"The Girl Can't Help It" is the title song to the film The Girl Can't Help It, with words and music by songwriter Bobby Troup. It was performed by Little Richard. It was released in December 1956 (see 1956 in music) and peaked at #49 on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart (other chart positions = #7 (USA R&B), #9 (UK). It was included on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #413. Originally, Fats Domino was lined up to record the track, which was not written as a rock song. The music appears in the 1972 film Pink Flamingos directed for John Waters and starred for Divine.