''Honey to the B'' is the debut album by the pop singer Billie Piper, released in 1998. Known mononymously as Billie until her second album, she was the first and youngest British female artist to have a first single enter the UK singles chart at number one. A number of hit singles were released from the album, including "Girlfriend", "She Wants You", the anthemic "

Because We Want To "Because We Want To" is a song performed by British pop singer Billie. The song was written by Wendy Page, Jim Marr, Dion Rambo and Jacques Richmond, and produced by Page and Marr for Billie's debut album ''Honey to the B'' (1998). It was rele ...

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Honey to the Bee "Honey to the Bee" is a song by English singer turned actress Billie Piper from her debut studio album, ''Honey to the B'' (1998). It was released on 22 March 1999 and debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, which became its peak positio ...

". "Honey to the Bee" was later covered by the Swedish girl group Play on their 2003 album '' Replay''. The American version of the album differs in that it contains the radio mix of "Girlfriend". The single "Honey to the Bee" re-entered the official UK Singles Chart at number 17 on 21 January 2007, eight years after initial release, thanks to efforts by the

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DJ Chris Moyles. The album has sold 380,000 copies in the UK as of July 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

* Billie Piper – vocals *

Jim Marr Skin Games were a United Kingdom, British pop music, pop/Rock music, rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Critically acclaimed as artists, they never gained commercial success, and broke up after just one album, ''The Blood Rush'', releas ...

– producer, mixing, programming,

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, guitar, bass guitar *

Wendy Page Skin Games were a British pop/rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Critically acclaimed as artists, they never gained commercial success, and broke up after just one album, ''The Blood Rush'', released in 1989. The soaring vocal style of ...

– producer, mixing, backing vocals, vocal arrangement *Cutfather – producer, remixing * Yak Bondy – backing vocals, keyboards, piano,

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, programming *Roger Jackson – guitar, keyboards, programming *Mark James – acoustic guitar *Nick Lacey –

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, strings *

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– backing vocals *Sweet-P – vocals *Pete Craigie – engineer, mixing *Michelle Barry – assistant engineer *Matt Tait – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Honey to the B 1998 debut albums Billie Piper albums Virgin Records albums