Reet Petite
Jackie Wilson
1987
jaar
Top 40
1
piekpositie
Top 40
11
weken
Top 40
356
punten
Top 40
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.
Artiest
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
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!
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