"Where My Girls At?"
Single by 702
from the album 702
B-side
  • "Make Time"
  • "Tell Your Girl"
  • "Gotta Leave"
  • "You'll Just Never Know"
ReleasedApril 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
Length
  • 2:47
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
702 singles chronology
"Beep Me 911"
(1998)		 "Where My Girls At?"
(1999)		 "You Don't Know"
(1999)

"Where My Girls At?" is a song by American girl group 702, released as the first single from their self-titled second studio album (1999) on April 5, 1999. The track was produced by Missy Elliott and Keybeats.[1]

Originally intended to be included on fellow girl group TLC's third studio album, FanMail, the group rejected the song, so 702 recorded it instead. The song has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Billboard ranked it at No. 46 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[2]

Music video

The music video for "Where My Girls At?" was directed by Bille Woodruff.[3][4] The video starts outside an apartment complex, zooming in to a window where the members of 702 are walking down a brutalist-styled corridor wearing all-black leather attire. Behind them is a group of men wearing the same color, later standing against the wall while the ladies walk past them during the chorus. After the first chorus, the group members are all in different Y2K styled settings. Kameelah is seen in a chrome, light blue room wearing a dark grey blazer with digital signs reading the song’s title behind her. LeMisha is seen wearing all black and donning a white tiger-printed cowboy hat in a red and orange colored room with a pyrotechnic behind her. Irish is in a blue cafe area decorated with futuristic furniture and textures wearing an all silver gown with fur accents. Following the bridge, the ladies are now in a big brutalist-styled room, each standing on top of platforms. They are all wearing black and silver polka-dotted outfits as background dancers surround them donning red from head to toe.

The video first premiered on BET on the week ending March 21, 1999.[5] It later began airing on The Box and MTV on the weeks ending March 28, 1999, and April 18, 1999 respectively.[6][7]

Track listings

Chart performance

"Where My Girls At?" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 19, 1999.[8] It peaked at No. 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts and at No. 1 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.[9][10] The single remained in the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for more than 30 weeks.

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 600,000[35]

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States April 5, 1999 Motown [36][37]
April 27, 1999
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [38][39]
Canada May 18, 1999 CD [40]
United Kingdom July 26, 1999
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [41]

References

  1. ↑ "702 Gets More Feedback From Missy Elliott". MTV. August 3, 1999. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ 702: Where My Girls At? (Music Video 1999), IMDb, retrieved September 9, 2023
  4. ↑ Bille Woodruff [@billewoodruff] (April 28, 2021). "I remember directing this video like it was yesterday!" – via Instagram.
  5. ↑ "Video Monitor". Billboard. April 3, 1999. p. 85. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Video Monitor". Billboard. April 10, 1999. p. 73. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Video Monitor". Billboard. May 1, 1999. p. 68. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  8. 1 2 "702 Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "702 Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "702 Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 248.
  12. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 8378." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 23. June 5, 1999. p. 94. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 36. September 4, 1999. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  16. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  17. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 40, 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  20. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  22. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?". Singles Top 100. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  23. ↑ "702 – Where My Girls At?". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  24. ↑ "702: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  27. ↑ "702 Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1999". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  29. ↑ "Urban Top 20 Tracks Of 1999" (PDF). Music Week. January 22, 2000. p. 32. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1999". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  31. ↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 7, no. 52. December 24, 1999. p. 54. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  33. ↑ "Most Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 1999" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 7, no. 52. December 24, 1999. p. 53. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  34. ↑ "American single certifications – 702 – Where My Girls At". Recording Industry Association of America.
  35. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1999". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 4. BPI Communications Inc. January 22, 2000. p. 63. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  36. ↑ "AddVance Notice". Radio & Records. No. 1293. April 2, 1999. p. 58.
  37. ↑ "Crossover Nation: New Releases - Going For Adds 4/5" (PDF). Hits. April 2, 1999. p. 64. Retrieved September 20, 2023 – via World Radio History.
  38. ↑ "Where My Girls At? [Vinyl]". Amazon. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  39. ↑ "Where My Girls At". Amazon. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  40. ↑ "Album Releases: May 1999". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  41. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting 26 July, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. July 24, 1999. p. 23. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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