U.N.I.T.Y.

"U.N.I.T.Y."
Single by Queen Latifah
from the album Black Reign
Released	November 9, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:14 (censored version) 4:11 (lp version)
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Dana Owens Kier Gist
Producer(s)	KayGee
Queen Latifah singles chronology
"Buddy" (1989) "U.N.I.T.Y." (1993) "Just Another Day..." (1994)
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Weekly charts Chart (1993–1994) Peak position Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip) [4] 15 UK Singles (OCC) [5] 74 UK Dance ( Music Week ) [6] 18 US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 23 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 7 US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 11 US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 2 US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 24 US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [12] 13 US Cashbox Top 100 [13] 24

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 82 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [15] 50

Remix

A remix version, known as the "Big Titty Remix", can be found on her "Just Another Day..." single.

In other media

An excerpt from the music video was featured during the closing credits of a Season 1 episode of Latifah's sitcom, Living Single , titled "U.N.I.T.Y. (a.k.a. Five Card Stud)" after the song. The episode itself dealt with the issue of disrespect towards women that the song reflects upon, in which supporting main character Kyle Barker (T. C. Carson)—a friend of Latifah's character, Khadijah James—struggles with whether to stand up to a co-worker (guest star Bobby Hosea) who made disparaging comments about Kyle and Khadijah's friend, Regine Hunter (Kim Fields), following said colleague's date with the latter.

The song is played towards the end of the 1996 film Girls Town and plays during the film's credits.

References

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