“Jealous Girl” is the B-side to Popcorn Love , which was the third and final single from New Edition’s debut album Candy Girl .
[Chorus]
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
[Verse 1: Bobby]
I know you feel bad about
Me and my girl
But I gave you the first chance to
Be in my world
Now you are saying things
To keep us apart
You had the very first chance to
Be in my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
When I loved you
You didn't love me
Our love had no unity
All you ever told me were lies
It's my girl I know you despise
[Chorus]
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
[Verse 2: Bobby]
Girl, I really hope you find another
I just can't take no more
Of you tryin' to be my lover
(Ooh)
You see
I've got what I want
And what I need
So girl
Won't you please try
Just to leave
[Pre-Chorus]
When I loved you
You didn't love me
Our love had no unity
All you ever told me were lies
It's my girl I know you despise
[Chorus]
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
Fellas
There's a jealous girl in our town
Ah, baby
Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Refrain: Ralph Tresvant]
There's a jealous girl
In our town
There's a jealous girl
In our town
There's a jealous girl
In our town
There's a jealous girl
In our town
[Spoken Interlude: Mike (Ronnie)]
Hey, girl (Hey, girl)
Why are you so jealous?
I mean you had your chance
If you loved me so much
You wouldn't let me go (Let me go)
Face it, girl
It's time for someone else
All those times when
I tried to show you how much I loved you
(All those times I tried to show you how much)
And how much I cared for you (I loved ya)
You never seemed to have the time
(I let go)
Girl, it's hurtin' me
As much as it's hurtin' you
But that's just how life goes
(That's how life goes)
You win some
You lose some
Sweetheart
Point blank
You lost this one
[Outro]
[Ricky]
I just wanna let you know
That it's hurting me so
Girl, I just had to let you go
[Bobby]
There's a jealous girl
In our town
And it's you
Girl, it's you
[Ralph]
There's a jealous girl
In our town
There's a jealous girl
In our town
There's a jealous girl
In our town
Jealous Girl was written by Maurice Starr & Michael Jonzun.
Jealous Girl was produced by Maurice Starr & Arthur Baker.
New Edition released Jealous Girl on Tue Mar 15 1983.
All members of NE have stated that this was the very first song they recorded with Maurice Starr for their album.