The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song)

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The song was partially inspired by "The Girl Is Mine", a 1982 duet by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney from the former's Thriller (1982).

"The Boy Is Mine" was a song Brandy wrote with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, his brother Fred Jerkins III, Japhe Tejeda, and LaShawn Daniels. The singer came up with its concept while watching an episode of The Jerry Springer Show tabloid talk show, where love triangles among the guests was the theme. [5] Created as a solo track, Brandy originally recorded the song alone. [6] After listening to the result, however, she and Jerkins thought it would work better as a duet, [7] an idea which was further inspired by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's 1982 hit duet "The Girl Is Mine". [8] At Brandy's request, her label Atlantic Records approached fellow R&B teen singer Monica to collaborate: [9] The pair had seen each other in passing at award shows and other live events, and Brandy thought a duet would help combat ongoing rumors that the singers were rivals. [7] With the permission of Clive Davis, who headed Monica's record company Arista Records, Monica eventually signed on to the project. [9]

Originally, the two artists recorded their vocals for the song together with Jerkins and his production team at the Record One studios in Los Angeles. However, the joint recording was felt to be a failure so Monica re-recorded her vocals separately at the DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with longtime contributor Dallas Austin and turned the song into a more mature pop sound. [7] (Thus, Austin would later share the main production credit alongside Jerkins. [10] ) Though both Brandy and Monica repeatedly denied the song reflected any actual rivalry between them, tabloids began writing the opposite. There were claims that Monica was upset when Brandy performed the song solo on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and Brandy was reportedly miffed when Monica opted to take the name of the duet for the title of her second album. Following reports that the pair came to blows during a rehearsal for a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1998, talk of the rivalry became so loud that the singers' managers released a joint statement in which they called the press out for its "disturbing behavior" and called the "ongoing negativity [as] totally unfair." [11] However, Jerkins later claimed that both singers "didn’t get along" during production and that he and Dexter Simmons remixed the track seven times to keep everything even. [12] In a 2012 interview with WZMX, Monica spoke about her past relationship with Brandy:

"We were young. We could barely stay in the room with each other. By no means was it jealousy or envy. She and I are polar opposites and instead of embracing that, we used our differences as reasons not to be amongst each other." [13]

Composition

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"The Boy Is Mine" was written by Brandy Norwood, LaShawn Daniels, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III, and his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. [10] Musically, the song has been described as "R&B-pop." [14] [ citation needed ] Written in thirty-two-bar form, [15] "The Boy Is Mine" starts off with a twinkling yet stormy synthesized harp line, produced through the harp setting of a keyboard. [16] When the two protagonists initiate a conversation that depicts their first meeting as rivals, the track adds a pulsing beat and a countermelody of cello strings before the chorus kicks in. [17] [18] Similar to McCartney and Jackson's "The Girl Is Mine", Jerkins and his team structured "The Boy Is Mine" with spaces. [19] During the constructing of the lyrics, they settled on a call and response form, giving each singer two bars a piece to sing. [19]

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 93 beats per minute. [20] It is written in the key of C♯ minor, [21] and it follows a chord progression of F♯m9–C♯m9, and the vocals span from G♯3 to F♯4. [22] The song's lyrics chronicle a catfight between two young women who try to convince each other that they are the object of a man's affection. [23] On the track, each trades increasingly escalating remarks about how the other must be mistaken, jealous or delusional about her importance to the man in question. [23] The chorus runs as follows: "You need to give it up, had about enough, it's not hard to see, the boy is mine." [22] Critics noted that the lyrics almost take on the heated fell of a political debate or even a reality show." [19]

Critical reception

The song has garnered positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine ranked the duet among the best songs on both album, Never Say Never (1998) and The Boy Is Mine (1998). [24] [25] Larry Flick from Billboard called it a "surprisingly subdued, ultimately sleek and soulful jam." He added, "Joined by fellow jeep ingénue Monica, TV's "Moesha" reveals a markedly matured style and a far more flexible range. Meanwhile, Monica whets appetites for her own forthcoming disc with a deliciously diva-driven performance that is rife with subtext." He complimented the producers for dressing the singers in "plush synths and quietly insinuating beats that will have seasoned listeners reminiscing about the heyday of Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra. This isn't the obviously poppy or immediately infectious single one might have expected as the preview to Brandy's new disc, but after a second spin, you won't be able to shake the subtle hook from your brain." [26] Entertainment Weekly 's J.D. Considine felt that "there's none of the soul-baring theatrics we'd get if Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige had gone at it. Instead, the two younger women play second fiddle to the steady-thumping bass, keeping their voices so low you'd think they were afraid a teacher might overhear them." [27] In a different review, his colleague Matt Diehl wrote, "No, this isn't an estrogen flip on the Michael Jackson hit. Nor is it the soul-sista catfight that the pairing of these teen-dream divas-in-training promised (the too-silky production delivers a TKO to any gritty R&B tension). Still, child star Brandy sings like a woman for the first time, making her potential for an adult career à la Toni Braxton a distinct possibility." [2] Lorraine Ali, writing for Rolling Stone , complimented Jerkins' production for its "sweeping orchestration." [28] Craig Seymour from The Village Voice said that the song "creeps up on you with a harp sound that's like light twinkling on a reflective pool." He found that "You don't groove to it so much as you vibe in it, as Brandy and Monica kick a rather standard script [...] in their surprisingly complementary styles. Brandy is to groove what Monica is to rhythm. Where Brandy rides the contour of a melody like a wave, Monica advances and recedes, spontaneously creating then dismissing parallel rhythms." [29]

Chart performance and impact

On June 5, 1998, "The Boy Is Mine" became both singers' first number-one hit and fifth top ten entry for each on the US Billboard Hot 100. [30] Bouncing from number 23 to the number 1 spot, it became the second song in the history of the chart to ascend directly to number-one from a previous position beneath the Top 20, following the Beatles and the 27–1 leap of their single "Can't Buy Me Love" in April 1964. [30] In addition, it was the first number-one collaboration between solo women since 1979's two-weeks number-one run of "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," performed by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. [31] The same week, "The Boy Is Mine" also moved to number-one on the Hot R&B Singles, Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts. [30] Within the first month of its purchasable release the song went on to sell 605,000 units. [32] It spent thirteen consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was at the time the third-longest running number-one song in US chart history, sharing this record with Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" (1992). "The Boy Is Mine" was the best-selling single of 1998 in the US, with sales of 4,500,000, with the second best-selling single being Next's "Too Close". [33] [34] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was ranked eighth on Billboard's Decade-End Charts. [35] The song spent 18 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 27 weeks in the Top 50.[ citation needed ]

Outside the US, "The Boy Is Mine" reached the top-ten in over 14 countries and topped the chart in Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. In Canada, the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at number 74 on the RPM issue dated June 1, 1998, [36] and reached the top spot of the chart on August 21, 1998. [37] It was present on the chart for a total of 45 weeks. [38] It reached the top two in Belgium, France (platinum), Ireland, Norway (gold), and the United Kingdom (platinum); the top-five in Australia, Germany (gold), Sweden, and Switzerland (gold) and the top-ten in Austria (gold) and Italy.

Awards and recognitions

The single won many awards throughout 1998 and 1999. It was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 41st annual ceremony, winning both singers their first prize by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category. It, however, lost in its nominations for Record of the Year and Best R&B Song to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" and Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" respectively. The song garnered three Billboard Music Awards.

It was listed as number 55 of the Hot 100 singles of all time by Billboard [39] in 1998. This position was raised to number 54 in 2008. [40] In addition, it was listed 18th on the All-Time Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs countdown. [41] In 2008, Billboard ranked the song third on a special The 40 Biggest Duets of All Time listing. [12] The song is the best-selling song of 1998 in the United States with 4.5 million copies sold. [42]

Music video

A music video for "The Boy Is Mine" was directed by Joseph Kahn. Filmed in Los Angeles in April 1998, it uses 90-degree tilts to depict the drama and the playfulness between the two. Making its debut on April 22, 1998, [43] it uses the radio edit of the song, removing the intro. It was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards at the 1998 ceremony, including Best R&B Video and Video of the Year, but lost to both Wyclef Jean's "Gone Till November" and Madonna's "Ray of Light" respectively.

Synopsis

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Brandy and Monica in the video for "The Boy Is Mine".

The video begins with Brandy watching an episode of The Jerry Springer Show. Next Monica who, using her remote, accidentally turns Brandy's TV along with her own to watch an old romantic movie. Confused, Brandy changes her channel back. Much to their dismay, whenever one of them turns the channel, the other's TV is also turned. They begin singing. The next scene shows the two discussing their problem among their separate groups of friends. The titular boy himself (played by Mekhi Phifer) then appears outside adjacent apartments, 6 & 7, where we later discover the two girls live; all their friends walk by him as they exit their respective friend's place. The girls are seen next arguing through their adjoining bedroom wall, until the boy phones them one after the other. They each overhear the other's conversation through the wall, realizing that they've both been played. They proceed to gather up all gifts and memorabilia related to the boy and toss them out the door. After Brandy and Monica sing more through the song's lyrics, the boy knocks on Brandy's door. The door opens showing Brandy for a brief moment before she opens the door wider to reveal Monica beside her. Noticing that he had been caught, the boy is taken aback, and the door is slammed in his face before he even gets a chance to talk to them, ending the video.

Live performances

Brandy first performed the song by herself on The Tonight Show . Following that, she and Monica first performed it together at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre on September 10, 1998, [44] an event which remains, to date, Brandy and Monica's only television broadcast performance of the song. The pair came together a second time on December 16, 2008, for a surprise performance at Atlanta's V103 Soul Session, singing it a cappella. [45]

In 2012, they performed the song with their new duet "It All Belongs To Me" at V-103's "Conversation/Soul Session". [46]

Accolades

"The Boy Is Mine"
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Single by Brandy and Monica
from the album Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine
ReleasedMay 4, 1998 (1998-05-04)
RecordedOctober 1997 [1]
Studio Los Angeles; Atlanta, Georgia
Genre R&B [2]
Length
  • 4:54 (album version)
  • 4:03 (radio version)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brandy singles chronology
"Missing You"
(1996)		"The Boy Is Mine"
(1998)		"Top of the World"
(1998)
Monica singles chronology
"For You I Will"
(1997)		"The Boy Is Mine"
(1998)		"The First Night"
(1998)
Accolades for "The Boy Is Mine"
PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Billboard United States 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download[ citation needed ]2010—
Bruce Pollock – The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000[ citation needed ]2005—
Michaelangelo Matos – Top 100 Singles of the 1990s[ citation needed ]2001
(*) designates lists that are unordered.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Never Say Never liner notes. [10]

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for "The Boy Is Mine"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [115] Platinum70,000^
Belgium (BEA) [116] Platinum50,000*
France (SNEP) [117] Platinum500,000*
Germany (BVMI) [118] Gold250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [119] Platinum75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [120] Platinum10,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway) [121] Gold 
Sweden (GLF) [122] Platinum30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [123] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [124] Platinum816,000 [125]
United States (RIAA) [126] 2× Platinum2,591,000 [33]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "The Boy Is Mine"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United StatesMay 4, 1998 Atlantic [32] [127]
May 5, 1998 [128]
May 19, 1998 CD [32]
United KingdomMay 25, 1998 [129]
JapanJune 5, 1998CD [130]

Cover versions and remixes

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Riley as Mercedes (left) and Rivera as Santana (right) recorded a cover version of the song.

Weekly charts

2010 weekly chart performance for Glee's cover of "The Boy Is Mine"
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [139] 97
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [140] 60
Ireland (IRMA) [141] 46
Scotland (OCC) [142] 50
UK Singles (OCC) [143] 62
US Billboard Hot 100 [144] 76

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