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If Your Girl Only Knew

If Your Girl Only Knew was written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland with the latter producing the song.

"If Your Girl Only Knew" is a funk and pop song that features keyboard and organ work along with guitar licks. Lyrically the song is about childing a man for hitting
on them when he already has a girlfriend.

The song was released as the album lead single by Blackground and Atlantic records on July 12, 1996. Upon its release the song was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aaliyah's vocal delivery on the record

"If Your Girl Only Knew" performed peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending on October 19, 1996. The song was successful on the US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart topping the charts at number 1 for two consecutive weeks. The song also charted on the US Rhymtic chart peaking within the top 10 at number 6 during the week ending on November 2, 1996. Towards the end of 1996, it was reported by Billboard that the song has sold over 600,000 copies in the United States.

If Your Girl Only Knew performed peaking within the top 20 at number 20 on the Recorded Music NZ chart in New Zealand. In Europe, the song peaked within the top 40 at number 21 on the UK official charts on the week ending on August 24, 1996.

In 1997, the song was re-released in the UK as a double single with "One In A Million" and the song reached a new peak position within the top 20 on the official charts. On the UK official R&B charts, the song was performed even better peaking within the top 5 at number 4.

In the UK official chart, the originally released single of "If Your Girl Only Knew" is Aaliyah's tenth best selling single in the region.