Carnival Girl

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"Carnival Girl"
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Single by Texas featuring Kardinal Offishall
from the album Careful What You Wish For
B-side "Night for Day"
Released6 October 2003 (2003-10-06)
Studio Various
Length4:05
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Johnny Mac
Texas singles chronology
"Guitar Song"
(2001)
"Carnival Girl"
(2003)
"I'll See It Through"
(2003)
Kardinal Offishall singles chronology
"Back for More"
(2003)
"Carnival Girl"
(2003)
"Tear de Wallz Down"
(2004)

"Carnival Girl" is a song by Scottish band Texas featuring Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall. The single was released on 6 October 2003 and was the first to be taken from the band's seventh studio album, Careful What You Wish For (2003). The song reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-20 hit in Denmark and Spain.

Contents

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Careful What You Wish For album booklet. [5]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [1] 3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [6] 2
Denmark (Tracklisten) [7] 15
France (SNEP) [8] 57
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 94
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 43
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [11] 61
Scotland (OCC) [12] 5
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [13] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 41
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 9

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom6 October 2003
  • CD
  • DVD
Mercury [16]
Australia13 October 2003CD [17]

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