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The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song)

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For the album by Monica, see The Boy Is Mine (album).
"The Boy Is Mine"
Song

"The Boy Is Mine" is a song recorded by American R&B singers Brandy and Monica. Actually penned by LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Brandy for her second studio album Never Say Never (1998), it was eventually released as the lead single off of both singers' second albums during the second quarter of 1998 (see 1998 in music). The song's lyrics tell a story about two women disputing the love of a man and were inspired by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine."[1]

Co-produced by Brandy, Darkchild, and Dallas Austin, "The Boy Is Mine" was the first number-one record for both artists, both stateside and internationally. Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers,[2] the song rose to one of the most successful records of the year, spending record-breaking thirteen weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard charts, and reaching the top five on most of all other charts it appeard on.[2]

Music video

The video begins with the girls in their apartments, watching television. Brandy watches the The Jerry Springer Show (whose episode title is that of the song) but then Monica accidentally turns Brandy's TV to a romantic movie, in which Monica is watching on her own TV set. Whenever Brandy or Monica turns the channel, the other's TV stays on that channel and they grow sick of it. They then give up and start to sing. The next scene shows Brandy and Monica discussing their problem with their separate groups of friends. The "boy" himself (played by Mekhi Phifer, who played Brandy's boyfriend in the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) then appears outside the two girls apartment, where all their friends walk by him as they exit their respective friends place.. The girls are in pajamas next, and then each one calls the man over to choose. After Brandy and Monica fight with words, the man comes to the apartment, frustrated over who to choose. The door opens, and only Brandy is shown. Then it swings a little wider and Monica comes. The man gets a startled expression, and we are left hanging. The video was nominated for two 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, for Best R&B Video, and Video of the Year.

Awards and recognitions

The song garnered the pair a number of industry awards, including a Grammy for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and three Billboard Music Awards. Billboard listed it 54th on Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and it is listed as the 62nd on the most successful singles in France ever. [3][4] It is also listed among one of the most successful 200 singles in Australia, Netherlands and Belgium in music history. [5]

Chart performance

"The Boy Is Mine" topped the U.S. Hot 100 for thirteen weeks and the Canadian Singles Chart for fifteen weeks, which made it one of the biggest singles of the 1990s, selling over two million copies. The song became the first significant European success for Brandy and Monica and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart at number three on the Swedish Singles Chart. "The Boy Is Mine" also charted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart. In the U.S. it ascended twenty-two positions from number twenty-three to number one the week of June 6 1998, and became one of the biggest jumps to number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100.


Track listing

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[6] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[6] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[6] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 2
Canadian Singles Chart 1
Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart[6] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1
French Singles Chart[6] 2
Irish Singles Chart 2
Italian Singles Chart 1
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1
Chart (1998) Peak
position
German Singles Chart 5
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 3
Swiss Singles Chart[6] 3
UK Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 1|- U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 1

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales
Austrian certifications[7] Platinum 1998 70,000
French certifications[8] Platinum 1998 200,000
Germany certifications [9] Gold 1998 250,000
Norwegian certifications[10] Gold 1998 5,000
Swiss certifications[11] Gold 1998 25,000
UK certifications[12] Gold 1998 400,000
U.S. certifications[13] 2 x Platinum 1998 2,000,000

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Canadian Singles Chart number-one single
August 17 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number one single
July 11 - July 18 1998 		Succeeded by
"De Bestemming" by Marco Borsato
Preceded by
"We Don't Know How Lucky We Are" by Fred Dagg
 RIANZ number one single
July 12 - July 26 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
June 6 1998- August 29 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single
June 6 1998 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Adams, Cameron (2008-06-19). "We Assess The Best, and Worst, All-Time Musical Duets". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  2. ^ a b Farber, Jim (2002-02-06). "At Age 21, The N.J.-based Producer Is King of His World". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. ^ http://lescharts.com/bestall.asp
  4. ^ "Billboard". Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary - All-Time Top Songs. Retrieved September 11 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  5. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Brandy+%26+Monica&titel=The+Boy+Is+Mine&cat=s
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i ""The Boy Is Mine" Chart History". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  7. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Singles
  8. ^ Musique sur Disque en France (SNEP) : Top 50, telechargement legal, droit d'auteur…
  9. ^ Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Aktuell
  10. ^ IFPI Norsk platebransje
  11. ^ Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community
  12. ^ The Bpi
  13. ^ [1]

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