2007Released
3:45

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Interesting facts and trivia about Beautiful Girls. By Songfacts®.

This song, which is based around the bass-line riff from Ben E King's "Stand By Me," was written by the then 16-year-old Sean Kingston in a couple of hours. The lyrics describe the feelings of a teenage boy when he's dumped by his girlfriend.

In an interview with djbooth.net, Sean Kingston explained how this song was based on his own life experiences: "Man, it was like young love. It was like I was going out with this girl for 3 years. We not doin' nothin' for a long time, and then in that third year, she didn't want us to be together. So, I'm thinkin' what am I supposed to do? And I was going crazy because I was really in love with this girl. A lot of people are sayin' there's a lot of beautiful girls out there, but I'm thinkin' it's deeper. There's more than just beauty."

The lyrics caused some controversy because of the repetitive use of the word "suicide" in the chorus. As a consequence, some radio stations removed it from their play lists, while others played a censored version, which replaced the word "suicidal" with "in denial."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Beautiful Girls.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
130BPM

Album

The album Beautiful Girls is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Beautiful Girls.
Epic
(P) 2007 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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