The Girl Is Mine Lyrics
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
[Verse 1: Destiny’s Child]
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? What's been happening?
Take a minute, take a minute girl
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? What's been happening?
Take a minute, take a minute girl
[Pre-Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
You're my girl, you're my—
You're my girl
You're my girl, you're my girl
[Verse 2: Destiny’s Child]
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
Take a minute, take a minute girl
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
Take a minute, take a minute girl
[Pre-Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
Think it's time we got this straight
Let's sit and talk face to face
There is no way I could mistake, the girl is mine
Think it's time we got this straight
Let's sit and talk face to face
There is no way I could mistake, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
About
Mysteriously debuting a year ago as Pete Tong‘s Essential new tune, ‘The Girl Is Mine’ ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy is a radical switch-up that’s part instant RnB mash-up magnificence and part original club weapon from arguably the hottest newcomers to the house world – UK duo 99 Souls.
With official praise and sanction from Queen B Beyonce herself, the record samples Destiny’s Child‘s 2004 single ‘Girl’ and Monica and Brandy‘s seminal R&B crossover smash ‘The Boy Is Mine‘, which was re-recorded by the original 90’s RnB poster girl Brandy herself, for this release.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
These days, you can get a decent gauge of what’s happening from online reaction and things like Shazam, but we were always a bit nervous. We were assured this would be a big record, but it’s a relief for us that it’s done well because if it hadn’t, things would obviously be a bit tougher for us now."
– Via OfficialCharts (2016)
In terms of publishing, it wasn’t too difficult. The writers all liked the song and – not to sound too crass – they knew it wouldn’t hurt their bank balances. All the Destiny’s Child girls signed off on it straight away; Beyonce really likes the track from what we’ve been told… One of two big obstacles was Beyonce’s dad Matthew Knowles. Way back right at the beginning of licensing the track, Matthew said no, so we got on the phone and asked him why, and he said it was because the song only featured Beyonce’s vocal and not the other girls, and he represented Destiny’s Child at the time as a whole. Once we knew the problem we realised there was a possibility of him clearing a certain version of the song. Over the months we kept in contact with him and built a rapport – a friend of ours even hand-delivered a gift to him from us! Eventually we met him and convinced him to say yes."
– Via OfficialCharts (2016)
The writers were all on board – Rodney Jerkins wrote it and is one of the all-time greats! The issue was the master of the song. The label said they would only let us use it if one of the rappers on their label could also have the track as well. They were offering us £50k to remix this other track, but it just didn’t fit with where we wanted to go. They wouldn’t clear this song with us until we agreed to do the track for the rapper. So instead, we got Brandy to re-record it. She was doing Chicago on Broadway at the time, so it took her a while to get her in the studio, but we eventually did it. I remember we got the green light for a Sunday session with her in LA on a Friday night. We were playing Broadmasters Festival at the time (in Cornwall), and I just about managed to get the only flight I could have got to make the session in time. It was amazing to be in the studio with Brandy, and all’s well that ends well I guess!"
– Via OfficialCharts (2016)
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