My Best Friend's Girl (song)

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"My Best Friend's Girl"
The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl.jpg
Single by the Cars
from the album The Cars
B-side
ReleasedOctober 10, 1978 (1978-10-10)
RecordedFebruary 1978
Studio AIR (London, UK)
Genre
Length3:43 [1]
Label Elektra 45537
Songwriter(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
The Cars singles chronology
"Just What I Needed"
(1978)		"My Best Friend's Girl"
(1978)		"Good Times Roll"
(1979)
Music video (live)
"My Best Friend's Girl" on YouTube

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