Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend film to "help you feed your pussycat." Additionally, a lyrical snippet from Madonna's song "Material Girl" was worked into this adaptation of the song. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos. The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean
Diamonds and Pearls (song) Connie Parente, a Los Angeles jewelry collector and designer. The B-side is a mix of excerpts of other "Diamonds and Pearls" tracks, which serves to promote the album. There was no extended version of the song released. The UK B-side included some of the mixes on the "Cream" maxi single. The repeated lyric ""If I gave you diamonds and pearls, would you be a happy boy or a girl?"" echoes the lyrics ""I'll buy you diamonds and pearls only if you're good girl"" from Prince's 1982 song, "International Lover". Rapper Lil Wayne sampled the song on his mixtape "Da Drought",