This Little Girl

"This Little Girl" is a song by Gary U.S. Bonds from his album, Dedication. It was the first of two single releases from the LP. The song was written by Bruce Springsteen and has its origins in the 1978 outtake "Ain't Good Enough For You" from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town sessions. The outtake version was eventually released on Springsteen's The Promise in 2010.

"This Little Girl"
Single by Gary U.S. Bonds
from the album Dedication
B-side"Way Back When"
ReleasedApril 1981
Format7" single
GenrePop
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Gary U.S. Bonds singles chronology
"Copycat"
(1962)
"This Little Girl"
(1981)
"Jole Blon"
(1981)

"This Little Girl" became a hit during the spring of 1981, reaching #11 in the U.S. and also charting well in Canada and New Zealand. It peaked at #43 in the UK.

Chart history

References

  1. RPM Top Singles, June 27, 1981
  2. NZ Music Charts, 16 August 1981
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 4, 1981". Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article "Top 100 Singles (1981)". RPM. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  6. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981
  7. "Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93 no. 51. December 26, 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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