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A Girl Like You (The Young Rascals song)

1967 single by the Young Rascals

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Source revisionSep 27, 2026
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"A Girl Like You" is a song written by Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere, and initially recorded by their band The Young Rascals. After performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, Atlantic Records released "A Girl Like You" as a single in the US on June 23, 1967, with "It's Love" on the B-side. The song was recorded on May 25, 1967, at Atlantic Studios in New York City with the Young Rascals producing and Arif Mardin providing the arrangements. Musically, "A Girl Like You" is a blue-eyed soul song with elements of big band, R&B, and sunshine pop. The song features a big brass arrangement alongside harps and piccolos. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Cavaliere's girlfriend Adrienne and explores the joys of falling in love from several perspectives.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “A Girl Like You (The Young Rascals song)” is 1967 single by the Young Rascals. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Girl, Like and Young, not as a finished interpretation.

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