"Girl's Best Friend"
Single by Jay-Z featuring Mashonda
from the album Blue Streak: The Album
Released	October 19, 1999
Format	12-inch single, CD, Vinyl
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	4:00
Label	Roc-A-Fella Records
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter Kasseem Dean
Producer	Swizz Beatz
Jay-Z chronology "Jigga My Nigga" (1999) "Girl's Best Friend" (1999) "Nigga What, Nigga Who" (1999) Mashonda chronology "Gotta Man" (1998) "Girl's Best Friend" (1999)

"Girl's Best Friend" is a 1999 single by rapper Jay-Z that features vocals from Mashonda. It was released as a single to promote the 1999 comedy film Blue Streak and appears on its soundtrack Blue Streak: The Album. In the same year, it appeared as a hidden track on Jay-Z's fourth album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. Its beat, produced by Swizz Beatz, contains a sample of "Keep It Comin' Love" by KC and the Sunshine Band.

[edit] Track listings

CD

1. "Girl's Best Friend (Radio Version)" (3:26)
2. "Girl's Best Friend (LP Version)" (3:59)
3. "Girl's Best Friend (Instrumental)" (4:08)

Vinyl

• A-side
  1. "Girls Best Friend"
  2. "Girls Best Friend (Radio Version)"
• B-side
  1. "I Put You On"
  2. "While You Were Gone"

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	52
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	19

[edit] See also

• List of Jay-Z songs

v • d • e Jay-Z singles Reasonable Doubt "Dead Presidents" · "Ain't No Nigga" · "Can't Knock the Hustle" · "Feelin' It" In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 "(Always Be My) Sunshine" · "The City Is Mine" · "Wishing On A Star" Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life "Can I Get A..." · "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" · "Money, Cash, Hoes" · "Jigga What, Jigga Who" Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter "Jigga My Nigga" · "Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)" · Things That U Do" · "Big Pimpin'" The Dynasty: Roc La Familia "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" · "Change the Game" · "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" The Blueprint "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" · "Girls, Girls, Girls" · "Jigga That Nigga" · "Song Cry" The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" · "Hovi Baby" · "Excuse Me Miss" The Black Album "What More Can I Say" · "Change Clothes" · "Encore" · "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" · "99 Problems" Kingdom Come "Show Me What You Got" · "Lost One" · "Hollywood" · "30 Something" American Gangster "Blue Magic" · "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." · "I Know" The Blueprint 3 "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" · "Run This Town" · "Empire State of Mind" · "Young Forever" Collaborations "20 Bag Shorty" · "Big Chips" · "Numb/Encore" · "Swagga Like Us" Featured artist "Money Ain't a Thang" · "Heartbreaker" · "4 da Fam" · "The Best of Me (Remix)" · "Fiesta (Remix)" · "Guess Who's Back" · "What We Do" · "Frontin'" · "Crazy in Love" · "Dear Summer" · "Go Crazy" · "Get Throwed" · "Déjà Vu" · "Upgrade U" · "Umbrella" · "Lost+" Soundtrack singles "Who You Wit" · "It's Alright" · Love for Free · "Girl's Best Friend" · "Hey Papi" · "La-La-La" Other songs "In My Lifetime" · "Anything" · "Takeover" · "Mr. Carter" · "Jockin' Jay-Z (Dopeboy Fresh)" · "Brooklyn Go Hard"