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Reet Petite

Jackie Wilson

1987

jaar
Top 40

1

piekpositie
Top 40

11

weken
Top 40

356

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Top 40

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Het nummer is geschreven door Berry Gordy en Roquel Billy Davis (een neef van Jackie Wilson). Het nummer heeft twee verschillende bijtitels gekregen, namelijk The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet en The Sweetest Girl In Town. De hoofdtitel komt van Reet, Petite And Gone, een nummer (en tevens filmtitel) van Louis Jordan.

Door de opbrengsten van het originele nummer in 1957 kon Berry Gordy platenlabel Motown oprichten.

In 1987 is het nummer nogmaals uitgebracht. De bijbehorende clip is gemaakt met behulp van klei-animatie.

Het nummer is ook een aantal keer aangehaald in andere liedjes. Zoals in David Bowies Red Money en in Van Morrisons Jackie Wilson Said.

Titel A-kant

Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town)

Lengte A-kant

2:40

Componist(en) A-kant

B. Gordy, T. Carlo

Producer(s) A-kant

Carl Davis

Titel B-kant

1. You Brought About A Change In Me / 2. I'm The One To Do It

Lengte B-kant

5:18

Componist(en) B-kant

1. N. Smith, G. Jackson / 2. Butler, Smith

Producer(s) B-kant

Carl Davis

Platenlabel

BR Music

Catalogusnr

45095

Hoogste positie UK

1

Hoogste positie US

62 [1957]

Album

20 Greatest Hits

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Songtekst

Well, look-a there, look-a there, look-a there, look-a there, ooh wee!
Look-a there, look-a there, look-a there, look-a there, ooh wee!
Oh! Ah! Oh! Ah! Ooh wee!

Well, she's so fine, fine, fine, she's so fine, f- f- fine,
She's so fi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yine, she's so fine, fine, fine.
She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, - Oh, oh, oh, oh, -
Reet petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet.

Well, have you ever seen a girl for whom your soul you'd give,
For who you'd fight for, die for, pray to God to live?
'Cause she's so fine, she's so fine,
She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet.

Well, she really fills her clothes from head to toe,
I want the world to know I love her, love her so!
She's all right, she's all right,
She's all right, she loves me day and night.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, - Oh, oh, oh, oh, -
Reet petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet.
Oh!

Well, she's like honey from a bee, like peaches from a tree,
I love her, need her, she means so much to me!
She's all right, she's got what it takes,
she's got what it takes and with me she really rates.

Well, she's my cutie, my tutti frutti, my heart, my love, my bathing beauty!
She's all right, she's got just what it takes.
She's got what it takes and with me she really rates.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, - Oh, oh, oh, oh, -
Reet petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet,
Reet petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet,
Reet petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet!

Alle Top 40-hits

Details Alex Warren - Ordinary
Details Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Details Frenna feat. Shallipopi - Zaazaa
Details Calvin Harris featuring Clementine Douglas - Blessings
Details David Guetta & Sia - Beautiful People
Details Lustrum U.V.S.V./N.V.V.S.U., Jopke Van Dobbenburgh & Roeland Beelen / Roeland Beelen & Lil Kleine - Lotje / Lotje - Lil Kleine Remix
Details Zoë Livay feat. Snelle - Ik Zing
Details WizTheMc & Bees & Honey / WizTheMc & Bees & Honey with Tyla - Show Me Love
Details Afrojack - Never Forget You
Details Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
Details Miley Cyrus - End Of The World
Details Lola Young - Messy
Details Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart
Details Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
Details Effe Serieus - Baila De Gasolina
Details Alex Warren & Jelly Roll - Bloodline
Details Benson Boone - Mystical Magical
Details Samuel Welten - Alles Kan Kapot
Details Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Details Samuel Welten - Echte Liefde Is Te Koop
Details Douwe Bob - Funny
Details Robert Van Hemert - Mona Lisa
Details Lewis Capaldi - Survive
Details Shaboozey & Myles Smith - Blink Twice
Details Emma Heesters - Alles Wordt Beter
Details Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want
Details Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - Shake It To The Max (Fly) - Remix
Details Mart Hoogkamer - In De Naam Van
Details Son Mieux - It's Only Love
Details Suzan & Freek - Lichtje Branden
Details Hugel, David Guetta, Kehlani, Daecolm - Think Of Me
Details Pommelien Thijs - Atlas
Details Martin Garrix & Lauv - Mad
Details Kris Kross Amsterdam, André Hazes Jr. & Tabitha - Ze Komt Uit Amsterdam
Details Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else
Details Tino Martin - Met Of Zonder Jou
Details Damiano David - The First Time
Details Donnie & Yves Berendse - Nachtenlang
Details Nate Smith - Fix What You Didn't Break
Details Guus Meeuwis & Maksim - Sparen Voor De Nacht