U-Turn (song)

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"U-Turn"

Single by Usher
from the album 8701
Released	April 2002
Format	CD
Recorded	2000
Genre	R&B
Length	3.09
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Usher Raymond Jermaine Dupri Brian Michael Cox
Producer(s)	Jermaine Dupri
Chart positions
#7 (Australia) #16 (UK)
Usher singles chronology
"U Got It Bad" (2002)	"U-Turn" (2002)	"U Don't Have To Call" (2002)

"U-Turn" was the fourth international single taken from Usher's 2001 album 8701. The song was a dance track produced by Jermaine Dupri and was a departure from the previous two smooth ballad singles that had been released from the album. The track reached the top 10 in Australia, the top 20 in the UK and Switzerland and was a top 40 hit in the Netherlands. The single was not released in the US.

The song was written by Usher, Dupri and Brian Michael Cox who co-wrote four songs on the album including hit single "U Got It Bad". The song had an associated dance move called the U-Turn which Usher hoped would become his signature dance similar to Michael Jackson and the moonwalk. The song also references Bobby Brown and also refers to the crunk style of rap making it one of the first mainstream r&b tracks to refer to that style.