Use ta Be My Girl

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"Use ta Be My Girl"
Use ta be my girl by the ojays US vinyl side-A.png
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by The O'Jays
from the album So Full of Love
B-side "This Time Baby"
ReleasedMarch 1978
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
Genre
Length3:23 (7" Version)
4:02 (Album Version)
Label Philadelphia International
Songwriter(s) Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Producer(s) Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
The O'Jays singles chronology
"Work on Me"
(1977)
"Use ta Be My Girl"
(1978)
"Brandy"
(1979)

"Use ta Be My Girl" is a song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love , it became a crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [3] "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays. The song has also been certified by the RIAA as a million-seller. [4]

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Chart performance

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