Mesmerize (song)

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"Mesmerize"
JaRuleMesmerize.jpg
Single by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
from the album The Last Temptation
B-side "Pop Niggas"
ReleasedDecember 16, 2002 (2002-12-16)
Length4:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ja Rule singles chronology
"Thug Lovin'"
(2002)		"Mesmerize"
(2002)		"Reign"
(2003)
Ashanti singles chronology
"Baby"
(2002)		"Mesmerize"
(2002)		"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)"
(2003)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [39] Platinum70,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [40] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Gold400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesDecember 16, 2002 [42]
January 27, 2003 Contemporary hit radio [43]
AustraliaMarch 10, 2003CDMurder Inc. [44]
United KingdomMarch 17, 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
  • Murder Inc.
  • Def Jam
 [45]

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