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“Valley Girl” is a song by the musician Frank Zappa and his 14 year-old daughter, Moon Unit Zappa. It was released on Zappa’s 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch. Moon supplied Frank with much of the content, speaking typical “Valley girl” or “Valspeak” phrases. Zappa intended to lampoon the image, but the single popularized the Valley Girl stereotype nationwide. There was a significant increase in the “Valspeak” slang usage, whether ironically spoken or not (not the least of which was the film, Valley Girl (film)). This song was also included in the compilation album Strictly Commercial. The song was Zappa’s lone top 40 single in the United States, peaking at #32 in the Billboard Hot 100, although he had charted hits in other parts of the... Read on...