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. [4] "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. [5]

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Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ "Sigma Sound Studios: Albums 1968-1978". Billboard. September 16, 1978. p. SS-11. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Wonder Years: Soul". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 98. ISBN   978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. ↑ Harvey, Eric (May 19, 2012). "The Quiet Storm". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 438.
  5. ↑ [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-08-12. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Use ta Be My Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "charts.org.nz - The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl". charts.nz.
  11. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1978-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 1978-07-22". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 179.
  14. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1978 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1978-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-03.


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