"Beautiful Girls" is a song by reggae-influenced musician Sean Kingston from his eponymous debut. The song samples the bassline from Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me".^[1] and uses digital pitch correction technology on the vocals. The song is about a boy who is suicidal over the failure of his relationship with a "beautiful girl". Certain radio stations play the censored version of the song, which replaces the word "suicidal" with "in denial". On MTV the word suicidal is completely removed with no replacement. On Fuse and MuchMusic, "suicidal" was left intact. This song is also featured in the 2008 monster film Cloverfield, and on The CW's Gossip Girl. In the first part of the song, there is Stand By Me by Ben E. King. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... 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This song was #86 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.^[2] MTV Networks Asia Pacific comprises three distinctly branded channels, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 in the asia pacific region reaching more than 300 million households. ...

Lyrics controversy

Due to the lyrics containing references to suicide, the track has been removed from many radio playlists including FM104 in Dublin (where thousands of complaints were phoned in on a late night chat show 'The Adrian Kennedy Phoneshow', and Wild 102 in Roseau, Minnesota. It was allegedly pulled from 2 FM although a spokesperson said the song is currently not on its playlist but could not confirm if it had been in the past.^[3]FM104 replaced "suicidal" with "in denial", a change Sean Kingston made for the radio station. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... FM104 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, on the frequency FM104. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... There are also separate articles concerning the Minnesota county of the same name, and its chief town. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Largest metro area Minneapolis-St. ...

Remixes

• Official Remix featuring Fabolous and Lil' Boosie
• Beautiful Girls Reply by JoJo
• Remix featuring Pitbull
• "Heartbreaker" Remix featuring Brick & Lace

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Chart performance

The song benefited from extensive airplay before its digital release, reaching as high as #17 on the Hot 100. On July 24, "Beautiful Girls" was accidentally leaked onto the U.S. iTunes Store, two days before the planned release date. Within 24 hours after its official digital release on July 26, the song shot to the top spot of iTunes. The week after the song's digital release it hit number one on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, debuting with 260,000 downloads in its first week (the second highest digital sales for a new song of 2007, only behind Rihanna's "Umbrella").^[4] Kingston became the first artist born within the 1990s to top the Hot 100, beating rapper Soulja Boy to it by six weeks.^[5] In the same week the song advanced from #23 to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying it with Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" for the biggest singer-week upward movement to #1 on the Hot 100. It has has also gone on to occupy the top spot on the U.S. Hot 100 Airplay and the Canadian Hot 100. It remained on top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks before being knocked off by the Sugababes' first single from their 5th studio album Change, "About You Now". The song ended 2007 as the years 15th biggest-selling single in the UK.^[6] The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard. ... Not to be confused with Rhianna or Rayhana. ... For other uses, see Umbrella (disambiguation). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... DeAndre Way (born on July 28, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name, Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, best known for the dance and song called Crank That (Soulja Boy). // DeAndre was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at the age of six. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Brandy on the cover of her album Full Moon Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an pop/R&B singer and actress. ... Monica Denise Arnold (born October 24, 1980), professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. ... The Boy Is Mine is a 1998 duet by female R&B singers Brandy and Monica. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group trio from London. ... Singles from Change Released: September 24, 2007 Released: December 17, 2007 [2] Change is the fifth studio album by British pop trio the Sugababes and the first full album with Amelle Berrabah, released by Island Records on October 1, 2007 in the Netherlands and October 8, 2007 (see 2007 in... About You Now is a pop song written by Cathy Dennis and Dr. Luke for the Sugababes fifth studio album, Change (2007). ...

On the official ARIA charts in Australia it debuted at #1, fell to #2 when Delta Goodrem's comeback single took the top spot. "Beautiful Girls" returned the next week and remained for a month before being replaced by Timbaland's "The Way I Are". An aria (Italian for air; plural: arie or arias in common usage) in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. ... Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. ... Timothy Z. Mosley, who works under the performing name Timbaland (born March 10, 1971), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, composer, rapper, and singer. ... The Way I Are[sic] is a song by Timbaland, released as the second single from his second album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value. ...

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Covers

A few months after Beautiful Girls was released in 2007, a new online video service called Votigo began a cover contest in which fans could submit covers of the song for a chance to get a call from Sean Kingston. After an online vote user Mallory Robbins won with an a cappella version of the song. Top honors also went to a rock cover of the song performed by the Ailan Christopher Project. Shortly afterwards, recording artist JoJo released a cover response version of the track which was released on MySpace, however will not be featured on her upcoming album. Chris Moyles also released a parody cover, however it was about the song describing how bad it was in his opinion. This article is about the vocal technique. ... Joanna Noëlle Blagden (born December 20, 1990), better known by her stage name JoJo and as Joanna Levesque, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to fame in 2004 with her platinum-certified, self-titled debut album JoJo which reached number four on... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Christopher Moyles (born February 22, 1974[2]) is an English broadcaster. ...

The Plain White T's, whose song was knocked out of the charts by this one, did a cover version for Yahoo Music. Lead vocalist Tom Higgenson says that the group "started covering it as a joke almost. We started learning it because we were number one for a few weeks and then we got knocked out of the number one spot by Sean Kingston, by this song. It's kind of like an ode to Sean."^[15] To close out the song guitarist Mike Retondo breaks into the chorus of Stand By Me, a nod to the fact that that song's bassline is used in Beautiful Girls. Plain White Ts are a rock band, originating from Lombard, Illinois. ... For other uses, see Stand by Me. ...

Teddy Geiger covered the song on his 2007 tour, due to popularity a recorded version of the song will be featured as a bonus track on the iTunes version of his upcoming CD "The March".

Jesse McCartney covered Beautiful Girls during his Right Where You Want Me tour. Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American pop/R&B singer songwriter and Daytime Emmy-nominated actor. ... This article is about the single by Jesse McCartney. ...

Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter recorded a cover version that was available on MySpace. It has since been deleted, but an archived mp3 can be found on www.archive.org. ^[16] This article is about the band The Dear Hunter. See The Deer Hunter for the movie of homonymity. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

David Archuleta briefly sang the chorus of the song at the end of his May 6, 2008 performance on the U.S. TV show American Idol. He was singing Ben E. King's original Stand By Me song. For the kickboxer of the same name, see David Archuleta (kickboxer). ... For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7). ... Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson on September 28, 1938, in Henderson, North Carolina) became a famous soul singer of the early 60s. ... Stand by Me may refer to: Stand by Me (song), a 1961 song by Ben E. King, covered by many artists Stand By Me (band), a pop group based out of Edmonton, Canada Stand by Me (film), a 1986 film directed by Rob Reiner Stand by Me (Oasis song), a...

Parodies

• Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave from BBC Radio 1 have produced a popular parody, Sean Krapston - A Suicidal song.^[17]

• Kel Mitchell has produced a song on his MySpace called "Scariest Girl".

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