| "Sideline Ho" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Monica | ||||||||||
| from the album The Makings of Me | ||||||||||
| Released | February 5, 2007 (see release history) |
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| Format | Promo single, digital download | |||||||||
| Recorded | Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| Genre | R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 3:47 (album version) 3:52 (radio edit) |
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| Label | J | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Antonio Dixon, Eric Dawkins, Steve Russell, Tank | |||||||||
| Producer | The Underdogs, Tank | |||||||||
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"Sideline Ho" is a song by American R&B singer Monica, written by Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Antonio Dixon, Eric Dawkins, Steve Russell, and Durrell "Tank" Babbs for her fourth studio album, The Makings of Me (2006). It was co-produced by The Underdogs and Tank, and released as the album's third single in the first quarter of 2007 (see 2007 in music). The song opened at number 77 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on early airplay alone, and achieved a peak of number 45 on that chart.[1]
Although "Sideline Ho" saw a comparatively successful debut on the charts J Records refused to agree on producing a music video for the song at first,[2] and on January 19, 2007, a video clip of Monica asking fans to sign an online petition to help convince her record company to release a video for the single was leaked onto the internet.[2] While several sources reported that the singer and her team "had started writing treatments for the 'Sideline Ho' video" by late February 2007,[2] ideas for a video were eventually scrapped.
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"Sideline Ho" is one out of two songs on The Makings of Me Monica worked on with production team The Underdogs and singer-songwriter Tank in the Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by an ex who cheated on her with a video model[3] and loosely based on a self-written poem, the singer has described the song as both her "actual favorite" on the album[4] and one of her "most personal records ever" yet:[5] "The record was about me being in a relationship years ago and somebody just disrespected to the fullest," Monica said in an interview with Billboard. "I was telling Tank about a situation where an ex of mine blatantly, openly cheated - as if people didn't know who his girlfriend was! And just the sound of her name would make my flesh crawl. So he was like, 'Well what did you call her?' I said, 'She has no name. She has no importance[6] [...] I always referred to her as the 'sideline ho,' because she was too comfortable with her position."[5]
On July 25, 2006 AOL Music previewed a full version of the song,[3] and by July 26 the entire track had leaked onto the internet. A more up-tempo remix of "Sidelino Ho," co-produced by Greg Street and Carl Moe, later appeared on the singer's 2007 mixtape Monica: Made; and though a few sources confirmed that a more radio-friendly version called "Sideline Chick" had also been recorded, a so-called "Squeaky Clean version" was finally included on the song's limited CD single, released on February 5, 2007 in the United States.
The single was not officially released to U.S. radio until mid-February 2007, but appeared a few weeks early on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, opening up at number 77 due to early airplay in the week of January 22, 2007.[7] After weeks of minor to moderate radio support the song eventually reached number 45 on particular chart, only slightly surpassing the peak position of previous single, "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)."[7]
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Sideline Ho."
| Region | Format | Date |
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| internet preview | July 25, 2006 | |
| United States | digital download | February 5, 2007 |
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| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] | 45 |
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