Be My Girl (New Kids on the Block song)

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"Be My Girl"
Be My Girl NKOTB.jpg
Single by New Kids on the Block
from the album New Kids on the Block
ReleasedMarch 5, 1986
Recorded1985
Genre Pop
Length3:54
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Maurice Starr
Producer(s) Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"Be My Girl"
(1986)
"Stop It Girl"
(1986)

"Be My Girl" is the 1986 debut single by New Kids on the Block, with lead vocals by Donnie Wahlberg. Written and produced by Maurice Starr, it was the group's first release from their self-titled album New Kids on the Block . Although it received marginal airplay in their hometown of Boston, it was largely ignored nationally and failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Track listing

7" single

A-side

  1. "Be My Girl" (Vocal) - 3:54
  2. "Be My Girl" (Instrumental) - 3:54

B-side

  1. "Be My Girl" (Extended mix) - 4:50

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [1] 90

Personnel

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