The Rubinoos "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (Studio) american powerpop

[OoverTheRainboow]

I LOVE AVRIL SO MUCH!!!

[iluvavril4eva]

If using the same words=stealing, how come Barney doesnt sue ppl who sing "I Love You"??

[iluvavril4eva]

Lyk hundreds of songs hv the words hey hey you you. srsly.

[JenniferJames77123]

@iluvavril4eva Your spelling is an atrocity to the English language. And Avril Lavigne sucks anyways.

[iluvavril4eva]

@JenniferJames77123 atrocity? nah, they're just short forms (:

[iluvavril4eva]

Srsly guys ur song is crappy unlike avril's.

[daking1601]

Dedo arriba si buscaste esta canción porque leíste la biografía de Avril y encontraste la demanda XD

[rob8790]

@daking1601 jajajajaja XD

[Palidamuerta]

@daking1601 jajajaja en wikipedia? LOL xD

[BlackCross8453]

@daking1601 la acabo de leer por octava vez, y me dio curiosidad ver que carajo era "the rubinoos" xD

[moeniaoe]

@daking1601 jajajajaja asi es xD

[016punky]

Vaya estupidez,lo unico que tienen en comun esta cancion y la de avril es ''hey hey you you'' ni siquiera el ritmo de las dos canciones se parecen,en fin,prefiero 1000 veces la cancion de avril y ella se gana muy bien su trabajo,no tiene necesidad de hacer plagios ^^

[pcjm704]

esto es muy malo , apuesto q la mayoria q a visto este video lo a echo solo por avril su cancion de avril es mejor

[maggot1joey]

@pcjm704 jajaja si tnes razon...ami me trajo curiosidad x la cancion de avril lavignee!!! ..mil veces avril lavignee!!!

[motorhead494]

@maggot1joey Esta cancion es the rubinoos y la señorita avril lavigne les plagio i ellos la llevaron a juicio y por supuesto ellos ganaron!!!! FOR EVER RUBINOOS!

[maggot1joey]

@motorhead494 nada q ver! al final kedo todoo en la nadaa! xq en nadaa se copiaron,esa frase muchas canciones las dicen!...asii q me parece cualkieraa!igual esta mejor la cancion de avril lavigne n_n

[ashleeee31]

@BxEstie13 yeah, as if Avril actually writes her own songs..

[BxEstie13]

maybe when avril was in her mom's belly she heard this song.haha

[DEATHEXISTFOREVER]

cant believe avril is still gettin mentioned here...case was settled out of court...avril payed up...but why dont you throw in rolling stones "get off of my cloud" while were at it

[BlackTeddies]

It is like girlfriend .

[XenoType008]

how is the like Girlfriend? welllll gee i don't know perhaps the chorus is exactly the same, except it's "i wanna be your girlfriend" rather than "wanna be your BOYFRIEND"

[HAWORTHSHOLLYWOOD]

@XenoType008 IKR!! And the handclapping in the chorus... And plus the HEY (hey) YOU (you), except hers is Hey, hey you you, big difference huh?

[jjdpr]

it´s only jealous to Avril, because she is better than this shit.

[Qjaviera]

a crappy song is this.

not be compared because if "girlfriend" "girlfriend" avril is much better and was the best in the world.

I LOVE YOU AVRIL.

[Pophead365]

From this dark side of the world ( sweden) this song brings me a lot of sun. Powerpop as it is.

[twangmachine]

Hey, Avril Lavigne fans: get lost. Go stick up for your pretend girlfriend somewhere else.

[Jagged85]

What's with all the angry Avril Lavigne fans here? The fact of the matter is that her song clearly borrowed the main lyrics from this song, even if she did change the melody slightly. It's called "sampling", which is something that the vast majority of musicians do.

[MrsFulgutza]

i entered this page because i heard that avril lavigne had copied this song and made one similar named "girlfriend". but sorry,this is the worst song i`ve ever heard,and avril`s is great.

thumbs up if you entered this page for the same reason.

[brettwalking]

@MrsFulgutza

A) You don't "enter" a webpage.

B) She likely settled out of court because she was guilty, or couldn't reasonably win the case.

C) There's no possible way that this can be the worst song you've ever heard, especially when you openly admit to listening to Avril Lavigne.

D) Asking for people to like your comments is retarded.

[1arualblack1]

@brettwalking well, saying that you´re openly saying that avlil lavigne is a bad artist and that´s completely not true. she mght not be the best one out there but she´s defenetly not a bad musician.

[brettwalking]

@1arualblack1 No. I'm not openly saying it. I'm making certain implications that could lead you to that conclusion, but you reached it on your own.

[felporocker]

Is true that avril heard this and then made girlfriend but her song is much better than this.

I think she should pay some money to them

[MrXxiii]

why the fuck do you think they settled out of court? cause she knows her song is a ripoff.

[noemarie]

I LOVE this song. I haven't listened to it in years because it reminds me of a friend that I miss, but it came on my itunes today. My son was dancing like crazy (although that's nothing new), but so was I. I really miss this song!!

[CherryFrog321]

ha...bet they're happy now, since a few people actually know they exist all because of the lawsuit!

[theboss7777777]

this song sucks really a lot ... also if u copy this insignificant song, thx for transform it a really way better !

[stormtroopermeetsart]

everyone's fighting... come one people... avril's hot, and has some skills... the rubinoos power pop band has this song kicking back in the ages, and yet people tend to say, rubinoos suck.. they could suck all the vaginas avril's family tree has... avril lavigne sucks... she should suck my dick hard... but please! avril never messed you up? the rubinoos are like old people now and they cant say shit infront of you or online? ITS ANYONES OPINION. in my case, avrils kind of cute.rubinoos are funky

[AlexisAlleyy21]

HAHAHAHAH. who ever likes this needs to get a fucking life! HAHAHAH

LOVE YOU AVRIL<3

[punkdeadcross]

@AlexisAlleyy21 guess yer with me.:)

[ColbyLove55]

I like this song, but it sounds nothing like Girlfriend. I sang the lyrics along with this and the only thing is the guitar beat and the beginning of both chorus'.

[CanYouFeelTheRomance]

avril's song is very similar ... but i'll keep listening to her ..

This song is fucking amazing! ! ! xD

[musiquestar]

hey guys....its not just the "hey, hey, you, you..." part. the instrumentation beneath all that other stuff in her song is pretty much the same. also if you listen to the verses and you change her words its not hard to see where she got her "inspiration"

[punkdeadcross]

@musiquestar actually, avril never heard this song before until the court made her hear this

[dmk2113]

@punkdeadcross Well she didn't exactly write the song.

[BBaisile]

Avril sucks!

[BrixIlBarbone]

I feel sick for them. Avril's a bitch. She sings in playback, and she copies the songs. she is shit.

[99tilli]

@wdj1200 she got sued cuz of the "Hey,(hey)You(you)" part. Apparently they came up with it first.

[psychedelicbird]

people who said here earlier that Avril's version is better: apparently you don't have ears. what are you doing listening to this song anyway if you think it sucks so much???

[TheJCRecordings]

THEY SUCK! WTF? lawsuit for Avril.... they're just jelous that Avril's song is so much better and became more popular! MY GOD! does these people have brains!

[zacandtaylorrule]

Also if anyone should be sued for this song The Ramones should sue these guys.

[kozmo99]

@zacandtaylorrule Why? Because The Ramones have a song titled "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"? Which sounds NOTHING like this. You're an idiot.

[zacandtaylorrule]

Good song but these guys are complete assholes for suing Avril. Her song Girlfriend sounds nothing like this. It is like The Bellamy Brothers suing Britney Spears for ripping them off when they ripped off Groucho Marx. Complete bullshit.

[newclique]

Avril can't create. These guys created this from nothing. That's the diff between talent and skill. Avril has skill but it takes talent to create.

[BigDMcGeeStrikesBack]

THIS SONG, IS SO WHAT EVER... AVRIL SINGS IT... SO MUCH BETTER

[punkdeadcross]

the rubinos should be sued for this. you know why? avril's version is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­y better and i bet you all. if you see her music video, she sure looks hot. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaay cooler than these guys.

[Excalion88]

@punkdeadcross  Her song sucks.

[lunafire97]

@punkdeadcross Shut the fuck up! You clearly dont know about music. -_______-

[Ogumomaru]

@punkdeadcross Sued? Alright so Jimi Hendrix should sue Bob Dylan because Jimi's version of "All Along The Watchtower" is better? Are you the most stupid person on earth? I'm serious I mean what logic are you using you know shit of laws AND of music industry. So let's put it in court like "Charge to the Rubinoos because Avril Lavigne's plague of the song is better and she looks hotter in the video". That way or more stupid?

[wdj1200]

I don't see why Avril Lavigne got sued for this.

[violet1197]

@wdj1200 me either it only sound a little bit like her i only hear the drums the same

[DanielXCF]

What a focking crap man... Avril is way better than this sheet.

[pimiko101]

avril is better then this and this is crap

[torridscene]

Great band. I saw the Rubinoos open for Elvis Costello on his 2nd US tour. At that show, the poor fellows started their set with the rowdy audience throwing bottles, orange peels and other crap at them, and ended that set getting a standing ovation. That's power. I was blown away. Great Power Pop.

[CMC32867]

These songs are actually pretty dissimilar. The choruses share some words and hooks, I guess. If anyone has a beef, it's probably the Rolling Stones as they both borrow heavily from "Get Off My Cloud".

[boasorte]

Who the f..k is Avril Lavigne? Never heard of her. Is she an anagram?

[pennyferret77]

@boasorte i simple crack copycater sellout whore who evryone seems 2 love

[abbygrace00]

oh my. the funniest thing is the fans of this band getting pissed off and cussing at avril fans for being a "teenage numbskuller" lmaooo

[abbygrace00]

LOL so I heard that these guys sued Avril so I decided to check it out. I was expecting something wayyy more similar hahahaha! I seriously can't stop laughing. The songs are nothing alike

[friscoway415]

Hey!

they stole the lyrics from Avril lavigne's song "girlfriend". copycaters!!

[theweirdhappygirl]

@friscoway415 the rubinoos is a 1970's rock band. Avril Lavigne was born in 1984.

[28if]

@theweirdhappygirl If Avril actually wrote the song them I would say you have a case

[yuyudunno]

@theweirdhappygirl and the rolling stones were before them right?

[theweirdhappygirl]

@yuyudunno Yeh rolling stones were the original, but im just saying that Avril Lavigne sang the song after the rubinoos

[Ogumomaru]

@friscoway415 Rubinoos is from 1970, they were playing in 1970. Avril was born 18 years later. Sure is plagiarism here faggot.

[friscoway415]

@Ogumomaru I knew that, so, I was jocking, then fuck you stupid mooron.

[SuperUberGirls1]

all that she copied was hey hey you you I wanna be your gf

[MissJanieMarie]

way better than avril! IDK y but this is better?

[EvelTwinOfSlogmaster]

Avril claims she never heard this song. I think the truth lies more in that she was hoping no one else did. Silly kid...

[GaeasBlessing]

@EvelTwinOfSlogmaster Very well said.

[TheWestWind17]

Who cares about avril, this song was already a partial rip off from the Rolling stones- get off of my cloud

[theninjachannel]

@TheWestWind17 cmon its only "hey you!" thats like saying someones copying someone else cuz there wearing jeans those are common lyrics

[TheWestWind17]

@theninjachannel Actually its ""Hey Hey You You" in both songs, as well as part of the catch phrase in each song so yes it was copying the Stones.

[jehlahdqyjean]

dear god...will people stop this bullshit about avril stealing the damn song....has nobody ever heard of a fucking coincidence before?

[Vickathee]

how is this like avril lavigne's song girlfriend? it's nothing alike except title. how stupid. this does not remind me of avril at all.

[happyface011000]

@Vickathee

yea i agree

[birdy47]

@Vickathee Wait till the chorus

[Ogumomaru]

@Vickathee Butthurt fan

@wheelinthesky300 Haha nice joke. They didn't even sue her why court?

[dmk2113]

@Vickathee Seriously? The choruses are nearly identical - look at the sheet music

[TheSkyflower86]

@Vickathee the songs are identical!!! how can't you hear that?

[guywith5pies]

okay this is fucking ridiculous, there is no way this compares in any way to avril levigne's i wanna be your girlfreind. they have similar titles and the chorus has slightly the same words but the tune is completely different! its not even the same style of music even if she did see it avril probably just liked the idea of it and make an entirely different song. i bet that this started in a tabloid somwhere and was blow out of perportion. im not even a big fan of avril lavigne but this is stupid

[XRockCityofpeaceX]

I heard that Lavigne claimed that she has never heard this song, maybe she hasn't, purposely, but heard it somewhere and it inspired her. Or it is a great chance that she thought she could get away with stealing from this song, because she was a kid in the 90's and could have heard of this from friend's older siblings. = But the thing is that, people like us who like this, will listen to this, and people who lke the song Girlfriend will listen to it, and if we like both, great.

[sheeposaurus1]

Seriously. Come on. Avril blatantly ripped them off. Rubinnos came decades before Avril did. Anyway, these guys are classic, Avril's another american pop-rock-chick thingy with insane hair. -Doesn't make her a bad person, but hey, wasn't a good idea to rip off a classic.

[guywith5pies]

@sheeposaurus1 THE TUNE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! all that is similar is the chorus but the rest of the song is entirely different, im not even an avril lavigne fan i just think this is totall bullshit that started in a tabloid somwhere.

[sheeposaurus1]

@guywith5pies I see your point, but I disagree.

[ChUcHoyug]

common!!...shut up...avril is a great singer...and this song is completely different to Girlfriend....the only thing that is similar is...HEY YOU I WANNA BE UR...so stop saying shit...avril is better or rubinnos are better....both songs are great...now only coment about thius song...and stop attaking avril, or this band...this problem was 3 years ago..get over it!!

[barbpetersen]

Actually, the Rubinoos *didn't* lose the lawsuit -- there was a "confidential settlement" with Ms. Lavigne, which is pretty much lawyer-speak for "she knew she'd lose in court, so gave them the money to avoid further bad publicity".

[xreddragonx]

This song is fun, tuneful and melodic...all qualities Avril completely FAILED in emulating when she ripped them off. You know an "artist" sucks ass when they rip off a good song and can't even manage to hold on to any of goodness about it.

[xreddragonx]

Stupid teeny bopper Avril fanbots. They'll make excuses for anything, but of course you can't expect them to know better...they listen to Avril. Fact is, she ripped them off without permission..there's no two ways about it. If the Rubinoos supposedly also "ripped someone else off" according to some article you read, then you know, that's a separate issue to deal with. It STILL doesn't give Avril permission to do what she did, shitheads.

[tomitstube]

shit, are you kidding me? they sued avril lavigne? of course they lost... the real thing is why didn't the rolling stones sue these guys? "hey hey, you you, get off of my cloud" rip off. the stones didn't sue because these guys probably didn't have anything. fail.

[wheelinthesky300]

Other than the words "Hey, Hey, You, You", I don't hear any similarities.

Not even in the melody under those words.

Avril should have gone to court and beat their assess.

[tomitstube]

@wheelinthesky300 ~ actually THEY sued avril and lost. ha ha. losers.

[thecousinbellic]

@wheelinthesky300 Agreed. She probably heard this song on a stereo and thought those words were catchy, or something. Hardly enough for a lawsuit. Great song, though. At least the Rubinoos got something right.

[confusedgirlthebest]

I like Avril ut i prefer this song is better than Girlfriend. I hope i have written exactly...i'm italian...

[mrbuster1964]

Well...you could ALSO say that the Rubinoos "borrowed" the riff from KISS' song Comin' Home. Check it out!!! It is not EXACT, but an OBVIOUS inspiration!!!! So don't blame Lavigne for ALSO getting INSPIRED!!!! HA! HA! HA!

[xHadesxPersephonex]

love their songs, awesome!

[Clematisian]

. . . oh . . . my . . . Gods! . . . I was in college @ The School of Visual Arts in NYC when this 1st came out & all the bands that were really hap'nin' back then! Man! Thank you for uploading this excellent gem, ozzieh. You totally rock! ~ (•8-D

[kittyprincess64]

This song has absolutley no musical similarities! And Avrils lyrics are very different too. Plus she claims that she has never even head this song. I believe her, because this song has a similar topic but that is basically it

[thecountofbasie]

Couldn't care less about Avril, honestly...but loved this one since it came out in '79...still sounds as great as ever...thanks for posting

[Mega2dimples]

damn, she copied them!!!! plain and simple

[AnthonyYaff]

@xTsukiyamax Exactly and many songs have hey hey you you. The songs aren't even close, but this band did make some money from Avril Lavigne. They reached a settlement.

[beatlefan64]

Love this track!

There's nothing like great power pop! : )

[saguaroboy]

@beatlefan64 They're the best. Since I could drive in 79, the rubes have been on my soundtrack.

[MrMotley666]

fucken love this song

avril lavigne can like by BALLZ.

[VansBurns66]

This is awesome! the first time i heard it i was like, this is love!

Way better than Avril's Girlfriend, you cant even compare this to her music.

[ChloeALaPunkPrincess]

Avril never stole anything!!!

"I wanna be your boyfriend."

"I wanna be your girlfriend."

OH SHUT UP! Maybe just saying "I wanna" is a copyright infringement. If so, do you guys have any clue how many singers would be sued by these guys?!

Check out their sh*tty ass myspace! I think it's obvious that they are wanting attention and publicity. Not bashing here, okay! It was probably an attempt to hurt someone for their own benefit. Any accusations that she isnt a songwriter are ludicrous.

[mrpayperview318]

@ChloeALaPunkPrincess Fuck you avril lavigne sucks

[ChloeALaPunkPrincess]

@mrpayperview318 Everything you can do I can do better. Anything you can fuck, I can fuck twice.

[BringYouTheHorizon06]

@ChloeALaPunkPrincess

Haha, stop defending Avril Lavigne. She's a shame to the music world.

[xreddragonx]

@ChloeALaPunkPrincess Haha, you think Avril is "punk", don't you you little teenaged numbskull?

[ChloeALaPunkPrincess]

@xreddragonx Uh, Avril never labled herself punk and she dislikes me labled punk so shut the fuck up.

[ha333m]

avril is so much better you guys all are wrong. these guys are shameful to avril

[TheMagics14]

aa fala sério, isso é podre *-*'

[95unlucky]

Non ci assomiglia proprio a quella di Avril!!!

[96Rorschach69]

Avril Lavigne is da best! She's a perfect representation of modern celebrity because she's a cute c*** with no discernible talent or skill other than leeching off other peoples works.

[Sk8atrb]

@96Rorschach69 cute without the "e"

[LordxArn]

no. its the rubinoos lyrics, not avril :D

[beande111]

it is the avril lavingne lyrics!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NeuroticVows]

yeah she settled out of court, stupid girl had to do some copywrite infringement. I don't like her music anyway. I do love the Rubinoos

[iloveyourmomscookies]

Wow... tisk tisk Avril!

[minazahazazugemo]

I am pumped about mp4ify for saving utube videos as mp3 or mp4 - its simple..

[blairerox]

avril lavinge is a fucking poser

she use to hate her fans because they copied her and look at her now.....

selloutttt

i want to beat her with her ugly extensions

[guillermeiko]

muy buena

[deerhunter45628]

wow..what a rip off..shame shame avril

[BaalRules]

Rubinoos rock!

[tokiohotelxox3]

I feel bad for these guys. Whenever someone hears this song, they're going to think of Avril Lavigne. Look at the all the comments...

Fuck, I hate Avril Lavigne.

[Din0might7]

@tokiohotelxox3 Don't feel to bad for these guys. 78-80 if they were going to make any money from this song they already made it. Secondly this just gives them attention many years after thier first run. Third "Hey Hey you you get out of my cloud" by the Stones could have been ripped of by them.

[AmethystDew]

@tokiohotelxox3 I don't - I remember me and my friend just dancing ourselves stupid to this song. Who's Avril Lavigne?

[MissJanieMarie]

@AmethystDew omg who is avril! gosh i cant believe you dont know! :D

[AmethystDew]

@MissJanieMarie giggle ;)))))

[TheLincolnBlogs]

"hey! hey! you! you! get off of my cloud!" --> rolling stones, 1965

"hey! hey! you! you! i wan't to be your boyfriend --> rubinoos, 1978

point is, everyone borrows. who knows where the stones got theirs...maybe muddy waters, where they got their name?

[28if]

@TheLincolnBlogs Except Disney rewrote the song as "I want to be your Girlfriend" with the Rubes getting the songwriting credit. Anyway it's really suing Avril's song writing team rather than her

[AntiMTVMovement]

Avril Lavigne sucks, so of course these guys would be better. Avril makes Milli Vanilli sound like the Beatles.

[Borerah]

Avril Lavigne is better?! My ass!

[bertrand54]

@Borerah No, Avril Lavigne is definitely NOT better than your ass.

[Borerah]

@bertrand54 Thanks, i think.. Haha! :D

[tomitstube]

@Borerah ~ yep, your "ass" is better than this crap.

[Soso23301]

@Borerah AND THS SONG Z " THE SHIT HIM SELF "

[118romy118]

avril is better Xd

[guillermeiko]

avril it´s beautiful ok,but music it´s something more than this.

ey i´m spanish and Avril Lavigne it´s only pictures not a singer

[SuperAreli]

yo pense k avril lavinge era original pero es bien copiona hatt ahs

[Kaleidoscorp]

Avril Lavigne

[guillermeiko]

Avril lavigne iirc why????? have you listen muxic or...

NIRVANA

NIRVANA

SONIC YOUTH

THE WHO

PEARL JAM

THE STROKES

OASIS

BLUR

...i´ve no more time but what did you say???'

[beatlefan64]

A great slice of power pop!

Love these guys!

[9sk8erdude9]

this rocks !

[kittyprydekissme]

The songs are barely alike. I've heard lots of songs more similar to each other than these two, which didn't result in any suits.

[9sk8erdude9]

avrils did sound the same if it didn't she would not have been sued and that was last year lots of people wont let it DROP!

[Aaronlime1]

SO MUCH BETTER THAN avril L lol she got sued for this lol

[acidxtears]

how could she get sued for this? XD

She mimicked like 3 lines out of this

[AntiMTVMovement]

Unlike anything Avril's done, this music sounds fun.

[junodavid]

So good.