That's What Little Girls Are Made Of

"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of"
Single by Raven-Symoné
from the album Here's to New Dreams
ReleasedApril 15, 1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length3:15
LabelMCA
Songwriters
Producers
  • Dr. Ceuss
  • Missy Elliott
Raven-Symoné singles chronology
"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of"
(1993)
"Raven Is the Flavor"
(1993)
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of"
(1993)
"Brand New"
(1994)

"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of" is the debut mainstream single by American actress and singer Raven-Symoné, taken from her debut album, Here's to New Dreams (1992). The single was released in April 1993 by MCA Records and is Raven-Symoné's highest chart appearance to date, peaking at numbers 68 and 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100.

The song was written and produced by Missy Elliott, who performs a verse of scat singing and Jamaican-style toasting, but the music video featured a thinner, light-skinned actress lip syncing her part. On Behind the Music, Elliott reveals that she was not informed of the video shoot and later told she "didn't quite fit the image that we were looking for"—later taking her revenge with an oversized garbage-bag costume in her groundbreaking 1997 video "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)." Despite the setback, Elliott and Raven-Symoné have expressed respect for each other on Twitter.