"Girl like Me" was written by will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Shakira, Brendan Buckley, Johnny Goldstein, Albert Menendez, and Tim Mitchell, while being produced by will.i.am and co-pruduced by Shakira and Johnny Goldstein.[2] Black Eyed Peas started working on song with Shakira in October 2008, which suppose to be released in group's fifth studio album The E.N.D. (2009), however failed to be included in track listing.[3][4] Will.i.am tried to re-work song for his fourth studio album #willpower in 2010, but track again failed to be included.[5]