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“My Girls” has always felt like Animal Collective’s biggest hit. Critics loved it; it was Pitchfork’s pick for the #1 song of 2009 and finished at #3 on that year’s Pazz & Jop critics poll, among other accolades. It was the most accessible song on AnCo’s most accessible album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. I even got away with playing it at house parties in my twenties, at the peak of Kanye, Katy, and Skrillex.
But unlike several other tracks from the group, it never appeared on any singles charts. This may be because, although Animal Collective released a music video for “My Girls” and Domino Records distributed a promo CD of the song, it was never released as a commercial single. Now, the music industry’s tabulators have provided some official validation of its stature.
As Ryan G points out in our Discord, “My Girls” has been certified as Animal Collective’s first gold record. On Jan. 30, the RIAA awarded gold status to the song, indicating it has accumulated the equivalent of 500,000 in sales via a combination of sales and streaming. I don’t mean to seem like I care about material things, but: Congratulations to AnCo on this achievement.
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