The Boy Is Mine
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| Single by Brandy and Monica from the album Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine |
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| Released | May 19, 1998 | |
| Format | Vinyl single, cassette single, CD single | |
| Recorded | Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; 1998 |
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| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 4:54 (album version) 4:03 (radio version) |
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| Label | Atlantic, Arista | |
| Writer(s) | Brandy Norwood, LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III | |
| Producer | Rodney Jerkins, Dallas Austin, Brandy Norwood | |
| Certification | 2x platinum [1] | |
| Brandy singles chronology | ||
| "Missing You" (1996) |
"The Boy Is Mine" (1998) |
"Top of the World" (1998) |
| Monica singles chronology | ||
| "For You I Will" (1997) |
"The Boy Is Mine" (1998) |
"The First Night" (1998) |
"The Boy Is Mine" is an R&B song recorded by American singers Brandy and Monica. It was originally written by LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Brandy for her second studio album Never Say Never (1998) but was eventually released as the lead single off of both singers' second albums during the second quarter of 1998 (see 1998 in music).
Co-produced by Darkchild, Brandy and Dallas Austin, "The Boy Is Mine" has become one of the most successful R&B songs of all time. The song's lyrics tell a story about two women disputing the love of a man and were inspired by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine."
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At the time, rumors were circulating of mutual dislike between Brandy and Monica. Both denied the rumors, and Brandy stated, "We took the song and brought humor to a situation that people had tried to make so serious." Although Monica had visited Brandy in Los Angeles to record the song together with producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, the joint recording was felt to be a failure. She returned to Atlanta and recorded her vocals separately with Dallas Austin.
The song was also referenced in the chorus of the 1999 song "It's Mine", by Mobb Deep and Nas. There is a musical interpolation as well as lyrics that are clearly intended to match the chorus of "The Boy Is Mine".
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The video begins with the girls in their apartments, watching television. Brandy watches the The Jerry Springer Show (whose episode title is that of the song) but then Monica accidentally turns Brandy's TV to a romantic movie, in which Monica is watching on her own TV set. Whenever Brandy or Monica turns the channel, the other's TV stays on that channel and they grow sick of it. They then give up and start to sing. The next scene shows Brandy and Monica discussing their problem with their separate groups of friends. The "boy" himself (played by Mekhi Phifer, who played Brandy's boyfriend in the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) then appears outside the two girls apartment, where all their friends walk by him as they exit their respective friends place.. The girls are in pajamas next, and then each one calls the man over to choose. After Brandy and Monica fight with words, the man comes to the apartment, frustrated over who to choose. The door opens, and only Brandy is shown. Then it swings a little wider and Monica comes. The man gets a startled expression, and we are left hanging. The video was nominated for two 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, for Best R&B Video, and Video of the Year.
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"The Boy Is Mine" topped the U.S. Hot 100 for thirteen weeks and the Canadian Singles Chart for fifteen weeks, which made it one of the biggest singles of the 1990s, selling over two million copies. The song became the first significant European success for Brandy and Monica and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart at at number three on the Swedish Singles Chart. "The Boy Is Mine" also charted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart. In the U.S. it ascended twenty-two positions from number twenty-three to number one the week of June 6, 1998, and became one of the biggest jumps to number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100.
The song is known to be the R&B breakthrough song in Asia, since R&B was not a popular musical genre in the region. It topped the Asia Hitlist for eight weeks, the longest R&B single to peak at the top spot until "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey in 2005. It was disputed with Mariah Carey's "Honey" which topped the charts in 1997, as the first official R&B number one single in Asia, since no other R&B-influenced single has topped the charts aside from these three singles before 1998. [2] Following this single, both Brandy and Monica achieved success in Asia with their latter hits have each one earn a number one single, "Angel of Mine" for Monica, and "Have You Ever?" for Brandy.
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| Preceded by "Ghetto Superstar" by Pras Michel feat. ODB & introducing Mya |
Dutch Top 40 number one single July 11 - July 18, 1998 |
Succeeded by "De Bestemmig" by Marco Borsato |
| Preceded by "We Don't Know How Lucky We Are" by Fred Tagg |
RIANZ number one single July 12 - July 26, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Kung Fu Fighting" by Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas |
| Preceded by "My All" by Mariah Carey |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 6, 1998- August 29, 1998 |
Succeeded by "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith |
| Preceded by "I Get Lonely" by Janet featuring Blackstreet |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single June 6, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Friend of Mine" by Kelly Price |
| Preceded by "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion |
United World Chart number one single June 20, 1998 – August 29, 1998 |
Succeeded by "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith |
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