Mysteriously debuting a year ago as Pete Tong‘s Essential new tune, ‘The Girl Is Mine’ ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy is a radical switch-up that’s part instant RnB mash-up magnificence and part original club weapon from arguably the hottest newcomers to the house world – UK duo 99 Souls.
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[Intro: Brandy]
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
[Verse 1: Destiny’s Child]
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? What's been happening?
Take a minute, take a minute girl
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? What's been happening?
Take a minute, take a minute girl
[Pre-Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
[Post-Chorus: Destiny's Child]
You're my girl, you're my—
You're my girl
You're my girl, you're my girl
[Verse 2: Destiny’s Child]
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
Take a minute, take a minute girl
Take a minute girl, come sit down
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
What's been happening? (What's been happening?)
Take a minute, take a minute girl
[Pre-Chorus: Destiny's Child]
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
Come too far for you to feel alone
Don't let him walk over your heart
We've come too far for you to feel alone
In your face, I can see passion
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
[Bridge: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
Think it's time we got this straight
Let's sit and talk face to face
There is no way I could mistake, the girl is mine
Think it's time we got this straight
Let's sit and talk face to face
There is no way I could mistake, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
[Chorus: Brandy & Destiny's Child]
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine (Girl)
It's not hard to see, the girl is mine, mine, mine, mine
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?
The Girl Is Mine was written by Michelle Williams & Kelly Rowland & Beyoncé & Destiny’s Child & Don Davis & Brandy & LaShawn Daniels & 9th Wonder & Angela Beyince & Japhe Tejeda & Fred Jerkins III & Rodney Jerkins.
The Girl Is Mine was produced by 99 Souls.
99 Souls released The Girl Is Mine on Fri Nov 06 2015.
These days, you can get a decent gauge of what’s happening from online reaction and things like Shazam, but we were always a bit nervous. We were assured this would be a big record, but it’s a relief for us that it’s done well because if it hadn’t, things would obviously be a bit tougher for us now....
In terms of publishing, it wasn’t too difficult. The writers all liked the song and – not to sound too crass – they knew it wouldn’t hurt their bank balances. All the Destiny’s Child girls signed off on it straight away; Beyonce really likes the track from what we’ve been told… One of two big obstac...
The writers were all on board – Rodney Jerkins wrote it and is one of the all-time greats! The issue was the master of the song. The label said they would only let us use it if one of the rappers on their label could also have the track as well. They were offering us £50k to remix this other track,...
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. 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 lo...