The song was written by Bill Pettaway Jr., Sean "
DJ Spen" Spencer,
Kevin Liles, Rodney "Kool Rod" Holloman (often misspelled "Hollaman" on single/album credits) and Ky Adeyemo, most of whom were members of the
Baltimore,
Maryland-based group Numarx, who first recorded the song. Started by DJ Spen and featuring Kool Rod as the original MC, also wrote songs and played guitar on the side. Pettaway, along with Numarx members Spencer, Liles, and Holloman continued to craft the tune. In addition, then-current
Starpoint member Kayode "Ky" Adeyemo joined in, co-writing and co-producing the song with Pettaway. Adeyemo played keyboards and wrote the infectious "Ooh Ooh Ooh" hook for the song. It was here that Milli Vanilli producer
Frank Farian likely first heard the tune. Meanwhile, Numarx would later include their version of "Girl You Know It's True" on their lone album,
Our Time Has Come, released in 1988. The group formed a small independent record label, the following year, called Marx Brothers Records releasing several regional hits including "Do It Good", which was later remixed by
Basement Boys and became a dance music hit. The group disbanded in the early 90s. DJ Spen went on to become an on-air radio personality in Baltimore. He later joined the Baltimore-based powerhouse dance music production outfit
Basement Boys that produced hit dance music numbers for
Michael Jackson,
Crystal Waters,
Toni Braxton, and
Ultra Naté. He is now a DJ that runs an independent dance music label and production company, Quantize Recordings. After working as a local music promoter on the east coast, Liles went on to work for
Def Jam Recordings, where he eventually worked his way to the role of President. He is currently CEO of
300 Entertainment in New York, which produces and manages some of the biggest names in R&B and hip hop music. Pettaway was later credited with discovering multi-platinum-selling singer
Toni Braxton and has gone on to prominence as a session guitarist for Timbaland and other artists. ==Chart performance==