Girl on Girl
One of our fave singers, Katy Perry, has a top 5 single on the charts called I Kissed a Girl.
But before Katy, singer-songwriter Jill Sobule had a 1995 hit of the same name.
So, how does Jill feel about Katy's success?
Well, she's finally speaking out about it!
Sobule says in a new interview, “I don't feel precious about the title, but I've gotten tons of e-mails from annoyed fans. Some think it’s more of a Girls Gone Wild thing than anything shocking or empowering to true gay feelings…Maybe I'll write a third I Kissed a Girl for fun. It will be about how I kissed her, Ieft the dull boyfriend, got gay-married in California, and really no one gave a s—.”
Sobule also goes on to say, "Katy Perry's song is a kind of catchy party song, although I will admit that I do smile when a critique mentions my version in a more favorable light. Is that wrong?”
We like both!
But we like Katy's better!
[Photo via Getty Images.]
Coldplay Tour Delays
Ingrate or Honorable?
1st>
PEREZ HILTON MASH-UPS!
www the fug dot com
Katy is so pretty!
2nd
FUCK JOHN CUSACK…JUST ANOTHER PINHEAD HOLLYWOOD LIBERAL!!!! WHAT A DOLT!
TOP TEN??? WOO HOO
wow
Katy's song bothers me because it's acting like kissing a girl is such a big deal. Now, in this day and age, everyone's kissed a girl. It's fun and catchy, but the lyrics bother me to no end. Like, Katy's the first person to experiment and she's defending it, when, yes, in this day and age, no one gives a shit.
Katy Perry's song is so much better, Jill sobule is a washed up has been who most people dont even know exists. Peace out betch
AHH!
I LOVE KATY PERRY!!!
OBAMA IN 2008
OBAMA IN 2008
OBAMA IN 2008
OBAMA IN 2008
OBAMA IN 2008
I love her music!
of course you like Katy's better, Perez…. you tend to ONLY like music that is cookie cutter, bubblegum, meaningless tripe
i like the song
it's catchy
I think everyone likes that Katy Perry song better……its got a better beat and is more fun.
It's better than Ur So Gay!
ok i do NOT get the whole katy perry thing. personally i think she sucks but oh well, right?
I like both, but, I like Katy's best…sorry, Jill…
Do you like Katy's song "You're So Gay" Using the word gay as an insult and making fun of gay people Perez???
You like Katy Perry's better because her record company gave you $20 to say so. Jill Sobule's way cooler and her song is better.
Re: Playboy8820 – -
No, not everyone. The Katy Perry version is a bland piece of crap. Nothing groundbreaking or even interesting about it.
I like Katy's version better, but I do remember Jill's version.
that song is so stupid.
She looks like Wonder Woman in that dress… and hair.
This song SUCKS!!!!!! What happened to songs that autually meant something………who the fuck cares about if she kissed a girl and her cherry chapstick.
Why does she have her Halloween costume on in this picture?
Re: Playboy8820 –
Spoken like a true pop culture dumbass. Just because you can "hear it on the radio" doesn't make it better. If you want to find good music look outside the box you call a radio and give those underground artist some acclaim.
She is so damn adorable and stylish! I LOVE LOVE LOVE her earrings!
Re: PUMKN – You got no style booboo. Your'e white right
I am so sick and tired of having the gay community cramming their disgusting way of life down our throats! I get it, you're gay! You have immoral relations with someone of the same sex! It pisses me off because all gay people define themselves by who they fuck. I don't walk around and introduce myself as straight nor do I try to get people to treat me differently or have people walk on eggshells when in my presence because I'm straight. I hope all gay people finish giving each other AIDS and die so we can start on rebuilding our society with morals and standards.
the katy perry song is TERRIBLE. the lyrics are HORRID - it's offensive. jill sobule's song was first and best. it was sweet and smart.
that dress is fucking ugly.
loved…you are such an idioy AIDS isn't a gay disease, anyone can get it. Get the fuck over yourself.
on topic…I enjoy the Katy Perry Version.
Re: loved – You should consider suicide.
People need to seriously check out Jill Sobule and her music.
www.jillsobule.com
Re: loved – Fuck you I hope you get aids and die bitch first of all How the fuck can you hate a whole group of people you have no idea what gay people have to go thru just to live there lives there not trying to shove it in our faces that there gay they are just proud and want the same rights as everyone eles! PLus they are proud to be who they are! and they want to scream to the world this is who I am except me or fuck off!
i think its one of the most retarded songs i have ever heard (the new one– never heard the old one). how is anyone supposed to take gays and lesbians seriously with that bull shit in your ear?
Re: Wedne – You first!
Re: Sarah – First of all you should learn how to spell. Secondly, I couldn't give two shits about what fags and dikes go through! They put it on themselves by CHOOSING to live that way! I couldn't care any less about who gets pissed about what I've said because I speak from my heart and I'm just saying what a whole lot of other people are thinking but don't have enough balls to say! Hugs and kisses
Re: loved – You're a fucking moron. You don't go around talking about being straight because ignorant assholes like you don't make being straight such a big deal. Gay people have been fighting for equal rights for years and years, and by being out and proud, they're letting other homosexuals know it's okay to be gay too.
As for the AIDS thing, it's not gay-specific. In fact, people like YOU need to die off (figuratively or otherwise) so we can have a truly ethic, moral, and accepting society.
Jill's version is WAY better. It was kind of revolutionary back in it's day. Katy Perry's song is really trashy and only contributes to the myth that girls are just bisexuals WAITING to happen. I'll bet Katy hasn't even kissed a girl herself, but her troupe of male songwriters just wanted a song they could get horny to.
katy's song is so much better
love her
jill sobule all the way!!!!!
Re: Tandy – I'm not a moron, I'm just brutally honest! Also, you're opinion means absolutely nothing to me. I miss the days when fags and dikes "stayed in the closet". These days, everywhere you look, someone is coming out or marching in a pointless gay pride parade! Again, who cares?!? Why in the hell would you want to be categorized in society by how and who you fuck??? I still stick by what I said prior to this comment because I'm fed up with all this bullshit of irresponsible sex and perversions that should not be mentioned outside the bedroom. Oh, and not once did I state that AIDS is "gay specific", I just said I hope they finish giving each other AIDS to kill each other off so we can build a wonderful society without their disgusting ways! The whole thing of being gay is a huge contradiction anyway. Fags are attracted to other men…who act like women. Dikes are attracted to women…who act like men. Where is the logic in that?
Kate's is more fun. And nothing is really ever "revolutionary"– people who think they are just need the self-importance. Everything's been done, get over it. Kate had a fun, light, naughty tune, that's it. Jill is just whining coz she's over and trying to cash in on Kate's attention. Do we need to bring the sexuality drama into/over a pop song??? Give me a break.
Katy's song pretty much sucks. It reminds me of "Bisexual" girls at parties who make out for attention… lameee.
Jill's is WAY better. It is about exploring true questions a girl may have of herself. Katy's is going along with the "in" thing right now. Teenage girls make out with other girls daily just to get a reaction and make boys like them. They think it's cool. It takes away from the seriousness of a girl truly finding herself and coming out. I am a high school counselor and this is what I have found in the past few years. Certainly this song makes the girls feel like kissing their bff is cool and it makes the hot football players smile so they do it.
Of course you like Katies better, you whore. Her team is paying you to like it. Keep selling your soul, you knob.
There's are a number of songs out there that have the same tittles. so i dont even get what the big deal is.
Jill Sobule is the best! I haven't heard the new one because I'm not a moron who listens to bubble gum radio crap. Jill has tons of other great songs, too. Anyone who likes real music should look into her stuff.
katy's song is for stupid bi-curious whores who think that kissing girls will make their boyfriends hot. like ZOMG soo shocking!!!
Isn't this the british chick with the giant implant?
Did she get them taken out>
Jill's version was empowering for women, Katy's is perpetuating the whole " I kiss chicks to turn on guys" bullcrap. Its also an inferior song in just about every way. She should send Jill 10% off the song's profits as payment for her homage.
i love both versions but jill sobule's version is more clever…
Jill Sobule all the way!!!
Jills song is retarded, I couldn't even finish listening to the whole thing cause it was just that bad. I like Katy's
that katy perry song is the worst fucking song i've ever heard. i feel like it's the culmination of years of shitty music in one song. GUH.
now that that's been said, the jill sobule one sucks too
Re: Playboy8820 – Hi, "betch"! ROTFL. 13 years later some people don't know Sobule by name, but they remember that she did IKAG in '95. That's called notoriety. 13 years from now you can mention Katy. No one will know her, and when you mention I Kissed a Girl, they will all think you are talking about Jill. Try it.
TEAM JILL!
I DONT THINK KATYS SONG IS VERY GOOD…I DONT GET IT!??
Re: loved – Loved? By WHO?!?!? Obviously someone who loves intolerant hypocrites. I notice you don't bring up the immoral sex you undoubtedly have with members of the opposite sex! And by the way, how many homosexuals do you actually know? I've met plenty, and never has one introduced themselves as gay or lesbian.
Nothing wrong with you liking Katy's song better. It's not half bad. And if that's your style of music, then go for it. I prefer Jill's song. But I was a teenager when that song came out, and I was more open to the music of the time. Personally, I'd like to thank you for being fair. This is a helll of a lot better than the last time you covered Jill.
She is pretty f'n hot!
Re: loved –
No… Tandy's right. You are a moron. And a big one. I hope someday, when you have kids ( and really, I'm sure everyone who's read your comments hopes you don't) that they turn out gay/lesbian. Then maybe you'll finally wake-up and realize what a stupid bitch you are. *Hugs and Kisses right back!!!!!*
Really…I'm upset, Perez likes it…..this is exploitive….I don't care who she fucks, but this song is meant for low-brows…maybe I write a song called "I kissed someone outside my race"…about 20 years prior to 2008……if she really wants to "branch out" her next song could be "I kissed an Indian girl"…sooo talented!
Re: Jenn – I am referring to Katy's version.
jill sobule's song is better….AND fabio was in the video ahha
I'm a 90's girl and I like Katy's better.. it's got a better beat. It feels like "real" music… opposed to some lyrics about being a lesbian. It's all about the sound… who cares if one is about reallying "being gay" or just "trying it"
Re: loved – I'm 100% on board.. get off this gay loving… perez dick sucking.. vag licking website you fucking cunt… thanks
I'm glad I never heard the new one because I HATED THE OLD ONE, I hate songs where girls sound like they are 4 years old holding some apple juice in the back of their throat. Oh and newsflash Lesbians, you can come up with empowerment this that and the other but whatever it is, all straight males will think of it in Girls Gone Wild terms. They eat that crap up.
I totally agree with Jill. Her song actually means something about feelings for another woman. Katy's is just silly, designed to titillate teenage boys with fantasies of hot women making out. Plus it doesn't sound very good. TEAM JILL!
Re: SB –
I agree. This song is fairly bland and the lyrics annoy me because now there are going to be even more "bisexual" girls who just kiss each other for male attention and because it's trendy. It contributes to the myth that bisexuals are whores and attention seekers, when really, most true bisexuals aren't out there kissing each other and making out in public like that. Thanks Katy Perry.
I actually hard Jill Sobule's not long before Katy's came out, and I have to say I like the 'original' song way better. It even sounds like Katy Perry copied some of the melody… :-\
Well, I guess this just proves that only idiots buy "music" anymore
All the good stuff gets dl'd from limewire I guess.
Jill's is better because it was more cutting edge at the time…I dont know, Katy's music is pretty blah and I'm really sick of this whole "fake lesbian" to turn guys on. It's the same as everything else….selling sex, selling sex, let's do something new Katy!
katys song is so much better!!! she is also soooo fucking hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice research Perez writers. I was the first to mention how this song was a rip off of Jill's.
i love her song
im confused why katy perry is so ugly?
Jill's is so much better, they are not even in the same stratosphere.
The two songs are completely different, despite having the same name. Jill's song could be interpreted as a sexual awakening — she talks about kissing a girl and wanting to do it again and how it is this new amazing experience. Katy's song is a theme song for bicurious girls — read: straight girls who get drunk and make out with another girl (most likely at a club or in a hot tub). Nothing wrong with that, but it is definitely not a song that speaks to girls and women who actually engage in serious relationships with other women. I like Katy's song, but I don't relate to it. If only she had left it at "I kissed a girl and I liked it." Now that's a song I can sing!