Be Without You
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| "Be Without You" | ||
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| Single by Mary J. Blige | ||
| from the album The Breakthrough | ||
| B-side(s) | "Show Love" | |
| Released | November 2005 | |
| Format | Digital download, CD single, 12" single |
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| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 4:06 | |
| Label | Geffen | |
| Writer(s) | Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, Jason Perry | |
| Producer(s) | Bryan Michael Cox | |
| Certification | Diamond (RMA) | |
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| Mary J. Blige singles chronology | ||
| "It's A Wrap" (2004) |
"Be Without You" (2005) |
"One" (2006) |
"Be Without You" is a Grammy Award winning R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jason Perry for Blige's seventh studio album The Breakthrough. It was produced by Cox and released as the album's first official single. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and won the Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance categories at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Be Without You" was directed by Matthew Rolston and was shot on various locations in New York City in October 2005.
Starring Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard in the role of Blige's boyfriend the video first aired on November 28, 2005. It peaked on AOL Videos Top 11 on the tenth spot on the January 21, 2006 entering the chart the first time and also the LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100 at the sixth position the same week. There's also a "Live At Launch Exclusive Performance" available for download from January 2006, which peaked seventieth on the same chart. It won the "Video of the Year" award at the 2006 BET Awards on June 27, 2006 and was nominated for "Best R&B Video" at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.
[edit] Chart performance
The single debuted at number ninety-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number three in February 2006, Blige's third highest peak of her career after 2001 "Family Affair" and 1996 "Not Gon' Cry." Moreover, the song became the most successful release in the history of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart when it spent a record fifteen consecutive weeks at number one. "Be Without You" topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for nine weeks, and the dance remix has also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. After more than a year of release, the song is still in the top 50 R&B songs.
In the UK the single only peaked at number 32 on the UK singles chart; however, with the Moto Blanco remix of the song becoming a large club hit in the UK, the song actually managed to hold (to that time) the record for the most weeks on the UK top 75 for a Mary J. Blige single (18 in total). Having proved very popular, the Moto Blanco remix was featured as a B-Side in the UK on subsequent singles "MJB Da MVP" and "Enough Cryin'." A cover of the Moto Blanco remix by Wi-Fi featuring Melanie M is due to be released in the UK in February 2007
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Track listings and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Be Without You".
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[edit] References
| Preceded by "Don't Forget About Us" by Mariah Carey |
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single January 7, 2006- April 15, 2006 |
Succeeded by "What You Know" by T.I. |
