Boy Meets Girl (band)

Boy Meets Girl
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Pop rock, adult contemporary
Years active	1982–present
Labels	A&M, Boy Meets Girl
Website	www.boymeetsgirlmusic.com
Members	George Merrill Shannon Rubicam

Boy Meets Girl is an American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam. They are perhaps best known for their hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston's number one hits: "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."

The members of Boy Meets Girl, George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, wrote and composed a number of songs for other artists. Most famous are their two number one hits written for Whitney Houston, "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." They also wrote the songs "Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing" and "Haunting Me" for Deniece Williams and the song "I Know You By Heart," which was recorded by Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson for Parton's 1987 "Rainbow" album, and later covered by Bette Midler for the Beaches soundtrack. The duo also performed backing vocals on Deniece Williams's number one hit, "Let's Hear It for the Boy." Merrill also sang backing vocals on Bette Midler's Some People's Lives album.

Despite writing and composing songs for other artists, Boy Meets Girl usually produced a demo version, or, in some such cases as that of "Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing," a studio version, before Merrill and Rubicam handed the songs to the intended artists.

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