Family Affair (song)
| Family affair | |
|---|---|
| Mary J. Blige | |
| publication | July 17, 2001 |
| length | 4:25 |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , R&B |
| Author (s) | Mary J. Blige , Dr. Dre , Bruce Wallenstein, Louis Pierre, Luchana N. Lodge, Camara Kambon, Mike Elizondo , Melvin Bradford, Asiah "The Continent" Lewis |
| music | Dr. Dre |
| album | No more drama |
Family Affair (Engl., "One True Thing") is an R & B - Song of Mary J. Blige in 2001. It was developed by Dr. Dre produced and released as the first single from Blige's fifth album No More Drama .
background
The music for Family Affair was created during a discussion between Dr. Dre and the musicians Mel-Man , Camara Kambon and Mike Elizondo . Blige later heard the song and then worked with her brother Bruce Miller on the lyrics and the melody for the song. Dr. Dre produced Blige's vocals while he was filming Training Day . The music video was directed by Dave Meyers.
Charts
The single peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks in 2001 . It was Blige's first number one hit in the United States . In 2008, Family Affair was ranked 79th on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles of All Time. At the end of 2009, the song reached the 12th place on the Billboard Hot 100 song list from 2000 to 2009.
| Chart (2001) | Top position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 8th |
| Swiss single charts | 4th |
| Austrian singles charts | 20th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs . In: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved on November 24, 2008.
- ↑ Hot 100 Decade Songs