Use ta Be My Girl explained

Use ta Be My Girl
Type:single
Artist:The O'Jays
Album:So Full of Love
B-Side:This Time Baby
Released:March 1978
Studio:Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Genre:
Length:3:23 (7" Version)
4:02 (Album Version)
Label:Philadelphia International
Producer:Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Prev Title:Work on Me
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Brandy
Next Year:1979

"Use ta Be My Girl" is a song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love, it became a crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[4] "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays. The song has also been certified by the RIAA as a million-seller.[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 41
Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 90
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8] 28
Netherlands[9] 18
New Zealand (RIANZ)[10] 5
UK Singles Chart12
US Billboard Hot 1004
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 5
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)Rank
New Zealand[13] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 42
US Cash Box[15] 43

External links

Notes and References

  1. Sigma Sound Studios: Albums 1968-1978. Billboard. SS-11. September 16, 1978. June 11, 2024.
  2. Book: Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. July 17, 2000. The Wonder Years: Soul. 98. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. Web site: Eric . Harvey . The Quiet Storm . . May 19, 2012. October 11, 2022.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 438.
  5. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22O%Jays%22&format=Album&go=Search&perPage=25
  6. Web site: Steffen Hung . Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . 2016-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 . 2016-06-02 .
  7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013222356/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4614b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=hebq71a0bhfnn6he8t6o861m31 . 2016-10-13 . dead .
  8. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-08-12 . 2020-05-12.
  9. Web site: charts.org.nz - The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl. charts.nz.
  10. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . 1978-10-15 . 2016-10-14.
  11. Web site: Top 100 1978-07-22 . . 2016-06-25 .
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 179.
  13. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 1978 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . 1978-12-31 . 2016-10-14.
  14. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-14.
  15. Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978 . . 2015-11-03 .

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