Bills, Bills, Bills

"Bills, Bills, Bills"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album The Writing's on the Wall
B-side
  • "Bills, Bills, Bills (I Can't Go for That)"
  • "Bug-a-Boo"
  • "So Good"
  • "Now That She's Gone"
  • "No, No, No" (Part I)
  • "No, No, No" (Part II)
  • "With Me" (Part II)
Released June 14, 1999 (1999-06-14)
Format
Recorded December 1998[1][2]
Genre R&B
Length 4:16
Label Columbia
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Kevin "Shek'spere" Briggs[3]
Certification 3xPlatinum (RIAA)
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Get on the Bus"
(1998)		 "Bills, Bills, Bills"
(1999)		 "Bug a Boo"
(1999)

"Bills, Bills, Bills" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child. It was written by band members Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, and Kelly Rowland along with Kandi Burruss of Xscape and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs for their second album The Writing's on the Wall (1999), featuring production by the latter.

Released as the album's lead single in June 1999, the song provided the quartet with their first chart-topper on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian RPM singles chart. A worldwide success, the track reached the top ten in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom and entered the top forty on the majority of the charts in appeared on. Critically acclaimed, the song was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song at the 42nd awards ceremony. The accompanying music video for "Bills, Bills, Bills", directed by Darren Grant, was shot in a beauty salon as a tribute to Knowles' mother Tina.

Responses

Sporty Thievz, the same group that wrote "No Pigeons" as response to TLC's "No Scrubs", wrote a response to "Bills, Bills, Bills" entitled "No Billz (Why, Why, Why)." Sporty Thievz were also featured on "I Can't Go For That", a re-recorded remix of Bills, Bills, Bills with new lyrics, produced by the Trackmasters, along with a female rapper called Jazz. In 2015, New York-based rock band They Might Be Giants recorded a cover version.[4]

The song was also performed a cappella by the fictional Dalton Academy Warblers group on the American musical television series Glee in the eleventh episode of the second season, entitled The Sue Sylvester Shuffle.

Chart performance

In the United States, "Bills, Bills, Bills" debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to number 1 five weeks later, dethroning Jennifer Lopez's debut single "If You Had My Love" from the top spot where it had remained for a month. It was Destiny's Child's first song that peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart. "Bills, Bills, Bills" also reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for nine consecutive weeks, making it one of the longest running number one singles ever on the chart and the most weeks at the summit in 1999. It was also the ninth best-selling single of the year in the US.[5] In the United Kingdom, "Bills, Bills, Bills" peaked at number six and went on to sell over 165,000 copies.

Track listings

US 12" promo single[6]

Side A

  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix) – 7:12
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix) – 8:03

Side B

  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Mix) – 7:22
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Album Version) – 4:16
US 12" single[7]

Side A

  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Album Version) – 4:16
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix) – 7:16
  3. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (A Capella) – 4:00

Side B

  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix) – 7:33
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix) – 8:04
US CD maxi-single[8]
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Album Version) – 4:16
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix) – 7:07
  3. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (A Capella) – 4:02
  4. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix) – 7:34
  5. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix) – 8:03
US CD single 38K 79175
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Album Version) – 4:16
  2. "Bug-A-Boo" (snippet) – 1:18
  3. "So Good" (snippet) – 1:03
  4. "Now That She's Gone" (snippet) – 1:11
UK CD maxi-single[9]
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" – 4:16
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (I Can't Go For That Remix) – 3:57
  3. "No, No, No" (Part II) (featuring Wyclef Jean) – 3:30
UK limited edition CD single
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" – 4:16
  2. "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix) – 7:33
  3. "With Me" (Part II) (featuring Master P) – 4:14
French 12" single[10]

Side A

  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" – 4:16
  2. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix) – 3:57

Side B

  1. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix – Radio Edit) – 3:38
  2. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix – W/O Rap) – 3:22
French CD single[11]
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" – 4:16
  2. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix) (Radio Edit) – 3:38
European CD maxi-single COL 665287 2[12]
  1. "Bills, Bills, Bills" – 4:16
  2. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix) (Radio Edit) – 3:38
  3. "I Can't Go For That" (Bills, Bills, Bills Remix) – 3:57
  4. "No, No, No" (Part I) (featuring Wyclef Jean) – 4:07
  5. "With Me" (Part II) (featuring Master P) – 4:14

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[15] 10
Canada Singles (RPM)[16] 7
Canada Dance Singles (RPM)[17] 1
France (SNEP)[18] 20
Germany (Official German Charts)[19] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 12
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 28
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 63
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[28] 47
Canada Singles (RPM)[29] 64
Dutch Singles Chart[30] 81
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[31] 21

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)[32] Gold 50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 900,000[5]

double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flashing lights & 3 other titles, Beautiful & 15 other titles, Poems by me, continuation – song, music – Copyright Info". Faqs.org. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Destiny's Child The Writing's On The Wall LP revisited by co-writer Kandi Burruss - Return To The Classics - SoulCulture". SoulCulture.
  3. ↑ Bills Bills Bills credits
  4. ↑ "Bills, Bills, Bills- They Might Be Giants". YouTube. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Best-Selling Records of 1999". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 112 (4): 63. January 22, 2000. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  7. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  8. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  9. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  10. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  11. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  12. ↑ Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills
  13. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  16. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 69, No. 24, October 04 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  17. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  18. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills" (in French). Les classement single.
  19. ↑ "Musicline.de – Destiny's Child Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  20. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  21. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". Top 40 Singles.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". Singles Top 100.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". Swiss Singles Chart.
  24. ↑ "Destiny's Child: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
  25. ↑ "Destiny's Child – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Destiny's Child.
  26. ↑ "Destiny's Child – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Destiny's Child.
  27. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 2014" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Rapports Annuels 2014" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  30. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl - Jaaroverzichten - Single 1999" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1999". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  32. ↑ "Ultratop 50 Albums Wallonie 1999". Ultratop. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  33. ↑ "British single certifications – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Bills, Bills, Bills in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  34. ↑ "American single certifications – Destiny's Child – Bills, Bills, Bills". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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