| "Me & U" | ||||
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| Single by Cassie | ||||
| from the album Cassie | ||||
| Released | April 25, 2006 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop soul | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | NextSelection, Bad Boy, Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Ryan Leslie | |||
| Producer | Ryan Leslie | |||
| Cassie singles chronology | ||||
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"Me & U" is a song by American recording artist Cassie, and produced by Ryan Leslie for her eponymous debut album, Cassie (2006). It was released as the album's first single on April 25, 2006. It reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2006. It remained in the top forty for nearly five months.
The song's "Bad Boy" remix features Sean "Diddy" Combs and Yung Joc and the song's "The Inc" remix features Ja Rule and Harry-O. The single has been a successful debut as a top three single in the U.S., a top five single in New Zealand, a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, and a top twenty song in Australia. A remix featuring Ray-J was also created. There are also remixes featuring Ryan Leslie, Young Blaze, The Ying Yang Twins, Streetz & Young Deuces, Maino, Dons & Tricosta, Lil Fizz, and a club dance version featuring 50 Cent. This song is featured on DANCE! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm game.
The single was certified platinum by the RIAA on December 14, 2006.[1]
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There are also remixes featuring Ryan Leslie, Young Blaze, The Ying Yang Twins, Streetz & Young Deuces,Maino, Dons & Tricosta, Lil Fizz, and a club dance version featuring 50 Cent.
The single became Cassie's most popular single to date, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 a short while after the song was released. It stayed atop Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay for 7 weeks. Following that chart's domination by Yung Joc's It's Goin' Down, Bad Boy Records once again dominated a chart for much of a summer as it had done on the Hot 100 in 1997. "Me & U" also reached the top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In the UK, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-three and, within a week's time, rose to a number six, remaining there for a week before dropping down to number nine. The song also did well around the rest of Europe, including France, Germany, and Ireland.
In the music video, Cassie comes in with her phone which is playing part of the chorus to "Me & U" while improvising some lyrics that were not in the original song. She puts the song on and begins to dance and sing along, hurting herself while doing a spinning move, changing her outfit, and then being able to successfully complete the spinning move later on. The video is directed by Norwegian-born director Ray Kay.
In July 2006 an unreleased, low-budget and suggestive video for "Me & U" appeared on YouTube. This video was in stark contrast to the more polished video that was shown on mainstream media outlets. Initially, it was removed from most websites but continued to appear on file sharing networks and eventually appeared again on the internet. Cassie has gone on record to denounce the original video (directed by Little X), which depicts her singing to an unidentified male at a night club before taking him to a hotel room where Cassie is depicted kneeling below him while caressing his genital region and then unbuckling his pants in night vision. Cassie's management maintains that the low-budget, risqué version was released only for European audiences.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[2] | 12 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[3] | 34 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] | 16 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[5] | 15 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] | 17 |
| European Hot 100 Singles[7] | 9 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] | 4 |
| France (SNEP)[9] | 8 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[10] | 12 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[11] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[12] | 47 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] | 4 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 2 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 11 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[16] | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[17] | 3 |
| Preceded by "Snap Yo Fingers" by Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of the YoungbloodZ |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single August 5, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Shoulder Lean" by Young Dro featuring T.I. |
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