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"On Bended Knee"
Single by Boyz II Men
from the album  II 
B-side
  • "I'll Make Love to You" (remix – sexy version)
  • "Thank You" (untouchable mix)
  • "Al Final del Camino" ("End of the Road" – Spanish version)
ReleasedNovember 1, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreR&B
Length5:29
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Producer(s)Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"I'll Make Love to You"
(1994) 		"On Bended Knee"
(1994) 		"Thank You"
(1995)
Music video
"On Bended Knee" on YouTube

"On Bended Knee" is a 1994 number-one hit single by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. It is the second single from their second album, II. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song reached number one on the Hot 100 Airplay and number two on the Hot Singles Sales on December 3, 1994. "On Bended Knee" stayed at number one for a total of six weeks.

The single is notable for having replaced the previous Boyz II Men single, "I'll Make Love to You", as the top song on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This was the first time that an act had replaced itself at number one since the Beatles, when "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", and "Can't Buy Me Love" monopolized the top of the chart for a total of 14 weeks.

In the lyrics, the speaker begs "on bended knee" for his ex-lover to come back to him, and apologizes for his wrongdoing.

Critical reception

Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times wrote that the song, with "I'll Make Love to You", "tries to recapture the magic of End Of The Road, and they come close. Big production numbers with solid hooks, they should be flooding our airwaves for the next few months."[1]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "On Bended Knee", directed by Lionel C. Martin, featured the band members and their breakup and eventual reconciliation with four famous actresses: Kim Fields, Renée Jones, Lark Voorhies, and Victoria Rowell. The video begins with Wanya's girlfriend (Voorhies) in the car with him, accusing him of looking at another woman at the grocery store, and she gets out of the car, leaving Wanya alone.

He eventually finds her sitting on bleachers where they make up. Shawn meets a girl (Rowell) with a dog at the park and falls in love with her after just meeting her. Michael gets into a fight with his girlfriend (Jones) on his birthday and he's shown alone, drawing a picture of her, but then she comes back to him.

Nathan is shown concentrating more on writing music than spending time with his girlfriend (Fields), which frustrates her so she writes a breakup note on his mirror and leaves him, but she eventually returns to him. The band appears singing on the subway and in the rain.

The music video was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes footage from Audubon Park, the streetcar, and the French Quarter.

Track listing

Charts

References

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