Forever Your Girl (song)

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"Forever Your Girl"
Single by Paula Abdul
from the album Forever Your Girl
B-sideNext to You"
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1989
RecordedNovember 1987 – January 1988[1]
Genre
Length4:58
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Oliver Leiber
Producer(s)Oliver Leiber
Paula Abdul singles chronology
"Straight Up"
(1988) 		"Forever Your Girl"
(1989) 		"Cold Hearted"
(1989)

"Forever Your Girl" is a song by American singer Paula Abdul from her debut studio album, Forever Your Girl (1988). The song was written and produced by Oliver Leiber, with additional production by Keith "K.C." Cohen. Virgin Records released it as the album's fourth single on February 20, 1989.

Track listings[change | change source]

Credits and personnel[change | change source]

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Forever Your Girl.[9]

  • Oliver Leiber – songwriter, producer, arrangement, drum programming, keyboards, guitar
  • Keith "K.C." Cohen – producer, mixing
  • Steve Weise – engineering
  • Paula Abdul – lead vocals, background vocals
  • St. Paul – bass, organ
  • Troy Williams – saxophone
  • The Wild Pair – background vocals
  • Tami Day – background vocals
  • Lucia Newell – background vocals
  • Jeff Lorber – additional drum programming, keyboards
  • Dan Hersch – mastering

Charts[change | change source]

Certifications[change | change source]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Oliver Leiber : Songwriter Interviews".
  2. ↑ Forever Your Girl (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Paula Abdul. Virgin Records. 1989. 7-99230.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Forever Your Girl (US cassette single sleeve). Paula Abdul. Virgin Records. 1989. 4-99230.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Forever Your Girl (US 12-inch single vinyl disc). Paula Abdul. Virgin Records. 1989. 0-96565.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Forever Your Girl (UK & Australian 12-inch single vinyl disc). Paula Abdul. Virgin Records, Siren Records. 1989. SRNT 112.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Forever Your Girl (UK mini-CD single liner notes). Paula Abdul. Siren Records. 1989. SRNCD 112.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Forever Your Girl (Australian cassette single sleeve). Paula Abdul. Virgin Records, Siren Records. 1989. SRNC112.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Forever Your Girl (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Paula Abdul. Virgin Japan, Siren Records. 1989. VJD-10207.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Virgin Records (1988). Forever Your Girl (Media notes). Paula Abdul.
  10. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-01-17". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2015 – via Imgur.
  11. ↑ "Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. p. 18. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  13. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6352." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 6364." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 26. July 1, 1989. p. V. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  16. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  17. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Forever Your Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1989" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  25. ↑ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  26. ↑ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  28. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles: May 20, 1989". Cash Box. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  29. ↑ "The Back Page". Radio & Records. June 30, 1989. p. 96. ProQuest 1017223240.
  30. ↑ "The Back Page". Radio & Records. June 9, 1989. p. 96. ProQuest 1017215974.
  31. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of '89". RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  33. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1989". Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  34. ↑ "American single certifications – Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
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