Boy Meets Girl is the debut album by American pop singer-songwriters
George Merrill and
Shannon Rubicam, also known as
Boy Meets Girl. It was released on A&M Records in 1985, and was their only disc for the label. The album included the band's first
top 40 hit on the
Billboard pop chart, when "Oh Girl" peaked at No. 39.
The album was written by Rubicam and Merrill, with one outside writer receiving co-credit on one track. The music is much different from their later work as it has a more prominent
hard rock influence. Merrill and Rubicam would go on to pen hits for
Whitney Houston and get a contract with
RCA Records, which would release their second full-length album, Reel Life, three years later. That record would provide them with their sole top-ten hit as a recording act, "
Waiting for a Star to Fall."
Track listing
All songs written by Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill (Irving Music/Boy Meets Girl Music), except where noted.
"Oh Girl" - 4:18
"Don't Tell Me We Have Nothing" - 4:01
"The Touch" (Rubicam, Merrill, T. Bell; Irving Music/Boy Meets Girl Music/BellBoy Music) - 3:55