If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)

"If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" is a single by American recording artist Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released in 1993 on Maverick Records. It also appears on her debut album Plantation Lullabies that was released on October 19, 1993, on Maverick Records. The single reached #73 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[1] #74 in the UK,[2] and #79 in Australia.[3] Colin Larkin called it a "provocative post-feminist statement" in his Encyclopedia of Popular Music.[4] The single earned Ndegeocello nominations for both Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 37th Grammy Awards.

"If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"
Single by Meshell Ndegeocello
from the album Plantation Lullabies
ReleasedAugust 20, 1993
Recorded1992
Genre
LabelMaverick
Songwriter(s)Meshell Ndegeocello
Producer(s)Meshell Ndegeocello

The song was the basis of the Queen Pen song "Girlfriend" on her 1997 album My Melody.[5]

Track listing
  1. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (Album Version)
  2. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (Mad Sex Mix Extended) (Lil Louis Remix)
  3. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (The Gentrified 9 Mix) (David Gamson Remix)
  4. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (Existential Meditation on the Probability of You Kissing My Mind) (A-Plus Remix)
  5. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (Tiramisu Mix Extended) (Lil Louis Remix)
  6. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" (Lil Louis Freaky Mix)

References
  1. "Billboard > Artists / Me'Shell Ndegéocello > Chart Histories > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. "Official Charts > Me'Shell Ndegeocello". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 22 May 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Meshell Ndegéocello". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.
  5. Jamison, Laura (1998-01-18), "A Feisty Female Rapper Breaks a Hip-Hop Taboo", New York Times



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