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TIL Avril Lavigne recorded the chorus of "Girlfriend" in seven different languages to appeal to foreign markets. It was recorded in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Mandarin, as well as a version in Hindi that was ultimately scrapped

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