# Girls Like

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"**Girls Like**" is a song by British rapper [Tinie Tempah](/source/Tinie_Tempah) featuring Swedish singer [Zara Larsson](/source/Zara_Larsson). The song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2016 as the second single from Tempah's third studio album, *[Youth](/source/Youth_(Tinie_Tempah_album))*.

The song debuted on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) at number 15 and later peaked at number five, becoming Tempah's thirteenth top five single and Larsson's third.

## Music video

Tempah previewed a clip onto his [Instagram](/source/Instagram) account, showing him and two girls. The full music video premiered on his [YouTube](/source/YouTube) account on 17 March 2016.[5] The music video was shot in [Woodstock](/source/Woodstock,_Cape_Town), a suburb of [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town). As of October 2022, the music video has over 223 million views on YouTube.[6][7]

## Live performances

Tempah and Larsson performed the song live for the first time on *[The Jonathan Ross Show](/source/The_Jonathan_Ross_Show)* on 2 April 2016.[8] Tempah also performed the song live at [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium) on 21 May 2016, ahead of the [FA Cup final](/source/2016_FA_Cup_Final).[9]

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak position Australia Urban (ARIA)[10] 3 Italy (FIMI)[11] 94 Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[12] 13 Poland (Video Chart)[13] 3 US Rap Digital Songs Sales (Billboard)[14] 17 US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] 29 US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard)[16] 7

### Year-end charts

Chart (2016) position Australia (ARIA)[17] 90 Australia Urban (ARIA)[18] 13 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 64 Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 59 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 55 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 51 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 67 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 26

## Release history

Region Date Format Label Ireland 26 February 2016 Digital download Parlophone United Kingdom United States 19 July 2016 Contemporary hit radio Warner Bros.

## References

1. Pell, Mike (26 February 2016). ["New Music Out This Week: Tinie Tempah, ZAYN, Zara Larsson, The 1975, Flo Rida & More"](https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/i3gy0a/new-music-out-this-week-tinie-tempah-w-zara-larssonthe-1975-more). *MTV*. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

1. ["YOUTH - Tinie Tempah | Overview | AllMusic"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/youth-mw0002961887). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

1. ["Tinie Tempah (Ft. Zara Larsson) – Girls Like"](https://genius.com/Tinie-tempah-girls-like-lyrics). *Genius.com*. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

1. ["ACE Repertory"](https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/girls+like/performer/tinie+tempah). *Ascap.com*. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

1. ["Tinie Tempah - Girls Like ft. Zara Larsson (Official Video)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEiva3cMv6k). YouTube. 17 March 2016.

1. ["Tinie Tempah's Cape Town video Girls Like gets a shout out from JK Rowling"](http://trueafrica.co/videos/tinie-tempahs-cape-town-video-girls-like-gets-shout-jk-rowling/). True Africa.

1. ["Tinie Tempah Releases Video For 'Girls Like' ft. Zara Larsson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161009082033/http://www.theperfectman.me/tinie-tempah-releases-video-for-girls-like-ft-zara-larsson/). True Africa. Archived from [the original](http://www.theperfectman.me/tinie-tempah-releases-video-for-girls-like-ft-zara-larsson/) on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

1. ["Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like - Live @ Jonathan Ross"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaDY2-OV9Z0). [YouTube](/source/YouTube). 2 April 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

1. ["Tinie Tempah to perform at Emirates FA Cup Final"](http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/may/18/tinie-tempah-to-perform-at-the-emirates-fa-cup-final). *www.thefa.com*. The Football Association. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

1. ["ARIA Urban Singles Chart"](http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/6DB418B2BCFE1D47D5CCF198C50C8822BBD531A23FFF00F288209E44A7466329/ARIA%20Urban%20Singles%20Chart.pdf). [ARIA](/source/ARIA_Charts). 15 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

1. ["Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 16 (dal 2016-04-15 al 2016-04-21)"](http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:digital/id:2237/page:1) (in Italian). [Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana](/source/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana). Retrieved 22 April 2016.

1. ["Zara Larsson Chart History (Mexico Ingles Airplay)"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/zara-larsson/chart-history/min/). *Billboard*. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

1. ["Top 5 Airplay TV"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160601224138/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/pozostale/archiwum.php?year=2016&typ=tv&idlisty=1978#title). *[Polish Video Chart](/source/Polish_Video_Chart)*. [ZPAV](/source/ZPAV). Archived from [the original](http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/pozostale/archiwum.php?year=2016&typ=tv&idlisty=1978#title) on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

1. ["Zara Larsson - Chart History (Rap Digital Songs Sales)"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/zara-larsson/chart-history/rpt/). *Billboard*. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

1. ["Zara Larsson Chart History (R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales)"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/zara-larsson/chart-history/rbt/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

1. [[http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f](http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f)[0]=is_bmdb_track_id%3A6899099&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A345&refine=1 "Tinie Tempah - Chart History for Girls Like"]. *Billboard*. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

1. ["ARIA Top 100 Singles 2016"](http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2016.htm). [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association). Retrieved 6 January 2017.

1. ["ARIA Top 50 Urban Singles 2016"](http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2016/urban-singles-chart). [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association). Retrieved January 6, 2017.

1. ["Jaaroverzichten 2016"](http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2016). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

1. ["Track Top-100, 2016"](http://hitlisten.nu/top2016.asp?list=Track%20100). Hitlisten.NU. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

1. ["Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2016"](https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2016). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

1. ["Jaaroverzichten - Single 2016"](http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2016&cat=s). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

1. ["Årslista Singlar – År 2016"](https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2016&dspp=1) (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

1. Myers, Justin (30 December 2016). ["The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016"](http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2016__17517/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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