Yo (Excuse Me Miss)

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"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss) single cover.jpg
Single by Chris Brown
from the album Chris Brown
ReleasedNovember 29, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre R&B
Length3:49
Label Jive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dre & Vidal
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Run It!"
(2005)
"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
(2005)
"Gimme That"
(2006)
Music video
"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" on YouTube

"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" is a song by American singer Chris Brown. It served as the second single from Brown's self-titled debut album (2005) and was released in November 2005 in the US, and February 2006 worldwide. "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)", produced by Dre & Vidal, became Brown's second top ten single in the United States, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

This song has appeared on the videogame Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party .

Composition

"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" is an R&B song, written by Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Johnta Austin, and produced by Dre & Vidal. Lyrically, the track focuses on teenage love. [1] The song features background vocals André Meritt in the chorus. [2]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone listed "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" among the 30 best R&B songs of the 21st Century. [3] HotNewHipHop stated in 2021 that "the song and accompanying music video have become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon since its release nearly two decades ago. In the visual, Brown memorably pursues a girl while dancing for her and singing the lyrics to her, a true testament and time stamp of the 00s era." [4]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Erik White and Chris Brown. [5] It features then-model Erica Mena as a girl Brown sees, catching his attention. He then follows the girl while dancing for her. After arriving at a basketball court, he continues the choreography with two other guys. Brown then gets the girl's car and sings to her. They get close, then she gives him her phone to put his number in. The video's ending transitions to the first verse of "Gimme That", with Brown singing in a different scenario. Lil' JJ, Trey Songz, and DeRay Davis make cameo appearances in the video. The video was inspired by Michael Jackson's 1987 single "The Way You Make Me Feel". [4]

Live performance

On April 1, 2006, Chris Brown performed "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" at the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards as part of a musical duel with rapper Bow Wow that was inspired by the 1986 Run-D.M.C. music video "Walk This Way". [6]

Chart performance

According to Billboard , "Yo" was the song that solidified Brown's presence in the music industry, following the success of his previous single "Run It!". [7] Yo (Excuse Me Miss) peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 18, 2006. This became Brown's second top-ten song on the chart. The song spent a total of 21 weeks on the chart. On December 12, 2007, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States. [8] In other countries, the song reached number thirteen in the United Kingdom and number ten in Australia.

Remixes

  1. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [DJ Dime Remix]
  2. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [Remix] (featuring Busta Rhymes & Labba)
  3. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [Remix] (featuring Red Cafe)
  4. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [Mixtape Mix] (featuring Jay-Z & Pharrell)
  5. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [South Rakkas Reggaeton Mix]
  6. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [Johnny Douglas Remix]
  7. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) [ Jacquees remix]

The song has been sampled and reworked in Auburn's "No" and Lil Mosey's "Greet Her".

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [36] Platinum70,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [37] Platinum60,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [39]
(Mastertone)
Platinum1,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [39] 2× Platinum2,000,000

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

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