Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Oh Girl\" is a single recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites and released on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album A Lonely Man, \"Oh Girl\" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. The narrator, portrayed by the song's author Eugene Record, expresses concern that the break-up may prove unbearable for him (\"Oh girl/I'd be in trouble if you left me now/'Cause I don't know where to look for love/I just don't know how\"), while knowing that staying will be no better (\"I could save myself a lot of useless tears/Girl I've got to get away from here\"; \"Better be on my way, I can't stay here\").\"Oh Girl\" was the Chi-Lites' first and only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the Billboard R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that position for two weeks. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1972. In addition, it reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart in July 1972.The instrument featured in the song could be a melodica."@en }
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- Oh_Girl abstract "\"Oh Girl\" is a single recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites and released on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album A Lonely Man, \"Oh Girl\" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. The narrator, portrayed by the song's author Eugene Record, expresses concern that the break-up may prove unbearable for him (\"Oh girl/I'd be in trouble if you left me now/'Cause I don't know where to look for love/I just don't know how\"), while knowing that staying will be no better (\"I could save myself a lot of useless tears/Girl I've got to get away from here\"; \"Better be on my way, I can't stay here\").\"Oh Girl\" was the Chi-Lites' first and only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the Billboard R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that position for two weeks. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1972. In addition, it reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart in July 1972.The instrument featured in the song could be a melodica.".