Girl I've Been Hurt

"Girl I've Been Hurt"
Single by Snow
from the album 12 Inches of Snow
Released April 15, 1993 [1]
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
12" maxi, Cassette
Recorded 1993
Genre Reggae
Hip-hop
Length 4:10
Label EastWest Records America, Atlantic
Writer(s) Edmond Leary
Darrin O'Brien
Shawn Moltke
Producer M.C. Shan
Snow singles chronology
"Informer"
(1992)		 "Girl, I've Been Hurt"
(1993)		 "Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We"
(1994)

"Girl I've Been Hurt" is a song by Canadian reggae musician Snow, released as the second single off his debut album, 12 Inches of Snow. Following the wildly successful single "Informer," "Girl I've been Hurt" peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2], and charted internationally as well.

Contents

Music and lyrics

While "Informer" documented a false murder charge and prison life, "Girl I’ve Been Hurt" presented a more sensitive theme, revolving around a breakup between a man and a woman in a relationship. The protagonist discovers that his "girl" has been cheating on him and he promptly dumps her and professes his desire to "find another lover." Whereas Jamaican patois-inspired lyrics conveyed the meaning of "Informer," "Girl I've Been Hurt" mixed Snow’s sensitive crooning with a short reggae bridge.[3]

Music video

The original music video for the song features Snow pursuing scantily clad women in an isolated, winter terrain. By the end of the video, at an outdoor party that includes a snowball fight, Snow hooks up with "another lover." The video featured much of Snow’s early entourage, including his former DJ Marvin Prince, David Eng and the late EZ Steve Salem. In addition, a second "boggle" remix video of "Girl I’ve Been Hurt" appeared and featured the "Snow girls" audition.[4]

Live performances

While performing at Sunsplash '93, Ninjaman asked Snow to sing "Girl I've Been Hurt," saying: "Come up and sing 'Girl I've Been Hurt' because I like that song. If you sing that and the audience doesn't go crazy, I'll shoot everyone in the crowd!"

As Reggae Report observed, "fortunately, the crowd went wild for his performance and Ninja never had to make good on his threats!" [5]

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (edit) — 4:01
  2. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Remix) — 3:57
  3. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Dunbar Remix by Sly & Robbie) — 4:00
  4. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Warm edit) — 4:58
7" single
  1. "Girl I've Been Hurt" (radio edit) — 4:01
  2. "Informer" — 4:28
12" maxi
  1. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Dunbar Remix by Sly & Robbie) — 4:00
  2. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Warm edit) — 5:48
  3. "Girl, I've Been Hurt" (Dunbar Instrumental) - 4:01

Personnel

Charts and sales

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 26
Canadian Singles Chart 28
Dutch Top 40[7] 28
Irish Singles Chart [8] 20
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 17
Norwegian Singles Chart[6] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 37
UK Singles Chart[9] 48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 19
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[10] 9
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[10] 25

References

  1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Snow-Girl-Ive-Been-Hurt/master/91527
  2. ^ See: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/snow-p26072/charts-awards/billboard-singles
  3. ^ see: 12 Inches of Snow, VHS (New York: A-Vision, 1993)
  4. ^ See: see 12 Inches of Snow, VHS (New York: A-Vision, 1993)
  5. ^ See: Patricia Meschino, Reggae Report Vol. 13:3 (1995)
  6. ^ a b c d "Girl, I've Been Hurt", in various singles charts [1] (Retrieved November 1, 2010)
  7. ^ cite web |http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Snow&titel=Girl%2C+I%27ve+Been+Hurt&cat=s |accessdate=1 November 2010
  8. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved November 1, 2010)
  9. ^ "Informer", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved November 1, 2010)
  10. ^ a b c Billboard [2] (Retrieved November 1, 2010)

External links

Girl I've Been Hurt on Youtube