Use ta Be My Girl

This article is about the song by the O'Jays. For the song by Brian McKnight, see Used to Be My Girl. For the episode of The Simpsons, see She Used to Be My Girl.

"Use ta Be My Girl" is a song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love, it became a crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[4] "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays. The song has also been certified by the RIAA as a million-seller.^[5]

"Use ta Be My Girl"
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by The O'Jays
from the album So Full of Love
B-side	"This Time Baby"
Released	March 1978
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Genre	Soul[2] disco[2] quiet storm[3]
Length	3:23 (7" Version) 4:02 (Album Version)
Label	Philadelphia International
Songwriter	Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Producers	Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
The O'Jays singles chronology
"Work on Me" (1977) "Use ta Be My Girl" (1978) "Brandy" (1979)

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 41 Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 90 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8] 28 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 18 Netherlands[10] 18 New Zealand (RIANZ)[11] 5 UK Singles Chart 12 US Billboard Hot 100 4 US Cash Box Top 100[12] 5 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[13] 21

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Rank New Zealand[14] 30 US Billboard Hot 100[15] 42 US Cash Box[16] 43