Sean Kingston : Cns Girls Gone Wild

“Beautiful Girls”Single by Sean Kingston from the album Sean KingstonReleasedMay 26, 2007FormatCD single, ringleRecorded2007GenrePop, reggae, R&BLength4:02 (album version)3:43 (radio edit)LabelEpic, Geffem, Viacom, KochWriter(s)Kisean Anderson, Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike StollerProducerJ.R. RotemCertificationPlatinum (RIANZ)Gold (ARIA)Sean Kingston singles chronology”Beautiful Girls”(2007)”Me Love”(2007)”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”. 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.Rappers Lil’ Mama, Lil’ JJ and Marlon Wayans are featured in the music video.This song was #86 on MTV Asia’s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.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 in the U.S.