original version of "The Girl Is Mine" was included on Thriller 25 with McCartney's vocals included. Reception "The Girl Is Mine 2008" received mostly unfavorable reviews. Journalist Christopher Rees stated that will.i.am had "done a fantastic job of murdering a classic song". Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone wrote that at will.i.am's production was "dumb-thug bluster" and criticized him for trying to hide the "goofy 'doggone' hook"—"the whole point of the song". Music journalist Aidin Vaziri wrote that will.i.am "completely erases Paul McCartney's vocal track from the original duet to make room for himself spouting nonsense". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic claimed that will.i.am had turned "The Girl Is Mine" into a "hapless dance number". Kelefa Sanneh of Blender wrote that "will.i.am contributes beats (why?) and rhymes (why, oh, why?) to 'The Girl Is Mine 2008'". IGN's Todd Gilchrist stated that will.i.am's "The Girl Is Mine" remix was an offense. The offense was made even more "egregious" by the insertion of his own "atonal vocal presence" in place of McCartney's. Pitchfork Media added to the unfavorable reviews, stating of will.i.am, "He takes Macca off 'The Girl Is Mine' but decides it can't work without someone sounding like an idiot and steps manfully in himself." The Times stated that whoever thought it was a good idea for will.i.am to participate in the song ought to be "locked in a windowless cell with nothing but those songs on a continuous loop". PopMatters, however, praised Thriller 25 and the remix of "The Girl Is Mine". They wrote, "Any album good enough to make you forgive (although maybe not forget) a song as bad as the Paul McCartney duet 'The Girl is Mine' has got to be damn good." They added that will.i.am had put a "breezy spin" on the track and that the song's omission of McCartney did not suffer because of it. Charts Track listing CD single''' "The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am" – 3:10 "The Girl Is Mine 2008 Club Mix with will.i.am" – 3:25 "The Girl Is Mine" Original Demo Recording – 3:13 Remix credits Written by Michael Jackson, William "will.i.am" Adams, Keith Harris Produced by William "will.i.am" Adams Engineered by William "will.i.am" Adams Mixed by William "will.i.am" Adams Drum programming: William "will.i.am" Adams Keyboards: William "will.i.am" Adams, Keith Harris Synthesizers: Keith Harris Recorded in November 2007 See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.) List of