Genre R&B Label Da Family, Blackground | Length 3:27 | |
Released February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15) Format CD single, digital download Recorded Sony Music Studios
(New York City, New York) | ||
"Not That Kinda Girl" is a song by American singer JoJo from her self-titled debut album. It was written by Neely Dinkins, B. Cola Pietro, Balewa Muhammad, and Sylvester Jordan, Jr., and released in February 2005 as the album's third and final single. "Not That Kinda Girl" was not commercially released in the United States making it the first single from the album to miss the chart there, the United Kingdom, and various other countries, though it did manage to reach number 52 in Australia, where JoJo was available to promote while shooting her film in Queensland, and number 85 in Germany.
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Music video
The music video was directed by the team of Eric Williams and Randy Marshall, known as Fat Cats, and was shot in Los Angeles. It premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on March 24, 2005, and on BET's 106 & Park on April 12, 2005. It spent only four days on the countdown and did not climb higher than number eight. The concept deals with Hollywood stereotypes and celebrity culture. Even though she is surrounded by it, JoJo claims she is "not the kinda girl" to lose herself in the industry. The video's cameos range from its choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson of MTV's Making the Band, to producers Vincent Herbert and Da Internz, and rock singer Maynard James Keenan as a police officer. During the first half of the video JoJo is being driven in a limousine through Silver Lake past the landmark Figure 8 wall made famous by the Elliott Smith album cover photo. The performance based second half features JoJo getting her hair and makeup, and rehearsing on a sound stage with backup dancers. The video ends showing the down-to-earth side of JoJo. Dressed in a hooded jacket and listening to her iPod, she hitches a bus featuring an advertisement for her debut album.
Track listings and formats
- "Not That Kinda Girl"
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (Mavix Remix)
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (Album Version)
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (Mavix Remix)
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (CPH Remix)
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (Funky Angelz Remix)
- "Not That Kinda Girl" (Video)
UK Promo CD April 20, 2005
- Not That Kinda Girl (Radio Edit) 3:27