Bills, Bills, Bills

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"Bills Bills Bills"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album The Writing's On The Wall
Released	1999
Format	CD maxi single 12" Maxi Single
Genre	R&B
Length	4:33
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Kevin Briggs Kandi Burruss Beyoncé Knowles LeToya Luckett Kelly Rowland
Producer(s)	She'kspere
Certification	Platinum
Chart positions
#1(USA) #6 (UK) #26 (AUS)
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Get on the Bus" (1998)	"Bills Bills Bills" (1999)	"Bug a Boo" (1999)

"Bills Bills Bills" was the first single from Destiny's Child's second album The Writing's on the Wall. It was their first song that peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It won a BMI Pop award for being the most played song. Before "Bills, Bills, Bills", the only top ten single the group had achieved was "No, No, No Pt. 2". Despite the success of the single, many of the listeners questioned the topic - people viewed the lyrics as male bashing^{[citation needed]}; in the song men are referred to as "triflin'" and "good for nothin'". However, Destiny's Child quickly quashed these rumors and expressed that their lyrics were meant to be empowering for women^{[citation needed]}.

"Bills, Bills, Bills" debuted at #84 on the Hot 100 and climbed to #1 five weeks later, where it remained for a week and spent a total of twenty weeks on the chart.

"Bills, Bills, Bills" also reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for nine consecutive weeks making it one of the longest running number one singles ever on this chart and the most weeks at the summit in 1999. It was also the ninth best-selling single of the year in the U.S.

In the UK "Bills, Bills, Bills" peaked at number six and went onto sell over 165,000 copies.

The music video for "Bills, Bills, Bills" (directed by Darren Grant) was shot in a beauty salon, a tribute to Tina Knowles, group member Beyoncé Knowles' mother. Another interesting fact was that it marked the first of three videos in which Farrah Franklin was part of (although she played a minor role of a salon client).

"Bills, Bills, Bills" was written by the same songwriter as TLC's hit "No Scrubs", Kandi Burruss. hip hop group Sporty Thievz famously recorded a rebuttal to this TLC hit entitled "No Pigeons" and would later go on to record a rebuttal to "Bills Bills Bills", entitled "No Billz (Why, Why, Why)". Not only that, Sporty Thievz along with a female rapper known as Jazz were featured on the main remix of Bills, Bills, Bills produced by the Trackmasters.

[edit] Formats and remixes

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Radio Edit)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Acapella)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Instrumental)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix Instrumental)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-n-Groove Club Radio Remix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (DJ Def Club's Xclusive Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (UK Garage Mix)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" (D'n'D 2-Step Mix)

"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Radio Edit) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)

"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)

"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Acapella) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)

"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Instrumental)

Preceded by "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez	Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 17, 1999	Succeeded by "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
Preceded by "Fortunate" by Maxwell	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single July 10, 1999	Succeeded by "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Faith Evans