U-Haul (song)

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"U-Haul"
U-Haul.jpg
Single by Angie Stone
from the album Stone Love
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004
Length3:56
Label J
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Missy Elliott
Angie Stone singles chronology
"I Wanna Thank Ya"
(2004)		"U-Haul"
(2004)		"Stay for a While"
(2004)

"U-Haul" is a song by American singer Angie Stone. It was written and produced by Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman, and John "Jubu" Smith for Stone's third studio album Stone Love (2004). Apart from Elliott, singers Tweet and Betty Wright as well as Stone's daughter Diamond appear as backing vocalists on the song. Released as the album's second single, it reached number 19 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs. "U-Haul" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards but lost to label mate Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You." [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Elle magazine called the "I-should-have-left-your-ass-years-ago ballad" Stone Love 's "standout track." [2] while Lynn Norment from Ebony described the song as "brassy." [3] In his review of Stone Love Robert Hilburn, writing for The Los Angeles Times , wrote: "Stone shines on her own, especially with "U-Haul," a song co-written and co-produced by Missy Elliott that serves as a playful statement of survival." [4]

Chart performance

"U-Haul" was released by J Records as the second single from Stone Love on July 26, 2004 in the United States. [5] It debuted and peaked at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the week of October 30, 2004. [6] The song fared better on the US Adult R&B Songs chart, peaking at number 19. [7] It became Stone Love's highest-charting single on the Adult R&B Songs chart. [7]

Track listing

Promo CD single [8]
No.TitleLength
1."U-Haul" (Radio Edit #1)3:55
2."U-Haul" (Radio Edit #2)3:35
3."U-Haul" (Instrumental)3:56
4."U-Haul" (Call Out Hooks)0:10

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "U-Haul"
Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 68

Release history

Release history for "U-Haul"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 26, 2004 Urban AC radio
  • J
  • RMG
 [5]

References

  1. ↑ "GRAMMY Award Results for Angie Stone". Grammy Awards . Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Stone Love by Angie Stone". Elle . 2004. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Norment, Lynn (August 1, 2004). "Sounding Off Angie Stone". Ebony . Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hilburn, Robert (August 1, 2004). "Hives keeps up fast pace in 'Tyrannosaurus'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 1, 2023– via spokesman.com.
  5. 1 2 "Going for Adds – Week of 7/26/04". Radio & Records . No. 1565. July 23, 2004. p. 21. ISSN   0277-4860.
  6. 1 2 "Angie Stone Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Angie Stone Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ "U-Haul (CD, Single, Promo)". cdandlp.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.


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