Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston song)
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| Single by Sean Kingston | ||||
| from the album Sean Kingston | ||||
| Released | May 26, 2007 | |||
| Format | CD single, ringle | |||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | |||
| Genre | Doo-wop, R&B | |||
| Length | 4:02 (Album Version) 3:43 (Radio Edit) |
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| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Sly "Pyper" Jordan, J.R. Rotem, Kisean Anderson, Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Peter Harrison | |||
| Producer(s) | J.R. Rotem, Peter Harrison | |||
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| "Beautiful Girls Reply" | |
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| Song by JoJo | |
| Released | July 20, 2007 |
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| Recorded | 2007 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Length | 3:32 |
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| Writer(s) | Joanna "JoJo" Levesque |
| Producer(s) | J.R. Rotem |
"Beautiful Girls" is the debut single by reggae-influenced musician Sean Kingston from his eponymous debut; it was first released in 2007. The song samples Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" and uses digital pitch correction technology on the vocals. The song is about a boy who is suicidal (or rather "in denial" in the edited version) over the failure of his relationship with a "beautiful girl". It is Kingston's signature song.
Rapper Lil Mama and actors Kenny Vibert and Lil' JJ are featured in the music video directed by Marcus Raboy.
Certain radio stations (mostly AC or hot AC stations, including Radio Disney), play the censored version of the song, which replaces "you had me suicidal, suicidal" with "you got me in denial, in denial." On MTV the word "suicidal" is completely removed with no replacement. On BET, Fuse and MuchMusic, as well as several top 40, urban and rhythmic top 40 and AC stations, "suicidal" was left intact.
Due to the lyrics containing references to suicide, the track has been removed from many radio playlists including FM104 in Dublin, where complaints were phoned in on a late night chat show, The Adrian Kennedy Phoneshow, and Wild 102 in Roseau, Minnesota. It was allegedly pulled from two FM although a spokesperson said the song is currently not on its playlist but could not confirm if it had been in the past. FM104 replaced "suicidal" with "in denial", a change Sean Kingston made for the radio station.
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