High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "When I Grow Up" is a song recorded by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their second studio album, Doll Domination (2008). It was released by Interscope Records on May 27, 2008, as the lead single from the album. "When I Grow Up" was their first single following the departure of the group`s longest-standing member Carmit Bachar. It was first recorded for Nicole Scherzinger`s planned solo project, Her Name Is Nicole, but after its postponement and Scherzinger`s return to the group, she felt that the song was better suited for the group. It was written by Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, who also produced the song. It is an uptempo electropop song with elements of the 1966 song, "He`s Always There" by English rock band The Yardbirds. "When I Grow Up" speaks about the desire to be famous, and was described as being "autobiographical" by Scherzinger.