"Yes Girl" (stylized in

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) is a song by American singer

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. It was released on May 20, 2016 via

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. The track was written by Miller herself,

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and American production team

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, who also produced the song.

Composition

The song was written by Miller herself,

and American production team

, who also produced the song. Co-production is handled by Treviorious and Zaire Koalo. Is described as a "moody

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anthem". With the song, Miller wanted to combine a live aspect, live instruments, with programmed instruments, "in a way that nobody really does in pop music, at least not right now," said during a late call on ''

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''. "I wanted to come up with something that was really original and true to me.

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was the first person, out of all the producers I’ve worked with, to capture that immediately. It was this whole new feeling", she continued. About the inspiration for the song, she told ''

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'', "I had a lot of people in my life telling me what I needed to be doing and what direction I need to be going in. I was just getting really stressed out, and I found myself saying yes to a lot of things that I really didn't want to. There's that saying of being a Yes Man, and I was kind of being a Yes Girl. I wrote this song to remind myself that I can stand up for myself and be passionate about things and have an opinion – and that it's not wrong, I figured out if I put happiness in myself, that, if it comes from myself, I can be happy. If I tell myself I can accomplish things, I can do them. I'm excited for my fans to see how much I've grown."

Commercial performance

The song debuted at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Twitter Top Tracks chart, making it her third song to chart there along "

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" and "Force of Nature".

Music video

A lyric video was uploaded on August 5, 2016 on her official

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channel. The official music video, directed by

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, was premiered on a special event in

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on August 24, 2016 and on Miller's official

channel on August 25.

Track listing

*Digital download #"Yes Girl" – 3:51

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2016 singles 2016 songs Bea Miller songs Hollywood Records singles Songs written by Ilsey Juber Songs written by Oak Felder Songs written by Pop Wansel Songs written by Bea Miller