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

100 MOST ESSENTIAL

GIRL GROUP SONGS

130

Do You Want Me

SALT -N- PEPA

A single lifted off the hip-hop group’s 1990 album ‘Blacks’ Magic’. The disc reached #5 in Britain.

129

I’m Ready For Love

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS

This Top 10 US pop hit peaked at #2 on the Billboard Soul Chart. The song was another gem from the pen of Holland / Dozier/ Holland.

128

You Don’t Have To Worry

EN VOGUE

A 1991 Soul Chart #1 from the group’s debut album ‘Born To Sing’.

127

Stoned Love

THE SUPREMES

Issued in 1970, this single topped the US Soul Chart. It was yet another hit for the group following the departure of Diana Ross. Sadly, this marked the final Pop Top 10 hit for the trio there.

126

Bug A Boo

DESTINY’S CHILD

Lifted as a single from the American group’s sophomore album ‘The Writing’s On The Wall’, this song peaked at #2 on the US R&B chart and made the UK Pop Top 10.

125

Diggin’ On You

TLC

A #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995, lifted off the previous year’s ‘CrazySexyCool’ album. Babyface wrote and produced the song.

124

Should I Do It?

POINTER SISTERS

In 1981, Tanya Tucker had recorded a country-flavoured rendition of this song. The Pointers covered the song the same year. Theirs became the most successful version, peaking at #13 in America.

123

The Ketchup Song

LAS KETCHUP

The Spanish trio scored a worldwide hit with this debut single. Rarely do foreign language tracks crossover so easily; in 2002, the song reached #1 in Britain, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

122

Be With You

ATOMIC KITTEN

A UK #2 hit that borrows from the Electric Light Orchestra’s 1979 single “Last Train To London”.

121

In And Out Of Love

DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES

This 1967 Top 10 smash was the final single by the trio to feature vocals by founding member Florence Ballard.

CRITERIA:

Songs by groups or duos that only include female members and released in the Rock Era (i.e. since 1955).