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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!

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Details Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Details Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams
Details Noano feat. Emms - Waka
Details Alex Warren - Burning Down
Details Martin Garrix & Jex - Told You So
Details Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You
Details Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody
Details Suzan & Freek - Ken Je Dat Gevoel
Details Pawsa & Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash
Details Antoon - Beetje Van Mij
Details Cyril & Maryjo - Still Into You
Details David Guetta, Alphaville & Ava Max - Forever Young
Details Rondé - Love Of My Life
Details Sven Versteeg featuring Likke Pêhp - Blikkendag
Details Son Mieux - Have A Little Faith
Details Coldplay ft Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & Tini - We Pray
Details Kensington - A Moment
Details Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather
Details Cameron Whitcomb - Medusa
Details Chef'Special - C'est La Vie
Details Teddy Swims - Guilty
Details The Weeknd - Cry For Me
Details Nate Smith - Fix What You Didn't Break
Details Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Details Claude & Zoë Tauran - Je T'aime
Details R3hab, Mufasa & Hypeman & Rani - Believe (Shooting Stars)
Details Douwe Bob & Sera - Could Have Been Us
Details Myles Smith - Wait For You
Details Tate McRae - Sports Car
Details Kygo w/ OneRepublic - Chasing Paradise
Details Yves Berendse & Emma Heesters - Alleen Met Jou
Details De Poema's & Snelle - Op Jou Heb Ik Gewacht
Details Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Slow Motion
Details David Guetta & Alesso feat. Madison Love - Never Going Home Tonight
Details Sabrina Carpenter - Taste
Details Yves Berendse - Vandaag Ben Ik Van Jou