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featuring American rapper

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(credited as her full name "Melissa Elliott"), taken from her debut studio album, '' Here's to New Dreams'' (1992). The single was released in April 1993 by

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and is Raven-Symoné's highest chart appearance to date, peaking at numbers 68 and 73 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and ''Cash Box'' Top 100. The song was written and produced by Elliott, who performs a verse of

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and Jamaican-style toasting, but the music video featured a thinner light-skinned actress

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ing her part. On ''

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'' Elliott reveals that she was not informed of the video shoot and later told she "didn't quite fit the image that we were looking for" — later taking her revenge with an oversized garbage-bag costume in her groundbreaking 1997 video "

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." Despite the setback Elliott received by the music industry over not being in the video; Elliott and Symone have expressed on Twitter respect for each other which the latter expressed interest in another collaboration.

Track listing

* 12" #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" — 3:15 * Cassette #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of"— 3:15 * Vinyl, 12" #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Extended Dub Remix) — 5:25 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Bogle Mix) — 3:52 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Raggamuffin Dub Semi-Instrumental) — 3:56 * CD Single, Vinyl, 12", PromoVinyl, 12", Promo
/ref> #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Album Version) — 5:25 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Album Dub Version) — 3:52 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Dub Remix Radio Edit) — 5:28 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Boogie Mix) — 3:52 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Extended Dub Instrumental) — 5:27 #"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Raggamuffin Dub Semi-instrumental) — 3:56

Charts

References

{{Missy Elliott singles 1992 songs 1993 debut singles Raven-Symoné songs Missy Elliott songs Songs written by Missy Elliott Songs based on children's songs MCA Records singles