Usher repeats the chorus again, and they sing the intro of Keys. The song breaks with Usher and Keys singing 'My oh, My oh, My oh, My oh, My Boo', one after the other. Keys sings the second verse and Usher for the chorus, with background vocals from Keys. He proceeds to the first verse and chorus, leading to Keys singing another chorus, altering some of the lyrics of the original chorus to create a dialogue. Usher starts the intro, and Keys followed her rap-intro, with background vocals from Usher. The lyrics are constructed in verse-chorus-chorus form. The song production was supervised by Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal, with uncredit works by No I.D., who sempled 1977 song ' He's All I've Got' by Love Unlimited is sampled in the song. It is composed in the key of D minor, in common time. 'My Boo' is a hip hop-tinged R&B song with a mid-tempo melody. Problems playing this file? See media help.

It was a double A-side with 'Confessions Part II' when it was released in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2004. The single was released in the United States as a 12' single on September 21, 2004. LaFace Records sent 'My Boo' to US contemporary hit radio on August 29, 2004, and to US urban contemporary radio on August 30, 2004. The song was included in the expanded version of Confessions, alongside 'Red Light' and 'Sweet Lies' (which were only released in the UK version of the album).ĭupri thought of releasing 'My Boo' as the fourth single from Confessions once 'Confessions Part II' would be leaving the charts. Instead, 'My Boo' and 'Red Light' were leaked to the Internet, along with other songs not included on the first album release. 'My Boo' was not included in the final track listing of Confessions (neither were Red Light' or the songs Usher recorded with P. Even though you move on and meet new people, you always remember that first person.' Release For him, Usher and Keys 'talk about how they used to be in love and how those feelings are still lingering despite the two not being involved anymore.' For Keys, 'The song is talking about the first person you ever really had feelings for. The song is written from the perspectives of Keys and Usher, who play the role of an ex-couple. However, Jermaine Dupri, who co-wrote the song including Usher's number-one hits ' Yeah!', ' Burn', and ' Confessions Part II', felt that he had established good relationship with Keys since she had worked with him and Usher. Although it was and still is widely believed that it was Beyoncé. Usher and Kortney Kaycee Leveringston's rare demo version can be found floating on the Internet. During the production of Usher's fourth studio album, Confessions, they thought of various female singers to pair him with on the song. Usher and Alicia Keys had previously collaborated with the remix of Keys' 2004 single ' If I Ain't Got You', which was released in the United Kingdom. It was also ranked as the 36th-biggest song of the 2000s decade in the United States and it has been certified quintuple-platinum by RIAA.

'My Boo' marked the third-most-successful single from the album after ' Yeah!' and ' Burn', respectively. At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards the song won for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was nominated for Best R&B Song.Ĭommercially the single stayed on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, becoming Usher seventh and Keys' second number one on the chart. The song received positive reviews from critics, being considered one of the best R&B collaborations of the 2000s. The song was released as the album's fourth single on August 29, 2004. It was included on the re-release of Usher's fourth studio album, Confessions (2004). ' My Boo' is a duet between American R&B singers Usher and Alicia Keys, written by the artists alongside Adonis Shropshire, Manuel Seal, and Jermaine Dupri, the latter of whom produced it with No I.D.-who is uncredited.

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