Girl's Best Friend

"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.

"Girl's Best Friend"
Single by Jay-Z
from the album Blue Streak: The Album and Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
ReleasedAugust 9, 1999
GenreEast Coast hip hop
Length4:00
Label
  • Epic
  • Sony Music Soundtrax
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Swizz Beatz
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Jigga My Nigga"
(1999)
"Girl's Best Friend"
(1999)
"Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)"
(1999)
Mashonda singles chronology
"Gotta Man"
(1998)
"Girl's Best Friend"
(1999)

Martin Lawrence, the star of Blue Streak, makes a cameo in the music video as his character's "Pizza Man" disguise, dancing to the song and making silly faces in the camera.

Formats and 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)
  4. "I Love You Goes For" {3:41}
  • 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"

Charts

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