What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) by Christina Aguilera
What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) by Christina Aguilera

What a Girl Wants (Video Mix)

Christina Aguilera * Track #2 On Christina Aguilera

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What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) by Christina Aguilera

Release Date
Sun Nov 28 1999
Performed by
Christina Aguilera
Produced by
Guy Roche
Writed by
Ophélie Winter & Guy Roche & Shelly Peiken
About

The second track on Christina Aguilera’s 1999 self-titled debut album, and the second single from the album. Written by Shelley Peikin and producer Guy Roche, “What a Girl Wants” is about an independent, strong woman who knows what she wants from a relationship, both sexually and emotionally.

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What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) Lyrics

[Intro]
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
What a girl wants, what a girl needs (Yeah, come on)
Ooh, yeah, yeah
Ah, yeah

[Verse 1]
I wanna thank you for givin' me time to breathe
Like a rock, you waited so patiently
While I got it together
Oh, while I figured it out (Yeah, yeah)
I only looked but I never touched
'Cause in my heart it was a picture of us
Holdin' hands, makin' plans
And it's lucky for me you understand

[Chorus]
What a girl wants (Yeah), what a girl needs (Yeah)
Whatever makes me happy and sets you free
And I'm thankin' you for knowin' exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me

[Post-Chorus]
What I want is what'cha got (Ooh, yeah)
And what'cha got, is what I want

[Verse 2]
There was a time I was blind
I was so confused (Yeah, yeah)
Run away just to hide it all from you
But baby, you knew me better
Mmm, than I knew myself, love
They say if you love something, let it go (Let it go)
If it comes back, it's yours, that's how you know
It's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure (Oh)
And you're ready and willing to give me more than

[Chorus]
What a girl wants (Yeah), what a girl needs (Yeah)
Whatever makes me happy and sets you free
And I'm thankin' you for knowin' exactly
What a girl wants, (What) a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me, yeah

[Bridge]
(What a girl wants, what a girl needs)
Somebody sensitive, crazy, sexy, cool like you, yeah, yeah
(What a girl wants) What a girl needs (What'cha got)
Whoa (Is what I want), oh, yeah
What a girl wants (You're so right), what a girl needs (You're so right)
You let a girl know how much you
Care about her, I swear (I swear)
You're the one who always knew
You knew, you knew, you knew, you knew
Ooh, oh, I'm thankin' you for bein' there for me (What a girl wants)
What a girl needs (Ah, ah)
(Whatever keeps me in your arms) Whatever keeps me in your arms is what I need

[Chorus]
What a girl wants (Yeah), what a girl needs (Yeah) (Ooh, yeah)
Whatever makes me happy and sets you free (Oh, it's what I need)
And I'm thankin' you (Oh, it's what I want) for knowin' exactly (What I need)
What a girl wants
What a girl needs (What I want, said you got, yeah, yeah)
Whatever keeps me in your arms (Aw, baby, I thank you 'cause you know, oh)
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it—
What a girl wants (What I want)
What a girl needs (Is what you got)
Whatever makes me happy (What'cha got) and sets you free (Is what I want)
And I'm thankin' you (Oh, oh, yeah) for givin' it to me

[Outro]
Oh, baby (A girl wants), oh darlin' (A girl needs)
Thank you, thank you for givin' me what I want (Yeah, what I want)
And for what I need (A girl wants, a girl needs)
Whoa, oh, yeah (Ooh, ooh)
I turn to Ron Fair
Whenever you're not there, oh, yeah

What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) Q&A

Who wrote What a Girl Wants (Video Mix)'s ?

What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) was written by Ophélie Winter & Guy Roche & Shelly Peiken.

Who produced What a Girl Wants (Video Mix)'s ?

What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) was produced by Guy Roche.

When did Christina Aguilera release What a Girl Wants (Video Mix)?

Christina Aguilera released What a Girl Wants (Video Mix) on Sun Nov 28 1999.

How did this song chart?

This song peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic, Mainstream Top 40 and the Billboard Hot 100.

This song also peaked at #1 in Canada, New Zealand, and Spain.

Does this song have any certifications?

Yes! On February 28, 2000, What a Girl Wants officially went RIAA Gold, being certified for over 500,000 unit sales.

Did the song have another title before "What a Girl Wants" was chosen?

It was actually “What a Girl Needs” before it was “What a Girl Wants,” and it was a lyric that was scribbled onto a receipt at the bottom of my purse. And I pulled it out because Guy [Roche] was sort of freestyling on the piano, keyboard, that made me think, Oh, that lyric I scribbled down yesterday...

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How long did it take to write the song?

“What a Girl Wants” writer Guy Roche:

We came up with the song, I’d like to say, in like five minutes. It just came out… [Shelly] started humming along and I was playing piano and the hook came, and it just grew from there.

“What a Girl Wants” writer Shelly Peiken:

We sent it to Ron [Fair at RCA...

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