You Are the Girl

"You Are the Girl"
Single by the Cars
from the album Door to Door
B-side"Ta Ta Wayo Wayo"
ReleasedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
Genre
Length3:52
LabelElektra 69446
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)Ric Ocasek
The Cars singles chronology
"I'm Not the One"
(1986)
"You Are the Girl"
(1987)
"Strap Me In"
(1987)

"You Are the Girl" is a 1987 song by the Cars, from their album Door to Door. It was released as a single in August 1987, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also reached number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] It was the Cars' 13th and final Top 40 hit.[1]

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. ^ "The Cars: Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2010.