The movie was shot 1982 under the title of "Valley Girls", but because of director Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl (1983) starring Nicolas Cage, the picture's title was changed to ''The Vals''.
The name of the TV show that the producer dad was working on was ''The Boom Boom Girls''.
The meaning and relevance of the word 'Vals' in the movie's 'The Vals' title is that it is an abbreviation for the word ''Valley Girls''.
The jargon spoken by teenagers from the San Fernando Valley (''The Valley'') in California, USA is known as '"Valspeak''.
Original promotional artwork for the film formed the letter 'S' out of a '$' sign in the word ''Vals'' of the movie's 'The Vals' title logo. The word ''Vals'' was topped off with silhouettes for the four val gals standing atop one on each letter. Some later materials just have a plain title logo without the $ sign and the four block outlines of the girls.