Magic Dirt – What Are Rock Stars Doing Today|website=ABC|date=5 November 2018 |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> The song was released in July 2000. Adalita says "It's brought us so much abundance, fans and great shows. It's done so much for us, just that one song, so we owe a lot to it, even though it's just this cute funny, anomaly.".<ref name="Double J"/>
==Reception== Mushroom music described the song as "anthemic guitar pop smash".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mushroommusic.com/roster/magic-dirt/|title=Magic Dirt (roster)|website=Mushroom Music|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] said "With its bright pop hooks, handclaps and [[Ronettes]] inspiration shining through, you can understand why 'Dirty Jeans' remains one of Magic Dirt's most subversive moments."<ref name="Double J"/>
[[Junkee Media|Junkee]] said Magic Dirt, "captured the grimy Aussie suburban existence better than most bands in the '90s, and "Dirty Jeans", with its mountains of guitar fuzz and Adalita's classic laconic vocal, will raise hairs on your neck and draw eyeliner on your eyes."<ref>{{cite web| work= Junkee | title=The 200 Greatest Australian Songs Of All Time, Part One|author=Jules LeFevre| url=https://junkee.com/longform/200-greatest-australian-songs-part-one}}</ref>
==Track listings== {{Track listing | headline = CD Single | title1 = Dirty Jeans | writer1 = Magic Dirt | length1 = 3:41 | title2 = Kidbug | writer2 = Magic Dirt | length2 = 2:57 | title3 = Supernova | note3 = from the ''[[Looking for Alibrandi (film)|Looking for Alibrandi]]'' soundtrack | writer3 = Liz Phair | length3 = 2:36 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Dirty Jeans" ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=175}}</ref> | 68 |}
==Release history== {|class=wikitable ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label ! Catalogue |- | Australia | July 2000 | CD Single | [[East West Records|EastWest]], [[Warner Music Australia|Warner]] | 85738479221 |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Magic Dirt}}
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