Bonafide Girl

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"Bonafide Girl"
Bonafide Girl.jpg
Single by Shaggy featuring Rikrok and Tony Gold
from the album Intoxication
B-side "Who a Wear di Jacket?"
ReleasedMarch 11, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Reggae fusion, reggae, pop, R&B
Length3:36
Label VP Music Group/Canyon Records
Songwriter(s) Burrell, Dekker, Ducent, Morrison, Pizzonia
Producer(s) Burrell
Shaggy singles chronology
"Church Heathen"
(2007)
"Bonafide Girl"
(2007)
"What's Love"
(2008)
Rikrok singles chronology
"My Love"
(2007)
"Bonafide Girl"
(2007)

"Bonafide Girl" is the second single from rapper Shaggy's seventh studio album, Intoxication . The song features guest vocals from Rikrok, who previously collaborated with Shaggy in 2000 for the single "It Wasn't Me", and Tony Gold. The single was released on March 11, 2007. The track samples "007 (Shanty Town)," by Desmond Dekker.

Contents

Track listing

CD Single [1]
  1. "Bonafide Girl" (featuring Rikrok)
  2. "Who a Wear di Jacket?"

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
German Singles Chart71

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References

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