Girl Talk (TLC song)

"Girl Talk"
Single by TLC
from the album 3D
B-side	"Get Away"
Released	September 8, 2002
Format	CD single, maxi single, 12"
Genre	Hip hop, Crunk&B, dance-pop
Length	3:35
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Lisa Lopes, Anita McLoud, Edmund Clement, Kandi Burruss, Tionne Watkins
Producer(s)	Eddie Hustle
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
TLC singles chronology
"Dear Lie" (1999) "Girl Talk" (2002) "Hands Up" (2002)
3D track listing "Quickie" (2) "Girl Talk" (3) "Turntable" (4)

"Girl Talk" is a song by American group TLC. It was written by band members Lisa Lopes and Tionne Watkins along with Anita McLoud, Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement, and Kandi Burruss for the group's fourth studio album, 3D (2002). Featuring production by Hustle, it was released as the album's lead single in North America in September 2002 and worldwide in December 2002, along with a previously unreleased song "Get Away". While the song contains vocals by Lisa Lopes, the music video for "Girl Talk" marked the band's first release without Lopes, following her death in April of the same year.

Upon its release, "Girl Talk" reached number twenty-three on the US Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number twenty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100,^[1] becoming the group's 12th top forty entry on the latter chart. In addition, the song reached the top twenty in Denmark and New Zealand, the top thirty in the UK and the top fifty in Australia. The song appears in the Nintendo Gamecube and Xbox game Freestyle Street Soccer.

Music video

The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in late October 2002, six months after Lisa Lopes' death. The video depicts the two remaining members, T-Boz & Chilli, in three different locations; The Dirty South, Tokyo and Africa, dancing and talking with other girls, representing how girls all over the world "talk". An animated segment is used during Left Eye's rap verse, where all three girls appear as cartoon versions of themselves. The video ends with a tribute to Left Eye, reading: "In Loving Memory of Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes."

Track listing

European CD maxi single, Australian CD maxi single, South African CD maxi single, Japanese CD maxi single

1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37
2. "Girl Talk" (Jacknife Lee Remix) – 3:50
3. "Girl Talk" (Kidstuff Vocal Mix) – 7:53
4. "Get Away" – 4:14

UK CD single 1, UK 12" single

1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37
2. "Girl Talk" (Jacknife Lee Remix) – 3:50
3. "Girl Talk" (Kidstuff Vocal Mix) – 7:53

UK CD single 2

1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37
2. "No Scrubs" – 3:39
3. "Waterfalls" – 4:38

European CD single

1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37
2. "Girl Talk" (Jacknife Lee Remix) – 3:50

US 12" single

A1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37

A2. "Girl Talk" (instrumental) – 3:34

B1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37

B2. "Girl Talk" (a cappella) – 3:17

US promo CD single

1. "Girl Talk" (radio mix) – 3:37
2. "Girl Talk" (instrumental) – 3:37

US DVD single

1. "Hands Up" (music video) – 4:01
2. "Girl Talk" (music video) – 3:43
3. Photo gallery slideshow – 0:32

Get Away - B-Side

The European, Australian, South African, and Japanese CD maxi singles all came with a B-side track entitled 'Get Away'. The song was later featured on the Japanese imported version of TLC's album "3D".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	46
Denmark (Tracklisten)[3]	13
Germany (Official German Charts)[4]	79
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5]	18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]	96
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7]	30
US Billboard Hot 100[8]	28
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9]	23
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[10]	21

References

1. "Artist Chart History – TLC". billboard.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
2. "Australian-charts.com – TLC – Girl Talk". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
3. "Danishcharts.com – TLC – Girl Talk". Tracklisten. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
4. "Musicline.de – TLC Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
5. "Charts.org.nz – TLC – Girl Talk". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
6. "Swisscharts.com – TLC – Girl Talk". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
7. "TLC: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
8. "TLC – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for TLC. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
9. "TLC – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for TLC. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
10. "TLC – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for TLC. Retrieved 2013-01-19.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics