Blame It On The Girls

"Blame It on the Girls" is the second Japanese and American single from Mika's second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much. It will also be the third single released in the UK on Februrary 15, 2010. The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells. The single failed to make any impact on any of the Billboard charts in the United States. It was a big hit in Japan where it hit #1 for a week. It is only the second international single to hit #1 in the Japanese Hot 100, provided by Billboard, after Leona Lewis's 2008 hit, "Bleeding Love". In an interview with Q magazine, Mika says: “["Blame It on the Girls"] sounds like No Doubt. It's about a wealthy, handsome boy who has everything, yet pretends to be miserable."

[Intro] So, I was sitting there in the bar and this guy came up to me and he said "my life stinks" and I saw his gold credit card and I saw the way that he was looking at people across the room, and I looked at his face and, you know, quite a good looking face, and I just said "dude, your perspective on life sucks" [Verse 1] He's got looks that books take pages to tell He's got a face to make you fall on your knees He's got money in the bank to thank and I guess You could think he's living at ease [Pre-Chorus 1] Like lovers on the open shore -- What's the matter? When you're sitting there with so much more -- What's the matter? While you're wondering what the hell to be Are you wishing you were ugly like me? [Chorus] Blame it on the girls who know what to do Blame it on the boys who keep hitting on you Blame it on your mother for the things she said Blame it on your father but you know he's dead [Post-Chorus] Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys [Verse 2] Life could be simple but you never fail To complicate it every single time You could have children and a wife, the perfect little life But you blow it on a bottle of wine [Pre-Chorus 2] Like a baby you're a stubborn child -- what's the matter? Always looking for an axe to grind -- what's the matter? While you're wondering what the hell to do Were you wishing we were lucky like you? [Chorus] Blame it on the girls who know what to do Blame it on the boys who keep hitting on you Blame it on your mother for the things she said Blame it on your father but you know he's dead [Post-Chorus] Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys [Bridge] He's got looks that books take pages to tell He's got a face to make you fall on your knees He's got money in the bank to thank and I guess You could think he's living at ease [Chorus] Blame it on the girls who know what to do Blame it on the boys who keep hitting on you Blame it on your mother for the things she said Blame it on your father but you know he's dead [Post-Chorus] Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys Blame it on the girls Blame it on the boys