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The New Girl In Town
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Written by:

The Dynamites

Performed by:

The Dynamites

Covered by:

Amber, Shelley, and Tammy

Place:

The Corny Collins Show Studio

Preceded by:

The Nicest Kids in Town (Reprise)

Followed by:

Welcome to the '60s

The New Girl in Town is a song written and performed by The Dynamites. It is covered by Amber, Shelley, and Tammy for the Corny Collins show.

Both "The New Girl in Town" and "Ladies' Choice" were originated by the 2007 film, and do not appear in the musical.[1] While "Ladies' Choice" was added to the 2016 NBC televised musical "Hairspray Live!", "The New Girl in Town" was not, making it unique to the 2007 film.[2]

Plot[]

This song takes place after Tracy becomes the lead dancer on the Corny Collins Show. As the song goes on, it shows how Tracy's new role is affecting her popularity and subsequently Amber's.

Tracy's performance is instantly well-received by the whole of Baltimore, as seen where Wilbur's store gets turned into a store selling Tracy paraphernalia, ranging from "bobble-head" dolls to replica Tracy wigs.

We also see that as Tracy continues to participate in the Corny Collins Show, her chances of winning the upcoming Miss Teenage Hairspray Pageant increases until she almost surpasses Amber, much to Velma's consternation.

Next, we see the vast gap in popularity between Tracy and Amber, where Tracy's dressing table is littered with fan letters, gifts, and flowers; Amber's is virtually empty.

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The New Girl in Town - Hairspray (2007)

Because of Tracy, hairspray sales have dramatically increased. As Mr. Spritzer shares this information with Velma, Tracy walks by with two supposed fans and an ecstatic Mr. Spritzer hurries after her, much to Velma's horror.

During this sequence, the song starts off being sung by Amber, Tammy, and Shelley, before transitioning to The Dynamites version. This also transitions the scene from The Corny Collins Show to Negro Day.

Once they are off the air, Velma confronts Motormouth Maybelle, angry that The Dynamites performed the same song as her daughter. Maybelle incredulously responds that The Dynamites were the original writers and performers of the song.

Lyrics[]

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(left to right) Shelly, Amber, and Tammy cover "The New Girl in Town" for The Corny Collins Show.

(Performed by Amber, Shelley, and Tammy)

Hey look out for that moving van

Driving down our streets

You better lock up your man

Before he meets

The New Girl in Town

Who just came on the scene

The New Girl In Town

Can't be more than sixteen

And she got a way of makin'

A boy act like a clown

Wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo

We don't know what to do

'Bout the new girl in town

The New Girl In Town

Seems to dance on air

The New Girl In Town

She's got the coolest hair

You better tell the homecoming queen

To hold on to her crown

Wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo

Or she's gonna lose it to

The New Girl In Town

She's hip, she's cool

I'm gonna get her after school

And yet we'd like to be her

'Cause she's the kitten

The cat's prefer

(Performed by The Dynamites)

The new girl in town

has my guy on a string

The new girl in town

hey look, she's wearing his ring!

I can't stop crying and so in my own tears

I'm gonna dro-own

He wants to rendez-vous with the new girl

We're kind of sad and blue

Yes it's true girl

We'd like to say to the new girl in town

the new girl in town

wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo

From out of the blue girl

This town's in a stew girl

What a hullabaloo girl

She ain't just passing through girl

She's sticking like glue girl

To the man I thought I knew girl

wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo, wo-oo

Hey look out for that moving van

Look out, look out, look out, look out

She was the new girl in town.

References[]

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