Girl You Know It's True (song)

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“Girl You Know It's True”
“Girl You Know It's True” cover
Single by Milli Vanilli
from the album Girl You Know It's True
B-side "Magic Touch"
Released 1988
Format CD single
7" single
12" maxi
Genre Pop
Length 4:13
Label Arista
Writer(s) Bill Pettaway Jr
Sean Spencer
Kevin Lyles
Rodney Hollaman
Ky Adeyemo
Producer Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"Dansez"
(1987)		 "Girl You Know It's True"
(1988)		 "Baby Don't Forget My Number"
(1989)

"Girl You Know It's True" is a song by Milli Vanilli and was the debut release from their album Girl You Know It's True. It entered the UK charts at #3 in 1988 and peaked at #2 in the US. The song is most famous for the "Girl, You Know It's..." lyric skipping and repeating during a Milli Vanilli concert in Connecticut, revealing a case of lip synching during the performance and setting off a wave of controversy for the group.

Many people do not know that Milli Vanili's rendition of the song is a cover version. It was originally sung in 1987 by an obscure group called Numarx.[1] The original version is different in the fact that it was not as 'fun' and marketable as the Milli Vanilli version and that the original spoken intro was not on the radio mix, that came from the extended mix.

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[edit] In popular culture

Milli Vanilli made a cameo appearance performing the song in an episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, based on the actual video game as seen Saturday mornings on NBC. The episode titled "Kootie Pie Rocks", which aired with "Do the Koopa" on October 27, 1990 tells the tale of Princess Toadstool buying tickets to a Milli Vanilli show in New York City. She invites Mario, Luigi and Toad to the concert. All this while Cheatsy and Kootie Pie are outside at the window listening to what they're saying. Later, Milli Vanilli are kidnapped by Cheatsy and Kootie Pie as ordered by King Koopa and are brought back to their castle. Kootie Pie turns them both into accountants and then back after a backup band of Mario, Luigi, the Princess and Toad (in disguise) arrive. Her plan is foiled after they runaway free. They all return to New York and perform a concert for everyone in the end.

There was some controversy surrounding a technical flaw with the episode that was discovered only two weeks after the broadcast. On November 15, the producers of the show (Nintendo and DiC Entertainment) realized the equipment used by both Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan had malfunctioned during its production, it made it look and sound like lip-syncers fronting for real musicians. This result in the episode being intensely edited. [2] [3]

[edit] Track listings

12"-Maxi - Australia, New Zealand, UK
  1. "Girl You Know It's True" (NY Subway Mix)
  2. "Girl You Know It's True" (Balearic Mix)
  3. "Magic Touch"
12"-Maxi - Canada, US
  1. "Girl You Know It's True" (Super Club Mix) (8:33)
  2. "Girl You Know It's True" (G Spot Remix Beats) (6:22)
  3. "Girl You Know It's True" (Single Version) (3:48)
  4. "Girl You Know It's True" (N.Y.C. Subway Mix) (8:07)
  5. "Magic Touch" (3:47)
12"-Maxi - Germany, UK
  1. "Girl You Know It's True" (Super Club Mix) (7:35)
  2. "Girl You Know It's True" (Radio Mix) (3:58)
  3. "Magic Touch" (3:22)
7"-Single
  1. "Girl You Know It's True" (3:58)
  2. "Magic Touch" (3:22)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1988)[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 2
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 3
Norwegian Singles Chart 2
Swedish Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart 2
UK Singles Chart 3
US Billboard Hot 100 2
US Hot Rap Singles 2
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3
US Hot Dance Club Play 3

[edit] Other cover versions

The song was also later covered by Centroy Ft. Trey D.,[1997] Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch of Boyzone in 2000, with the rapped verses taking verbal shots at rival boybands Westlife and 5ive, Oli P ft. Jan Van Deert Tootr[2003] a sing version 1st Class a bunch rich guys from Swedenand in 2007 by Lemon Ice.

Preceded by
"Macho Macho" by Rainhard Fendrich		 Austrian number one single
October 15, 1988 - November 11, 1988		 Succeeded by
"Bring Me Edelweiss" by Edelweiss

[edit] References

  1. ^ Milli Vanilli: Baby Don't Forget My Number
  2. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - Kootie Pie Rocks (Part 1) - Explanation of lip-syncing incident, courtesy of YouTube
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - Kootie Pie Rocks (Part 2) - End of the episode, courtesy of YouTube
  4. ^ "Girl You Know It's True", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  5. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  6. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  7. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  8. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved February 26, 2008)