The Girl Is Mine

The Girl Is Mine is a duet by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney from 1982. It was the first single from Jackson's Thrilleralbum. The single achieved the second place in the American charts, but came only at # 12 in the Dutch Top 40.

The song is about two men who fight for the love of one woman. Both say they that they can keep more of the woman than the other. It ends in a spoken "battle" by the end of the song in which Jackson referred to Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover, not a fighter decision.

Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney took later two other duets on: Say, Say, Say and The Man in 1983. They were both on the album Paul McCartney's Pipes of Peace .

In 1998, a remix of the song released as a single. This version, The Girl Is Mine 2008, was a collaboration between Jackson and Will.i.am. The single reached number 17 In the charts in Netherlands.



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[hide] *1 Cover versions  ==Cover Versions[ Edit] == The song has been covered by other artists. Richard Cheese, cover artist to famous pop and rock songs in lounge style sings, sings on his album Aperitif for Destruction the song with the famous physicist Stephen Hawking, paralyzed. Hawking worked not really involved in this duet; his computer voice was just another computer "pronunciation".
 * 2 tracklist
 * 3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 4 The Girl Is Mine 2008
 * 4.1 tracklist
 * 4.2 chart positions
 * Belgium (Flanders) 4.3

The R & B singers Brandy and Monica names in 1998 the duet "The Boy Is Mine on. even though this is no real cover, it seemed a lot by correcting this issue also contained a spoken" battle ". ==Tracklist[ Edit] == ==Radio 2 Top 2000[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==The Girl Is Mine 2008<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Girl Is Mine 2008 was a single from Michael Jackson's 2008 and Will.i.am, best known for The Black Eyed Peas. It was the first single from Jacksons album Thriller 25, published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Thriller.
 * 1) The Girl Is Mine
 * 2) Can't Get Outta The Rain

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The song is a remix of the original version from 1982. In this new mix is the vocals of McCartney replaced by raps by Will.i.am.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The remix of the song is clearly different than the original. Thus, the new version is significantly shorter. By the number are added hip-hopbeats, making the song a different sound gets, even though the vocals of Michael Jackson the same. Also contains the number new pieces of text sung by Jackson, in places where in the original Paul McCartney the singer was. ===Tracklist<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Chart Positions<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Belgium (Flanders)<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1) "The Girl Is Mine 2008" (will.i.am Album version) -3: 10
 * 2) "The Girl Is Mine 2008" (will.i.am Club Remix) -3: 25
 * 3) "The Girl Is Mine"- (original solo demo) -3: 13