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| Name = U Should've Known Better |
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| Artist = [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] |
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| from Album = [[All Eyez on Me (Monica album)|All Eyez on Me]] <br>and [[After the Storm]] |
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| Cover = Uskb.jpg |
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| Released = [[May 4]], [[2004]] |
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| Format = [[Digital download]], [[ring tone]], [[7-inch single|7" single]], [[promo single]] |
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| Writer = [[Monica Arnold]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], Harold Lilly |
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| Recorded = 2002; SouthSide Studios<br><small>([[Atlanta, Georgia]])</small> |
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| Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] |
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| Length = 4:17 <small>(album version)</small> |
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| Label = [[J Records|J]] |
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| Producer = Jermaine Dupri, [[Bryan Michael Cox]] <small>(co-production)</small> |
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| Last single = "[[Knock Knock (song)|Knock Knock]]/<br>[[Get It Off]]"<br>(2003) |
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| This single = "U Should've Known Better"<br>(2004) |
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| Next single = "[[Everytime tha Beat Drop]]"<br>(2006) |
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"'''U Should've Known Better'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] [[R&B]] singer [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]. It was written by Monica, [[Jermaine Dupri]] and Harold Lilly and produced by Dupri for her original third studio album, ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'' (2002), featuring addtional production by [[Bryan Michael Cox]]. As the album was retooled, the song was one out of five orginal records that were transfered into a new version, entitled ''[[After the Storm]]'' (2003). |
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The song was released as the fourth and final single from ''After the Storm'' in [[March 2004]]. Monica's first balladic release in over five years, "U Should've Known Better" peaked at number 19 on the U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] and number 6 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] chart, becoming the album's second-biggest single release. |
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==Song information== |
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[[Image:Monica-ushkb.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Monica in the [[Benny Boom]]-directed video for "U Should've Known Better" (2004). ]] Until its radio release in spring [[2004]] the single had to go through a lot of controversies. After "[[Knock Knock (single)|Knock Knock]]"s commercial failure in autumn [[2003]] it was uncertain if [[J Records]] would decide to release another single from ''After The Storm'' at all. However, Monica proclaimed in several interviews, she was looking forward to release her duet with [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], "Don't Gotta Go Home", as a final single, but first plans for a video were scrapped and the idea was dropped. |
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A half year later the ''All Eyez on Me'' leftover, "U Should've Known Better" was announced as the album's last official single. The sultry ballad was written by Monica, Harold Lilly and [[Jermaine Dupri]], who was able to finalize the track with help from co-producer [[Bryan Michael Cox]]. The lyrics deal with misunderstandings in a relationship, which conduce to doubts about love's veracity. Nonetheless Monica promises her man she'll stay with him, singing lines like: "It don't matter if you're up, matter if you're down, either way I'm gonna be around ..." |
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==Music video == |
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The music video for "U Should've Known Better" was shot by director [[Benny Boom]], and produced by Joyce Washington for FM Rocks. It was filmed in various locations throughout Mexico, on April 2004, and features rapper [[Young Buck]] appears in the video as her love interest. |
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The video follows the single's topic of a misunderstandings in a relationship, showing Monica as the girlfriend, with the boyfriend is locked up in a Mexico hold-prison. With Monica getting help for a guy friend, her boyfriend friend see's them and think otherwise. Monica drive's thought the desert of Mexico to get him out of prison. The video ends with Monica and her boyfriend hunging at the end and walking together. |
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If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add <code>{{tl|hangon}}</code> on the top of the page and leave a note on [[Talk:Winrest|the article's talk page]] explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]] from [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] to ensure that the article will be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]]. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. [[User:Mhking|Mhking]] 18:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC) |
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The "U Should've Known Better" video premiered worldwide on May 2004 at the end on BET's Access Granted. It charted well on several video-chart countdowns, including [[BET|BET's]] [[106 & Park]] and [[MTV|MTV's]] [[TRL]]. |
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== Winrest == |
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== Chart performance == |
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Released as the album's fourth and final single in March 2004, "U Should've Known Better" opened as the ''Hot Shot Debut'' of the week at number 72 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] chart in the week of [[April 3]], [[2004]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (2004-04-03)|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/search/detailed_chart_display.jsp?g=s&cd=Apr-03-2004&f=Hot_R&B/Hip-Hop_Songs&model.chartId=3053307|work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-08-10}}</ref> However, it took another three month until the song entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, where it debuted at number 67 in the week of [[June 6]], [[2004]], the second-highest debut of the week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Billboard Hot 100 (2004-06-05)|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/search/detailed_chart_display.jsp?g=s&cd=Jun-05-2004&f=The_Billboard_Hot_100&model.chartId=3054075|work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-08-10}}</ref> The single remained twenty weeks on the chart, reaching its peak position of number 19 in its ninth week, making it the album's most successful release behind leading single "[[So Gone]]" following the less successful chart performances of "[[Knock Knock]]" and "[[Get It Off]]."<ref>{{Cite web|title=U Should've Known Better|url=http://acharts.us/song/491|work=A-Charts|accessdate=2008-08-10}}</ref> |
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Although never released on a [[CD single]] or [[CD maxi single]] format, "U Should've Known Better" was also successful on ''Billboard''´s component charts: The single reached number 6 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (Monica's tenth non-consecutive top ten entry on that particular chart), as well as the top ten on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]] and the top 20 on the [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart. It also appeared on the [[Rhythmic Top 40]] at number 20.<ref name="bb"/> |
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"U Should've Known Better" was ranked #72 on [[Top Hot 100 Hits of 2004]]. |
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==Formats and tracklistings== |
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These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "U Should've Known Better." |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (radio edit) - 4:17 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (radio edit without guitar) - 4:17 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (instrumental) - 4:45 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (call out hook) - 0:10 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (extended version) - 4:34 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (DIO club mix) - 7:11 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (DIO radio mix) - 3:58 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (Bass/Fonseca mixshow) - 5:39 |
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# "U Should've Known Better" (Gomi & Escape remix) - 3:41 |
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== Credits and personnel == |
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* [[Vocal|Lead vocals]]: Monica Arnold |
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* Background vocals: Monica Arnold |
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* [[Audio mixing]] - Phil Tan, Jermaine Dupri |
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** Assisted by John Horesco IV |
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* [[Guitar]]: William Odum |
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* Recorded by Brian Frye at SouthSide Studios, [[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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** Assisted by Tadd Mingo, Javier Valeverde |
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* [[Master recording|Mastered]] by Tom Coyne |
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==Charts== |
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="bb">{{cite web|title=Archive Search|work=Billboard| url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/search/chart_search_results.jsp?rpp=100&sw=&cd=&f=&t=known&per=Monica&df=P&prod=&g=s&l=&dl=|accessdate=2008-08-10}}</ref> |
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|align="center"|19 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Airplay]]<ref name="bb"/> |
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|align="center"|18 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]]<ref name="bb"/> |
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|align="center"|6 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]<ref name="bb"/> |
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|align="center"|6 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Rhythmic Top 40]]<ref name="bb"/> |
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"U Should've Known Better" is a song by American R&B singer Monica. It was written by Monica, Jermaine Dupri and Harold Lilly and produced by Dupri for her original third studio album, All Eyez on Me (2002), featuring addtional production by Bryan Michael Cox. As the album was retooled, the song was one out of five orginal records that were transfered into a new version, entitled After the Storm (2003).
The song was released as the fourth and final single from After the Storm in March 2004. Monica's first balladic release in over five years, "U Should've Known Better" peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the album's second-biggest single release.
Song information
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Until its radio release in spring 2004 the single had to go through a lot of controversies. After "Knock Knock"s commercial failure in autumn 2003 it was uncertain if J Records would decide to release another single from After The Storm at all. However, Monica proclaimed in several interviews, she was looking forward to release her duet with DMX, "Don't Gotta Go Home", as a final single, but first plans for a video were scrapped and the idea was dropped.
A half year later the All Eyez on Me leftover, "U Should've Known Better" was announced as the album's last official single. The sultry ballad was written by Monica, Harold Lilly and Jermaine Dupri, who was able to finalize the track with help from co-producer Bryan Michael Cox. The lyrics deal with misunderstandings in a relationship, which conduce to doubts about love's veracity. Nonetheless Monica promises her man she'll stay with him, singing lines like: "It don't matter if you're up, matter if you're down, either way I'm gonna be around ..."
Music video
The music video for "U Should've Known Better" was shot by director Benny Boom, and produced by Joyce Washington for FM Rocks. It was filmed in various locations throughout Mexico, on April 2004, and features rapper Young Buck appears in the video as her love interest.
The video follows the single's topic of a misunderstandings in a relationship, showing Monica as the girlfriend, with the boyfriend is locked up in a Mexico hold-prison. With Monica getting help for a guy friend, her boyfriend friend see's them and think otherwise. Monica drive's thought the desert of Mexico to get him out of prison. The video ends with Monica and her boyfriend hunging at the end and walking together.
The "U Should've Known Better" video premiered worldwide on May 2004 at the end on BET's Access Granted. It charted well on several video-chart countdowns, including BET's 106 & Park and MTV's TRL.
Chart performance
Released as the album's fourth and final single in March 2004, "U Should've Known Better" opened as the Hot Shot Debut of the week at number 72 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in the week of April 3, 2004.[1] However, it took another three month until the song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it debuted at number 67 in the week of June 6, 2004, the second-highest debut of the week.[2] The single remained twenty weeks on the chart, reaching its peak position of number 19 in its ninth week, making it the album's most successful release behind leading single "So Gone" following the less successful chart performances of "Knock Knock" and "Get It Off."[3]
Although never released on a CD single or CD maxi single format, "U Should've Known Better" was also successful on Billboard´s component charts: The single reached number 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Monica's tenth non-consecutive top ten entry on that particular chart), as well as the top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and the top 20 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. It also appeared on the Rhythmic Top 40 at number 20.[4]
"U Should've Known Better" was ranked #72 on Top Hot 100 Hits of 2004.
Formats and tracklistings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "U Should've Known Better."
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Credits and personnel
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Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[4] | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay[4] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[4] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[4] | 20 |
References
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (2004-04-03)". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 (2004-06-05)". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "U Should've Known Better". A-Charts. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e f "Archive Search". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
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