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"Girl" is a song recorded by American girl group Destiny's Child. It was written by band members Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams along with Darkchild, Ric Rude, Angela Beyince, Sean Garrett, and Patrick "9th Wonder" Douthit and produced by Beyoncé, Rowland and Douthit. Columbia Records released it as the third single from the group's fourth studio album ''Destiny Fulfilled'' (2004) on January 16, 2005. Sampling "Ocean of Thoughts and Dreams" by The Dramatics, the soul song was written about an abusive relationship Rowland went through during the time of writing. The song received mostly positive reviews by music critics who praised its composition and lyrical content. "Girl" had a moderate success in the US and across most European countries in comparison to the group's other singles; in the former it peaked at number 23 on its ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was certified gold. It was more successful in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia where it peaked inside the top ten on the countries' respective singles charts. A music video for the song was directed by Bryan Barber and it depicted a story inspired by ''Sex and the City''. The song was performed live by the band in 2005 at three televised appearances as well as during their final tour Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It. ==Background and release== "Girl" was written by Destiny's Child band members Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams as well as Darkchild, Ric Rude, Angela Beyince, Sean Garrett, and Patrick "9th Wonder" Douthit. The production was handled by Beyoncé, Rowland and 9th Wonder. Jim Caruana finished the recording of "Girl" at Sony Music Studios in New York City in 2004. The song was mixed and mastered by Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado and Tom Coyne respectively. In June 2013, Rowland revealed during an interview with Hot 107.9 Morning Show that Beyoncé and Williams wrote "Girl" as a request for her to escape an abusive relationship; the same topic was discussed in Rowland's "Dirty Laundry" (2013) and her fans were the first to "connect () dots" and discover the inspiration behind "Girl".〔 Rowland elaborated, "Of course, I did (emotional upon hearing 'Girl' )! The girls (and Michelle Williams ) wrote it for me. Destiny's Child is deeper than what people see on the surface. Those are my homies for life... Those girls we stuck with each other – period."〔 Producer 9th Wonder initially met Beyoncé while she was in the recording studio as Jay-Z was recording the song "Threat" for his 2003 album ''The Black Album''. After Jay went through the CD of tracks that 9th Wonder handed to him, Beyoncé mentioned that she liked what she heard from him. Several months later, 9th received a call from Jay-Z asking for him to give the CD of tracks to Destiny's Child. He was surprised at being contacted by Jay about working with the group, as 9th confessed that he never owned an album by Destiny's Child. He later traveled to Los Angeles to work on the songs with the trio for their next album. During the three days sessions, he produced the songs "Girl", "Is She The Reason" and "Game Over" - all of which made the final tracklisting for ''Destiny Fulfilled''.〔 In early 2005, a poll was conducted on Destiny's Child's official website asking from the group's fans to choose their "favorite" song between "Girl" and "Cater 2 U". Following this, "Girl" was released as the next single from ''Destiny Fulfilled''. It became the group's final single on the European music market. In the UK and Ireland, two separate CD singles of "Girl" were released on April 25, 2005.〔〔 In Germany, a vinyl single was released on May 2, 2005 and the following day it was also released in the US.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Girl (Single ) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Girl () () )〕 A CD single consisting of the album track and a Kardinal Beats Remix was released on May 16 in the former country.〔 An extended play (EP) consisting of remixes of "Girl" was released on May 17, 2005.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Girl (Remixes): Destiny's Child )〕 The same day a maxi single was released in Germany also consisting of several remixes of "Girl".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Girl (Maxi ) )〕 "Girl" was included on the group's compilation albums ''#1's'' (2005) and ''Playlist: The Very Best of Destiny's Child'' (2012). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girl (Destiny's Child song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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