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Girlfriend

Pebbles

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LIST YEAR

1987

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Contemporary R&BR&B

Theme

Not classified

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1987

Release: 1987Source checked

First album and single association is 1987; the later 1991 assignment is outside the initial hit era.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Girlfriend - release / recording history
First album and single association is 1987; the later 1991 assignment is outside the initial hit era. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

Former annual assignments retained as history

These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.

  • 1991: older return
BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Jealousy in relationships

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1988.html, song-list position 89
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

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An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Girlfriend - date and recording source
First album and single association is 1987; the later 1991 assignment is outside the initial hit era. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

Billboard year-end 1988 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.

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