Girl's Best Friend

"Girl's Best Friend"
Single by Jay-Z
from the album Blue Streak: The Album
Released	August 9, 1999
Format	12-inch single, CD, Vinyl
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	4:00
Label	Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter Kasseem Dean
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)

"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.

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.

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

See also

• List of Jay-Z songs