BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

"'Bills, Bills, Bills'" was the first single from Destiny's Child's second album ''The Writing's on the Wall''. A track which echoed the men-bashing sentiments of TLC's massive summer hit "No Scrubs", and even featured the same producer (Kevin She"kspere Briggs). The song provided the quartet with their first US chart-topper in July 1999, and also reached the UK Top 10. The album featured a greater creative input from the quartet, although they still relied on a heavyweight production crew including Rodney Jerkins, Missy Elliott, Chad Elliot, and Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone!
It was their first song that peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It won a BMI Pop award for being the most played song. Before "Bills, Bills, Bills", the only top ten single the group had achieved was "No, No, No Pt. 2". Despite the success of the single, many of the listeners questioned the topic - people viewed the lyrics as male bashing ; in the song men are referred to as "triflin'" and "good for nothin'". However, Destiny's Child quickly quashed these rumors and expressed that their lyrics were meant to be empowering for women . It's also worth noting that upon closer inspection of the lyrics, they do not bash men in general or display the girls demanding a man of wealth in a relationship-they are in actuality stating in the song that they refuse to maintain a relationship with a man who cannot hold his own financially, or who must constantly rely on his girlfriend for financial support. The portion of the song which actually mentions 'bills' is referring to the man paying back the girls what he owes them from his own borrowing and spending.
"Bills, Bills, Bills" debuted at #84 on the Hot 100 and climbed to #1 five weeks later, where it remained for a week and spent a total of twenty weeks on the 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 this chart and the most weeks at the summit in 1999. It was also the ninth best-selling single of the year in the U.S.
In the UK "Bills, Bills, Bills" peaked at number six and went onto sell over 165,000 copies.
The music video for "Bills, Bills, Bills" (directed by Darren Grant) was shot in a beauty salon, a tribute to Tina Knowles, group member Beyoncé Knowles' mother. Another interesting fact was that it marked the first of three videos in which Farrah Franklin was part of (although she played a minor role of a salon client).
"Bills, Bills, Bills" was written by the same songwriter as TLC's hit "No Scrubs", Kandi Burruss. Hip hop group Sporty Thievz famously recorded a rebuttal to this TLC hit entitled "No Pigeons" and would later go on to record a rebuttal to "Bills, Bills, Bills", entitled "No Billz (Why, Why, Why)". Not only that, Sporty Thievz along with a female rapper known as Jazz were featured on the main remix of Bills, Bills, Bills produced by the Trackmasters.

Contents

Formats and remixes

Formats and remixes

:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Radio Edit)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Acapella)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Jonathan Coulton)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Instrumental)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix Instrumental)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-N-Groove Club Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Digital Black-n-Groove Club Radio Remix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (DJ Def Club's Xclusive Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Dub Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Livegig Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (Maurice's Xclusive Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (UK Garage Mix)
:"Bills, Bills, Bills" (D'n'D 2-Step Mix)
:"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Radio Edit) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)
:"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)
:"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Acapella) (feat Jazz-Ming & Sporty Thievz)
:"I Can't Go For That" ('BBB' Trackmasters Remix Instrumental)