The harmonies in Girl are short, but they make a huge impact on the song as a whole. The added voices change the song from one guy lusting after this girl to all of the guys lusting after her. The vocal harmonies during the chorus (from 0:21-0:28, 0:50-0:58, 1:20-1:28, 1:50-1:58, and 2:20-2:28) when heard with the music behind it sounds like a deep, sweet sigh.
There are several examples of parallel harmonies in this song. The vocal harmonies during the chorus is an example of a repeated use of parallel harmony. You can also hear a parallel harmony from 2:00 - 2:20 instrumental interlude, where the harmony has two notes for every one that the harmony has.
You can also hear a variation on an upper drone from 1:01 - 1:19, when the harmonic voices are dinging "doot doot doot doot..." This is a drone because, while it is not in one continuous flow of pitch, the notes that are being sung change very infrequently.
Overall, the song has a slow harmonic rhythm and simple harmonies, mostly filling out chords.
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