The Girl Is Mine (99 Souls song)

"The Girl Is Mine"
Single by 99 Souls featuring Destiny's Child and Brandy
Released 6 November 2015
Format Digital download
Recorded
  • 1998
  • 2004
  • 2015
Genre Funky house
Length 3:33
Label Resilience
Writer(s)
Producer(s) 99 Souls
99 Souls chronology
"The Girl Is Mine"
(2015)
Brandy singles chronology
"Magic"
(2015)		 "The Girl Is Mine"
(2015)		 "Beggin & Pleadin"
(2016)
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Stand Up For Love"
(2005)		 "The Girl Is Mine"
(2015)

"The Girl Is Mine" is a song by British electronic music duo 99 Souls. A mash-up of Destiny's Child's "Girl" (2004) and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" (1998), the funky house track was released on 6 November 2015 with a re-recorded vocal from Brandy.[1] The song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Background

The song was first released in December 2014, appearing on SoundCloud.[3] While creators 99 Souls thought not much would come of it, the mash-up garnered 2.9 million streams within its first year of release.[3] However, it was later taken down due to copyright violations.

After the approval of both Brandy and Beyoncé, the song was released commercially in November of 2015. The song was enhanced with a re-recorded vocal from Brandy, along with additional changes. Though Brandy agreed to record new vocals for the mash-up track,[1] Monica turned the offer down, commenting. "I feel like sometimes things that are a part of history and that are in history should be left as such so that it can be upheld with the respect that it was given even back then," she told The Huffington Post. "That's the one song and the one time that [Brandy and I] both won a Grammy and experienced certain things. So I have a lot of memories and emotions connected to that record."[4]

Music video

A music video for "The Girl Is Mine" was released on 99 Souls' Vevo account on 20 November 2015, directed by Sandl. The video featured a man finding himself walking forward in a backward world and is suddenly ridiculed by backward bullies. He then sees a visual ad for a clinic that specializes in transforming people's walking habits to correctly walk backwards, and he checks in as a patient. The treatments goes well until he sees a young woman who is also going through the same process and soon discover she also walks forward. The two suddenly fall for each other and both leave the clinic together realizing that they don't need to change, and in the end the two find themselves walking forward happily among the backward world.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 33
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 5
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[7] 10
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[8] 31
Hungary (Single Top 40)[9] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 8
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[11] 74
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[12] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 5
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[14] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[15] 5
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[16] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[17] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Silver 200,000double-dagger

double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 "Destiny's Child and Brandy mash-up will be released". Kiss 100.
  2. ↑ "99 SOULS | full Official Chart History". The Official Charts Company.
  3. 1 2 "From Mash-Up To Dance-Pop Hit: 99 Souls - 'The Girl Is Mine' Featuring Destinys Child & Brandy". Stoney Road. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  4. ↑ Gebreyes, Rahel. "Monica Explains Why You Probably Won't Hear A 'Boy Is Mine' Remake". The Huffington Post.
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  8. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  9. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 3, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  11. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-01-22". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  13. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-01-22" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  14. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-01-22" UK Dance Chart. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  15. ↑ "99 Souls – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for 99 Souls. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "99 Souls – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay for 99 Souls. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (6 February 2016). "ARIA Singles: Zayn 'Pillowtalk' Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "British single certifications – 99 Souls – The Girl Is Mine". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Girl Is Mine in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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