"Hollaback Girl" is a pop song written by singer Gwen Stefani an Pharrell Williams for Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004). As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance record," the song is influenced by 1980s dance and pop music. They wrote the song as a response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with Seventeen magazine.