Bills, Bills, Bills

"Bills, Bills, Bills"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album The Writing's on the Wall
B-side
  • "Bug a Boo" (snippet)
  • "So Good" (snippet)
  • "Now That She's Gone" (snippet)
ReleasedMay 31, 1999 (1999-05-31)
RecordedDecember 1998[1][2]
Studio
  • Digital Services (Houston, Texas)
  • DARP (Atlanta, Georgia)
GenreR&B
Length4:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Get on the Bus"
(1998)
"Bills, Bills, Bills"
(1999)
"Bug a Boo"
(1999)
Music video
"Bills, Bills, Bills" on YouTube

"Bills, Bills, Bills" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child from their second studio album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999). It was written by Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland, Kandi Burruss, and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs and produced by the latter. The song was released as the lead single from The Writing's on the Wall on May 31, 1999, by Columbia Records.

"Bills, Bills, Bills" became Destiny's Child's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, it reached the top 10 in Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Critically acclaimed, the song was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2000Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song.[3]

The accompanying music video for "Bills, Bills, Bills", directed by Darren Grant, was filmed in a beauty salon as a tribute to Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles. In 2021, the song resurged in popularity on streaming platforms, as well as TikTok, where it became the most popular "comeback" track in the United States and the United Kingdom that year.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Flashing lights & 3 other titles, Beautiful & 15 other titles, Poems by me, continuation – song, music – Copyright Info". Faqs.org. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Destiny's Child The Writing's On The Wall LP revisited by co-writer Kandi Burruss - Return To The Classics - SoulCulture". SoulCulture.
  3. ^ "1999 Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Year on TikTok 2021 Music Report". Newsroom | TikTok. August 16, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Tion Wayne and Russ Millions' Body named TikTok UK song of 2021". BBC News. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

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