You Were Mine (The Fireflies song)

"You Were Mine"
Single by The Fireflies
B-side"Stella Got a Fella"
ReleasedJune 1959
Recorded1959
GenreDoo-wop
Length1:52
LabelRibbon
Songwriter(s)Paul Giacalone
The Fireflies singles chronology
"The Crawl"
(1958)
"You Were Mine"
(1959)
"I Can't Say Goodbye"
(1959)

"You Were Mine" is a song written and recorded in 1959 by Paul Giacalone and performed by American doo-wop group The Fireflies.

"You Were Mine" was written by 19-year-old Giacalone about a girl he met while he was touring. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at #21 on October 26, 1959, while reaching #15 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.