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That Girl

Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy

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LIST YEAR

1996

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

Reggae

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Shaggy

Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.

Shaggy was born Orville Richard Burrell in Kingston, Jamaica, and later developed his music in New York. Early dancehall recordings included Mampie and Big Up. Pure Pleasure began his album career in 1993, followed by Boombastic and Midnite Lover. A move to MCA preceded Hot Shot in 2000, with It Wasn't Me bringing his dancehall-based repertoire to a much broader international audience alongside continued soundtrack contributions.

Artist background sources

Shaggy - Universal Music Japan biography
Kingston/name identity, New York development, early dancehall recordings, 1993/1995/1997/2000 album sequence and MCA period. The mistaken military-branch description, sales/chart claims, projected releases and incomplete duet billing are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

Retained annual-list context

That Girl by Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy appears at number 90 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1996. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.

Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished

Billboard year-end 1996 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.

Other appearances and versions

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Sources and scope

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Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Billboard year-end 1996 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.

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