Beautiful Girls

About this song

The song rocketed to number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and launched Jamaican singer Sean Kingston into the pop mainstream for a time. The video features Kingston singing the hook a cappella at the start, and the song reached number 1 in seven countries. It also sold a huge number of ringtones in the US.

What it's about

The song is a sunny, catchy track in which Kingston laments his inability to recover after women end their relationships with him. Despite mentions of suicide in the hook, it doesn't seem to have a dark undertone.

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Fun facts

• Samples “Stand By Me by Ben E. King”.
• Sampled in 32 other songs, like “It’s Different by Bogleesh (Ft. Sha EK)”.
• Covered 9 times, including “Beautiful Girls by PopKill”.
• Written by Peter Harrison, Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber, Ben E. King, Sean Kingston and J.R. Rotem.
• Produced by Peter Harrison and J.R. Rotem.