Bohemian Like You
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Bohemian Like You Lyrics
You got a great car
Yeah, what's wrong with it today?
I used to have one too
Maybe I'll come and have a look
I really love your hairdo, yeah
I'm glad you like mine too
See what looking pretty cool will get you
[Verse 2]
So what do you do?
Oh yeah, I wait tables too
No, I haven't heard your band
'Cause you guys are pretty new
But if you dig on vegan food
Well, come over to my work
I'll have 'em cook you something that you'll really love
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I like you, yeah, I like you
And I'm feeling so Bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you, yeah, I like you
And I feel whoa, whoo
[Chorus]
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Wait!
Who's that guy just hanging at your pad?
He's looking kind of bummed
Yes, you broke up that's too bad
I guess it's fair if he always pays the rent
And he doesn't get all bent
About sleeping on the couch when I'm there
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I like you, yeah, I like you
And I'm feeling so Bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you, yeah, I like you
And I feel whoa, whoo
[Chorus]
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
[Bridge]
I'm getting wise
And I feel so Bohemian like you
It's you that I want so please
Just a casual, casual easy thing
Is it? It is for me
And I like you, I like you
I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you
And I feel whoa, whoo
[Chorus]
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
About
Released in 2000, the song was not a big seller, peaking at #42 on the UK Album charts. This changed when Vodafone used it in their “How Are You?” advertising campaign.
After the beginning of the campaign, the song was re-released in 2001 and hit #5.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
A car pulled up outside my flat in Portland, Oregon. Before the Dandy Warhols signed to EMI, I was a mechanic, so I knew the vehicle: a 1980-81 BMW 320i with a primer quarter panel, the ubiquitous affordable BMW. The driver was this super-cool-looking woman with bleached hair piled up with black roots and a shirt worn over a pink top. The lights changed and off she went, just as I’d started thinking that if the car stalled, I could go down and say: “Hey, I can fix that.” Instead, I cranked out Bohemian Like You in around five minutes.
The guitar part came first, a ham-fisted imitation of the Rolling Stones: a classic caveman blues-rock riff to hammer on. The lyrics and the title summed up the girl – her tattoos, the car – and the way the Dandys dressed then, straight out of secondhand thrift stores. My mum called us hipsters, but “bohemian like you” sounded better than “hipster like you”.
I’ve always had recording equipment at my fingertips so was able to record the basics there and then. When we recorded it properly, I played the jungle drums in the middle but when we mixed it we chopped them over to the intro, and when they cut into Fathead’s drum fill it sounds like the same drummer.
–Courtney Taylor-Taylor, via The Guardian
- 1.Godless
- 2.Mohammed
- 3.Nietzsche
- 5.Solid
- 6.Horse Pills
- 7.Get Off
- 8.Sleep
- 9.Cool Scene
- 10.Bohemian Like You
- 11.Shakin’
- 12.Big Indian
- 13.The Gospel