The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the U.S. BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and went to #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it reached the same position on the UK Singles Chart. It was also the first neo soul song to hit number-one on the R&B chart.[citation needed]
Music video
Badu was depicted as a maid in a black family household in the music video for the single, showing her doing her chores. Scenes of her chasing a dog that bit the laundry that she put to dry, tying a little girl's hair into a ponytail and falling into mud could be seen throughout the video. The video ends with Badu dressed fully in green with several people in a farm, singing and dancing. The video is loosely based upon the 1985 film adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. The video was also nominated at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Female Video and Best R&B Video.