Fast Girls (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Fast Girls

| cover = Janet Jackson Fast Girls 45rpm Vinyl.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Janet Jackson

| album = Dream Street

| B-side = {{ubl|"Love and My Best Friend" (7")|"French Blue" (12")}}

| released = November 1984

| recorded =

| studio = American Artists Studios (Minneapolis, MN){{cite web|title=Dream Street – Janet Jackson {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dream-street-mw0000190415/credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221021012/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dream-street-mw0000190415/credits|url-status=live}}

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|New wave|R&B}}

| length = 3:18 (album version)
3:36 (single version)

| label = A&M

| writer = Jesse Johnson

| producer = Jesse Johnson

| prev_title = Two to the Power of Love

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Dream Street

| next_year = 1984

| misc =

}}

"Fast Girls" is a song by Janet Jackson and is the second and final US single released from Dream Street. It peaked at #40 on the R&B charts. The song was written and produced by fellow A&M artist Jesse Johnson.

The single had two different B-sides. The first B-side was "Love and My Best Friend", taken from her debut album Janet Jackson, while the second B-Side was the French Blue medley of "Fast Girls" and "Pretty Boy", which, like "Fast Girls", was also written and produced by Jesse Johnson.

The album version of "Fast Girls" was later released as the B-side of both her US singles "Control" and "The Pleasure Principle". Jesse Johnson's own version of "Fast Girls" was released shortly after as the B-side to his "I Want My Girl" single in 1985.

To date, Jackson has never performed the song live.

Official versions

  • Album version – 3:18
  • Seven-inch version° – 3:36
  • Special remixed version° – 6:59

Exclusive twelve-inch B-side > "French Blue" – 6:22

"French Blue" is not a new song, as it is a mashup remix produced by Jesse Johnson of two songs originally produced by him: "Fast Girls" and "Pretty Boy".

°Unavailable on CD

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1984)

!align="center"|Peak
position

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks

|align="center"|40

References

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{{Citation

| last1 = Graff

| first1 = Gary

| title = Janet Jackson in 'Control' of her life

| work = Beaver County Times

| page = 6

| date = April 15, 1990

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X7YiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2837,3127596

| access-date= 2013-02-17

| postscript= .

}}

}}

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Category:1984 singles

Category:Janet Jackson songs

Category:1984 songs

Category:A&M Records singles

Category:Songs written by Jesse Johnson (musician)

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