"Just a Girl" is a song written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont for No Doubt's third album Tragic Kingdom. The song was released in 1995 as the album's lead single and helped the band break into mainstream music, peaking at number twenty-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Upon release in the UK in 1996 the song only reached #38. However, after the massive success of Don't Speak the song was re-released and managed a peak of #3.