THE 200 MOST ESSENTIAL GIRL GROUP SONGS.
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 Caffè Lattè presents the…

100 MOST ESSENTIAL

GIRL GROUP SONGS

40

He’s The Greatest Dancer

SISTER SLEDGE

As well as making the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic, this song written and produced by Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, reached #1 on Billboard’s Soul and Disco charts in 1979.

39

No Scrubs

TLC

This was the lead single from American group TLC’s 1999 album ‘FanMail’. In the U.S., the song topped the Pop and Soul charts. It also reached #1 in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The single also proved popular in Britain and Europe, where it peaked at #3 and #2 respectively.

38

Nowhere To Run

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS  

This Motown girl group classic was written by brothers Eddie and Brian Holland with Lamont Dozier. It was a Top 10 hit on the US Pop and Soul charts in 1965.  

37

Love Child

DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES

This hit song may have been credited to the legendary girl group, but Diana Ross was the only Supreme invited to the recording studio. Again, she was backed up by the girl group The Andantes: consisting of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps. Unleashed in 1968, the single tackled a serious theme; something Motown’s female acts had previously avoided. The disc became the group’s eleventh US Pop #1 and it reached #2 on the Soul chart.

36

I’m So Excited

THE POINTER SISTERS

When first released in 1982, this single fared well in Australia and Sweden but barely dented the US Top 40. Re-issued 2 years later, following the success of “Automatic” and “Jump”, the song reached #9 in America and #11 in the UK. The trio would go on scoring a string of dance hits during the 1980s.