"The Girl Is Mine" is a song by British electronic music duo 99 Souls.
[3] While creators 99 Souls thought not much would come of it, the mash-up garnered 2.9 million streams within its first year of release.
After the approval of both Brandy and Beyoncé, the song was released commercially in November 2015.
Though Brandy agreed to record new vocals for the mash-up track,[1] Monica turned the offer down, commenting, "I feel like sometimes things that are a part of history and that are in history should be left as such so that it can be upheld with the respect that it was given even back then," she told The Huffington Post.
"[4] A music video for "The Girl Is Mine" was released on 99 Souls' Vevo account on 20 November 2015, and was directed by Sandl.