I Need a Girl

Album: Ready (2009)
Charted: 59
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first official single from American R&B artist Trey Songz's third studio album, Ready.
  • This song was helmed by the Norwegian-born, NYC-based production duo Stargate. They had previously worked on Songz's Grammy-nominated "Can't Help But Wait."
  • The song finds Songz putting a request out for a female companion. He told the online station Pyro Radio: "I think I need someone who understands what's going on. That understands that its not all peaches and cream. When I say 'I need a girl', I'm informing all my fans of the stresses I am going through and just showing a bit of vulnerability. I'm out here working hard, and sometimes I go back to my hotel room alone. I (sic) watching by myself. After all the screaming fans, I fall back and have nothing to hold that I love and care for. It's very different having a woman, having sex with her and going to another city, then having a woman who you can talk to and understands your plight and what you're talking about. That's just telling them that I am human and I do have needs."
  • Celebrated director Benny Boom directed the music video. It was shot on location in Malibu, California.

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