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"My Prerogative"
Song

"My Prerogative" is a 1988 single by R&B singer Bobby Brown (see 1988 in music). The second single from Brown's second solo album Don't Be Cruel, "My Prerogative" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and reached number six on the UK Top 40. It is among Brown's most successful recordings. The song is considered a New Jack Swing anthem and has been covered by many artists - none of which have repeated the success of the original version.

Formats and track listings

12" single version
  1. "My Prerogative" (Extended remix) (8.00)
  2. "Girl Next Door" (Extended version) (6.30)
  3. "My Prerogative" (Instrumental) (5.18)
12" Remix version
  1. "My Prerogative" (Extended remix) (8.00)
  2. "My Prerogative" (Radio edit) (5.35)
  3. "My Prerogative" (Instrumental) (5.18)
  4. "My Prerogative" (Dub) (5.52)
7" single version
  1. "My Prerogative" (edit) (3.30)
  2. "Girl Next Door" (4.06)
CD Single version
  1. "My Prerogative" (edit) (3.30)
  2. "Girl Next Door" (Extended version) (6.30)
  3. "My Prerogative" (Extended remix) (8.00)

Chart performance

"My Prerogative" was written by Brown with new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley and Gene Griffin, the song's producer. The song's lyrics reflected Brown's bad-boy image, and were representative of the new jack swing sound popular in the late-1980s. Following the top ten success of "Don't Be Cruel," "My Prerogative" earned Gold sales, and became Brown's first and only number one single on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. The track was also a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Black Singles Chart, and reached the top ten of the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, Bobby Brown's original version rocketed 61-45, the week of November 5, 1988, just as "Don't Be Cruel" was descending from its two-week stint in the Top 10. "My Prerogative" steadily climbed the charts, and was stalled at #2 for three weeks, under Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", before it finally reached #1 the week of January 14, 1989, becoming the first new #1 of 1989. In 2006 it ranked #98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's.

With "My Prerogative," Bobby Brown is the only member of New Edition to achieve the feat of having a #1 hit under his belt - unmatched by his groupmates as a group or solo.

Chart performance

Charts (1988) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 2
UK Singles Chart 6

Britney Spears version

"My Prerogative"
Song
B-side"Chris Cox Megamix" (UK)

"My Prerogative" was covered by pop artist Britney Spears. The music video for Britney Spears's version of "My Prerogative" was directed by Jake Nava. It depicts a wedding reception party for Britney Spears and her real-life husband at the time Kevin Federline. Her music video was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as the best music video of 2004, whereas MuchMusic's Fromage chose it as the worst music video of 2004.

Chart performance

Britney Spears's cover was not successful in the United States, failing to chart in the Billboard Hot 100, managing only to peak at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. However, her version did peak at number two on the Hot Digital Tracks, and at number one or the top ten in several countries.

In Latin America the single become Spears's third entry in the Latin America Top 40 since the creation of the chart in May 2004, the single debuted at #18 in November 2004[1], in its fifth week the single peaked at number 10[2] and eventually spent fourteen weeks on the chart. The single was less successful than her previous song, Everytime, which peaked at number nine.

In the UK it was released competitively against other acts including Usher and Alicia Keys' "My Boo" (No. 5), Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott's cover of "Car Wash" (No. 4), Destiny's Child's "Lose My Breath" (No. 2) and Eminem's controversial "Just Lose It" at No. 1. It gained considerable attention as it was the second instance where all top 5 positions were new entries (after October 1998), but the first time it was all American artists. It has sold 180,000 copies in that country. Worldwide, the single has sold 1.1 million copies.[3]

Charts (2004/2005)[4] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 7
Austrian Singles Chart 7
Belgian Singles Chart 3
Danish Singles Chart 3
Dutch Singles Chart 10
European Singles Chart 3
Finnish Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 18
German Singles Chart 3
Greek Singles Chart 4
Hungarian Single Charts 5
Irish Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart 1
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 17
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Portuguese Singles Chart 4
Spanish Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart 3
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 22
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 34

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia[5] Gold 35,000
Norway Gold 5,000+
United Kingdom Silver 200,000

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "My Prerogative".[3]

Europe/Australia CD Single (82876 652532/BVCQ-26305)

  1. "My Prerogative" — 3:33
  2. "My Prerogative" [Instrumental] — 3:33
  3. "My Prerogative" [X-Press 2 Vocal Mix] — 7:19
  4. "My Prerogative" [Armand Van Helden Remix] — 7:49
  5. "My Prerogative" [X-Press 2 Dub] — 7:19

Japan CD Single (B0002YD7QI)

  1. "My Prerogative" — 3:33
  2. "My Prerogative" [Instrumental] — 3:33
  3. "My Prerogative" [X-Press 2 Vocal Mix] — 7:19
  4. "My Prerogative" [Armand Van Helden Remix] — 7:49

UK CD Single (82876 652572)

  1. "My Prerogative" — 3:33
  2. "Chris Cox Megamix"(Main Version) — 5:11

UK DVD Single (82876 652532)

  1. "My Prerogative" (Video)
  2. Photo Gallery

UK Promo CD (82876 652252)

  1. "My Prerogative" — 3:33

UK Promo 12" Vinyl (82876 658481)

  • Side A:
  1. "My Prerogative" [Armand Van Helden Remix] — 7:49
  • Side B:
  1. "My Prerogative" [X-Press 2 Vocal Mix] — 7:19
  • Side C:
  1. "Chris Cox Megamix" — 5:11
  • Side D:
  1. "My Prerogative" [X-Press 2 Dub] — 7:19

U.S. Promo CD (JDJ-648952)

  1. "My Prerogative" — 3:33
  2. "My Prerogative" [Call-Out Research Hook #1] — 0:09
  3. "My Prerogative" [Call-Out Research Hook #2] — 0:10

Other versions

"My Prerogative" has been covered by several artists including indie/punk band Selfish Cunt. In hommage to Bobby Brown the track was called "Bobby".

LeBron James covered the song on the ESPY Awards in a MC Hammer-esque outfit with off-key singing as a parody and a tribute to Bobby Brown.

Preceded by Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number-one single
Bobby Brown version
October 15, 1988 - October 22, 1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number one single
Bobby Brown version
January 14 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart
number one single
Britney Spears version
November 4 2004 - November 11 2004 		Succeeded by
"Vertigo" by U2

References

  1. ^ My Prerogative's Debut Position in the Top Latino
  2. ^ My Prerogative's Peak Position it the Top Latino
  3. ^ a b UKBritney.tv Britney Spears — My Prerogative (UK). Retrieved on June 10, 2007
  4. ^ Chart peak positions:
  5. ^ Australia Certification
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