"Sour Girl" es el segundo sencillo de "No. 4" (1999), el cuarto disco de Stone Temple Pilots. Salió en 2000 con Brendan O'Brien en la producción. La música es de Dean DeLeo y la letra de Scott Weiland. Fue la única canción de la banda que entró en el Billboard Hot 100, donde llegó al puesto 78.
Weiland escribió buena parte de "No. 4" mientras tenía problemas con la justicia por drogas, y en la época de Storytellers de VH1 llegó a decir que era una de las mejores canciones que había hecho el grupo.
El videoclip lo dirigió David Slade, el mismo de "30 días de oscuridad" y "Eclipse". Sale Sarah Michelle Gellar, la Buffy de la tele, que era fan de la banda. También aparecen unos bichos parecidos a los Teletubbies, que en aquel momento estaban en todas partes. La banda dijo que fue casualidad y que se inspiraron en un sueño de Weiland. Estuvo nominado a Mejor Fotografía en los MTV Video Music Awards de 2000.
Sobre la letra, según Songfacts, Weiland la escribió pensando en su primera mujer, Janina Castaneda, con la que se casó en 1994. Habla de una chica agria, de mirada esquiva y actitud a la defensiva, y de alguien que se siente atraído por ella a pesar de todo. Es una relación con altibajos, de esas en las que lo dulce y lo amargo van juntos.
Vídeo:
Letra:
She turned away, what was she looking at?
She was a sour girl the day that she met me
Hey, what are you looking at?
She was a happy girl the day that she left me
She turned away, what was she looking at?
She was a sour girl the day that she met me
Hey, what are you looking at?
She was a happy girl the day that she left me
What would you do?
What would you do if I follow you?
What would you do? I follow
Don't turn away, what are you looking at?
He was so happy on the day that he met her
Say, what are you looking at?
I was a superman but looks are deceiving
The roller-coaster ride's a lonely one
I pay a ransom note to stop it from steaming
Hey, what are you looking at?
She was a teenage girl when she met me
What would you do?
What would you do if I follow you?
What would you do? I follow
What would you do? (What would you do?)
What would you do if I follow you?
What would you do? I follow
The girl got reasons
They all got reasons
What would you do? (What would you do?)
What would you do if I follow you?
What would you do? I follow
What would you do? (What would you do?)
What would you do if I follow you?
What would you do? I follow
Hey, what are you looking at?
She was a happy girl the day that she left me
The day that she left me, the day that she left me
She was a happy girl the day that she left me
The day that she left me, the day that she left me
She was a sour girl the day that she left me
