Promise (Jagged Edge song)

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"Promise"
Promise Jagged Edge.jpg
Single by Jagged Edge
from the album J.E. Heartbreak
ReleasedOctober 2000
Genre R&B
Length4:34
Label So So Def
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jermaine Dupri
Jagged Edge singles chronology
"Let's Get Married"
(2000)
"Promise"
(2000)
"Puppy Love"
(2001)

"Promise" is a song by R&B group Jagged Edge. The song spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number 9 on the US Pop chart. It was number 7 on the Rhythmic Top 40. [1] It was ranked number 48 on the 2001 Billboard Hot 100 Year End.

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Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Promise"
Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2]
"with Let's Get Married"
2
Germany (Official German Charts) [3] 83
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 9
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 1
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [6] 7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Promise"
Chart (2001)Position
US Billboard Hot 10048

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