Energetic Girl

The year 1997 was a memorable one, some significant events were:
. Bill Clinton started his 2nd term as U.S. president (20/1)
. Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China (1/7)
. The film Titanic was released (19/12)
In music:
. James Brown is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (10/1)
. Elton John performs "Candle in the Wind" at the funeral of Princess Diana (5/9)
After the success of "The Fist Time", Nagy had officially decided to extend her singing career. In January 22, 1996, she auditioned for the part of Katie in Life in Detroit, and got it the same day. Production for the show started three days later and became one of the most successful teen sitcoms of the 1990s; the role of Katie was Nagy's first lead role ina TV show and she would go on to play more lead characters in her career.
In February 6 of the same year, production for her second album, titled Movements, began. Nagy decided to have every song tribute the 1980s, one of her personal favorite decades. Originally the songs were going to be all related but it was decided that each song should tribute the 80s on their own.
On September 3rd, Nagy wrote a song titled Energetic Girl, the idea of it came after watching some of Madonna's videos. Nagy wrote the lyrics on her way to the studio, Mark Roswell, the producer of the album alongside Nagy; wrote thr song's chorus and added some parts of the music
-"Er, the inspiration for the chorus came from a Poem that I wrote titled "Never Be This Way", one the verses said "I will be your energetic motivation" and so I thought, I think this part, if changed, would fit, and so I changed to "I'll be your energetic girl" and we all knew it was going to be a catchy line.[...] I personally find this line to be one of the best that I've written in my life, It's just so good!
Mark Roswell in an interview with Rolling Stone on July 7, 1997.
The song was recorded in just omehour, making it one of the fastest tracks worked on in Nagy's musical career.
The song was the seventh of the ten songs selected for "Movements", it is the longest song on the album, lasting for a total of five minutes; the singles edit, which lasts three minutes and twenty-five seconds cuts out the third verse and part of the instrumental solo.
The music video was filmed on March 7, 1997, four days before Nagy's 18th birthdays, this mark the final profuct that Nagy filmed in her teenage years.
The video takes place in a nightclub and Nagy is shown wearing all white attempting to please her lover (played by Abel Ramone, one of her co-stars in Life in Detroit. The video is known for Nagy's dance in it, which became popular among fans. The clip uses the single edit version of the song instead of the full version. It was nominated for Video of the Year, at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards
The song was released as the lead single from the album Movements exactly one month after its video was filmed; April 7, 1997. The song became the most succesful single from the album, peaking at #1 in over 25 countries. It sold over 13 million copies.
-"I love Energetic Girl, it's one of my personal favorite songs, and undoubtedly, one of the best I've written in my career. The catchiness, the lyrics, the tune, they were perfect, I don't think the album would have been as successful as it was without this track, is the heart of the album.
Jenny Nagy in an interview with Billboard Magazine on April 14, 1997.
-"This is without a doubt, the best pop song of all time, I don't think pop music would have been as popular had it not been for this single. It is one of the songs I'm most proud to have worked on.
Album bass player Steve Andersson.