My Love Is Like...Wo

"My Love Is Like...Wo" is a song by American recording artist Mýa from her third studio album, Moodring (2003). Written and produced by Missy Elliott and brothers Charles and Kenneth Bereal, it was released as the album's lead single in June 2003.

Released two years after the number-one success of "Lady Marmalade", the track emerged as one of Mýa's biggest U.S. hits, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seventeen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Internationally, it reached number twenty-five in Australia as well as the top forty in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand. A music video for the single, directed by Paul Hunter, earned Mýa two nominations at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Dance Video and Best Choreography.

Composition

"My Love Is Like...Wo" is a mid-tempo pop song composed in the key of G major. The song's tempo is set a slow moderate sixty-nine beats per minute in common time. Harrison's vocal range spans from G₃ to D₅.^[1]

The lyrics of "My Love Is Like...Wo" is composed in the traditional verse-chorus form. Mýa opens the song with brief spoken lyrics. She begins the first verse, followed by the chorus leading her into the second verse. The song continues to the bridge, chorus, then fades out with the piano.

Critical reception

Billboard magazine gave the song a positive review:

The doe-eyed girl next door is proving to be quite a versatile performer, with a decidedly vampish performance in the movie Chicago and new imaging that redresses Mýa as a sexy and certain young woman. The first single from forthcoming Moodring, due July 22, is a playfully coy call to arms for the singer's more tactile attributes, from her love, her kiss, and her touch to her sex, ass, and body—all of which "are like wo." Get it? An appropriately hip-swaying beat swirls around the vocal, courtesy of ever-hitworthy producer Missy Elliott. This is the record that will propel Mýa to the A-list among today's pop/R&B icons; throughout the song, she delivers womanly strength and sass with a knowing wink. Moodring sounds like a perfect fit.^[2]

Chart performance

"My Love Is Like...Wo" debuted at number eighty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number thirteen in its eleventh week, spending four weeks at its peak position and twenty consecutive weeks altogether on the chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs the song reached number seventeen in its ninth week and became the singer's sixth non-consecutive top forty hit. Internationally the single saw similar success, reaching the top forty in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Music video

The single's music video, released in May 2003 and directed by Paul Hunter, is a single video only showcasing Mýa. It features rapid and/or instant costume changes that mostly occur without the changing of a scene. The dancing in the video was choreographed by Travis Payne. An edited version excludes a few scenes during the striptease performance at the end of the video, such as the one in which Mýa pulls out of her swimsuit what seems to be a motel key, and also censors the word "ass" in the chorus.

The video was nominated for Best Dance Video and Best Choreography at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.^[3]

Tracklisting

U.S. CD single

1. "My Love Is Like...Wo" – 3:29
2. "No Sleep Tonight" – 3:46

U.S. 12" single

A1. "My Love Is Like...Wo" (Main Mix) – 3:31

B1. "My Love Is Like...Wo" (Acapella) – 3:31

B2. "My Love Is Like...Wo" (Instrumental) – 3:29

European CD single

1. "My Love Is Like...Wo" – 3:29
2. "Case of the Ex" – 3:55

European CD maxi single

1. "My Love Is Like...Wo" – 3:29
2. "Case of the Ex" – 3:55
3. "Little Too Much, Little Too Late" – 3:24
4. "My Love Is Like...Wo" (Video)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Release history

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