What About Us? (Total song)

"What About Us"
Single by Total featuring Missy Elliott and Timbaland
from the album Soul Food (soundtrack)
Released	August 12, 1997 (1997-08-12) [1]
Genre	R&B hip hop soul
Length	4:26
Label	LaFace Bad Boy
Songwriter(s)	Melissa Elliott Timothy Mosley
Producer(s)	Timbaland
Total singles chronology
"Loungin" (1996) "What About Us" (1997) "What You Want" (1997)
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"Up Jumps da Boogie" (1997) "What About Us?" (1997) "Sock It 2 Me" (1997)

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 48 US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 16 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 4 US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [10] 16

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position UK Urban ( Music Week ) [11] 14 US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 74 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [13] 27

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14]	Gold	700,000 [15]

References

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11. "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF). Music Week . January 10, 1998. p. 6. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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14. "American single certifications – Total – What About Us?". Recording Industry Association of America.
15. "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard . Vol. 110, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 31, 1998. p. 76. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2015.