Girls Like Us (song)

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"Girls Like Us"
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Single by B-15 Project featuring Crissy D and Lady G
Released5 June 2000 (2000-06-05)
Genre UK garage
Length5:58
Label Relentless, Oracabessa
Songwriter(s) Angus Campbell, Janice Fyffe, Dawnette Angelita Nevers, Brian Travers
Producer(s) Angus Campbell, Ian Wallman
B-15 Project singles chronology
"Strawberries" / "Soundboy"
(1999)
"Girls Like Us"
(2000)
"Feels So Good"
(2001)

"Girls Like Us" is a song by UK garage duo B-15 Project featuring Crissy D and Lady G on vocals. Based on Crissy D and Lady G's song "Girls Like Us" from the dancehall compilation album Oracabessa One (1998), [1] the song was a top-10 hit in the UK, peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart and number 22 in the Netherlands. Mixmag included "Girls Like Us" in their list of "40 of the best UK garage tracks released from 1995 to 2005", [2] while Gemtracks included the song in their list of the "top UK garage songs between 1995–2005". [3]

Contents

Track listings

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [7] 34
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 22
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 48
Scotland (OCC) [10] 35
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 7
UK Dance (OCC) [12] 1

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom5 June 2000
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[13]
Australia25 September 2000CD EMI Australia [14]

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