The Girl I Used to Know
"The Girl I Used to Know" is a 1990 pop single from the boyband Brother Beyond. The song was recorded specifically for the American edition of their second album Trust, released in mid-1990, with the European edition, which was released in 1989, not containing the song. The song saw a change in the band's musical direction as this track was more funk-orientated and had less of the Motown sound of their earlier work. The song was written and produced by American producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers.
| "The Girl I Used To Know" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Brother Beyond | ||||
| from the album Trust (U.S. Edition) | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers | |||
| Producer(s) | Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers | |||
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Chart success
First released as a single in the US in mid-1990, the track proved to be the group's only single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #27. It also peaked at #62 in Canada. In the UK and Europe, the single was released as a non-album single in 1991, peaking at #48 in the UK in January of that year. This would be the group's last single to chart, and they disbanded not long after.
Music video
A video for the song directed by Anton Corbijn featuring the band driving in a convertible motor was shot in the Sahara Desert in southern Morocco in November 1990.[1] These were interspersed with black and white studio scenes of the band performing.