Girl You Know It's True
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| Studio album by Milli Vanilli | |||||
| Released | 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Dance, Pop | ||||
| Length | 41:01 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Producer | Frank Farian | ||||
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Girl You Know It's True is a 1989 album that was the U.S. debut of pop group Milli Vanilli.
In 1989, the majority of songs from Milli Vanilli's Europe-only release All or Nothing were repackaged and retitled Girl You Know It's True for release in the United States on the Arista label.
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[edit] Success
The album spawned five hit singles: the title track, "All or Nothing" and three #1 hits, "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You," "Baby Don't Forget My Number" and "Blame It on the Rain." Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist on February 22, 1990.
[edit] Downfall
The group's producer, Frank Farian, revealed to reporters on November 15, 1990, that Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus did not actually sing on any of the songs on the album. As a result, Milli Vanilli's Grammy was withdrawn four days later. Arista Records dropped the act from its roster and deleted their album and its masters from their catalog, making it the largest-selling album to ever be taken out of print.
[edit] Errors
It seems that the project had meddling input from virtually everyone except the duo themselves, and was subject to tinkering even after its release. The track order on the U.S. release is out of sequence with the listing printed on its cover art, and several tracks are listed with the wrong time.
A few of the writers' credits are inconsistent with what is listed in external sources. The decision to replace some of the tracks for the U.S. release was made by Arista Records president Clive Davis.
[edit] Track listing
- "Girl You Know It's True" (Adeyemo, Hollaway, Lyles, Pettaway, Spencer) – 4:13
- "Baby Don't Forget My Number" (Farian, Nail) – 3:59
- "More Than You'll Ever Know" (Phillips) – 4:32
- "Blame It On The Rain" (Farian, Warren) – 4:19
- "Take It As It Comes" (Climie, Fisher, Morgan) – 3:41
- "It's Your Thing" (Isley, Isley, Isley) – 3:51
- "Dreams To Remember" (Applegate, Farian) – 3:54
- "All Or Nothing" (Farian, Nail, Wilder) – 3:17
- "I'm Gonna Miss You" (Bischoff, Farian, Kawohl) (aka Girl I'm Gonna Miss You) – 3:57
- "Girl You Know It's True" (N.Y. Subway Extended Mix) – 6:27
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
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[edit] Personnel
- P.G. Wilder — keyboards, arrangements
- Pit Loew — keyboards, arrangements
- Volker Barber — keyboards
- Peter Weihe — guitars
- Jens Gad — guitars
- Curt Cress — drums
- Mel Collins — saxophone
- D. Solera — horns
- F. Civitareale — horns
- F. Weyerer — horns
- Charles Shaw — vocals, backing vocals
- John Davis — vocals, backing vocals
- Brad Howell — vocals
- Jodie and Linda Rocco — backing vocals
- Joan Faulkner — backing vocals
- Felicia Taylor — backing vocals
- The Jackson Singers — backing vocals
- Herbert Gebhard — backing vocals
- Bimey Oberreit — backing vocals
- Peter Rishavy — backing vocals
- Dino Solera — horn arrangements
- Tobias Freund — engineering
- Bernd Berwanger — engineering
- Norbert Janicke — engineering
- Jens Seekamp — engineering
- Ingrid Segieth — production coordinator
- Frank Farian — producer
[edit] Trivia
Although made famous by the group, the title song was actually a cover version. The original was a European dance hit for a group called Numarx [1].
| Preceded by Hangin' Tough by New Kids on the Block |
Billboard 200 number-one album September 23 - October 6, 1989 November 25 - December 15, 1989 December 23 - December 29, 1989 January 13 - January 19, 1990 |
Succeeded by Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul |
