Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston song)

"Beautiful Girls"
Single by Sean Kingston
from the album Sean Kingston
ReleasedMay 26, 2007 (2007-05-26)
Recorded2006–2007
Genre
Length
  • 4:02 (album version)
  • 3:43 (radio edit)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sean Kingston singles chronology
"Beautiful Girls"
(2007)
"Me Love"
(2007)
Alternative cover
Music video
"Beautiful Girls" on YouTube

"Beautiful Girls" is the debut single by American singer Sean Kingston from his 2007 eponymous debut album; it was first released in 2007, when Kingston was 17 and is considered his "signature song". The song is about a boy who feels "suicidal" (radio edits have changed this to "in denial") over the prospect of dating a "beautiful girl" only to have her break up with him.

The song samples the 1961 song "Stand by Me" by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King.[3]

Rapper Lil Mama and actors Kenny Vibert and Lil' JJ are featured in the music video directed by Marcus Raboy, which hit 1 billion YouTube views on September 8, 2022.[4]

  1. ^ "Sean Kingston". Entertainment Weekly. August 13, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Smith, Troy L. (13 September 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 2000s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/206/Sean-Kingston-Beautiful-Girls-Ben-E.-King-Stand-by-Me/ [bare URL]
  4. ^ Rowley, Glenn (2022-09-08). "Sean Kingston's 'Beautiful Girls' Joins YouTube's Billion Views Club". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03.