"What It Feels Like for a Girl" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 edition of May 5, 2001, moving to number 46 the following week, becoming in the biggest leap of that week [REF].
The song was also very successful in Finland, peaking at number four,[REF] in Italy, where it peaked at number two,[REF] and in Spain, where it topped the PROMUSICAE chart on April 21, 2000 [REF].