Me & U
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| "Me & U" | ||
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| Single by Cassie | ||
| from the album Cassie | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | Digital download (U.S.) | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Label | Bad Boy | |
| Writer(s) | Ryan Leslie | |
| Producer(s) | Ryan Leslie | |
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| Cassie singles chronology | ||
| "Me & U" (2005) |
"Long Way 2 Go" (2006) |
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"Me & U" is an R&B song by Cassie, and produced by Ryan Leslie for Cassie's eponymous debut album Cassie (2006). It was released as the album's first single in 2005 and reached number-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2006, and has remained in the top forty for nearly five months. The song's "Bad Boy" remix features Sean "Diddy" Combs and Yung Joc. The single has been a succesful debut as a Top 3 single in the U.S., a top 5 single in New Zealand, a top 10 hit in the UK, Ireland, France, and European Union EURO 200, and a top 20 song in Australia, the Philippines, and Poland.
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[edit] Music video
In the music video, Cassie comes in with her phone which is playing part of the chorus to Me & U while improvising some lyrics that were not present in the original song. She puts the song on and begins to dance and sing along with the CD, hurting herself while doing a spinning move, changing her outfit, and then being able to successfully complete the spinning move later on. The video is directed by Norwegian born director Ray Kay.
In July 2006 an unreleased, low budget and suggestive video for "Me & U" appeared on YouTube, a popular video sharing website. This video was in stark contrast to the more polished video that was shown on mainstream media outlets. Initially, it was removed from most websites but continued to appear on file sharing networks and eventually appeared again on the internet. Cassie has gone on record to denounce the original video (directed by Little X), which depicts her singing to an unidentified male at a night club before taking him to a hotel room where Cassie is depicted kneeling below him while caressing his genital region and then unbuckling his pants in night vision, à la Paris Hilton's 1 Night in Paris sex tape. Cassie's management maintains that the low-budget, risqué version was released only for European audiences.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Top 50 [1] | 12 |
| Canada BDS Airplay | 42 |
| German Dance Charts | 10 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 36 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 8 |
| French Singles Chart | 8 |
| All French Radio Charts | 2 |
| French R&B Top 15 | 1 |
| Polish hit fm[1]/[2] | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 4 |
| Philippine Top 20 | 11 |
| Polish Singles Chart [2] | 19 |
| UK Official Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Official Download Chart | 11 |
| UK Urban Singles Chart | 1 |
| United World Chart | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 4 |
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on October 22, 2006.
- ^ Polish Top 50 Singles Chart. Polish Top 50. Retrieved on November 03, 2006.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by "Snap Yo Fingers" by Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of the YoungbloodZ |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single August 5, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Shoulder Lean" by Young Dro featuring T.I. |
Studio albums: Cassie · The Return
Singles: "Me & U" · "Long Way 2 Go"
