Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) - wikipedia Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' Single by Monica from the album Miss Thang Released April 10, 1995 ( 1995 - 04 - 10 ) Format CD maxi single cassette 7 '' Recorded Genre R&B hip hop soul Length 4 : 18 ( album version ) Label Rowdy Arista Songwriter ( s ) Dallas Austin Monica Arnold Willie James Baker Derrick Simmons James Todd Smith Carlton Ridenhour Quincy Jones III Abrim Tilmon, Jr. Hank Shocklee Eric Sadler George Clinton James Brown Producer ( s ) Dallas Austin Monica singles chronology `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' ( 1995 ) `` Before You Walk Out of My Life Like This and Like That '' ( 1995 ) `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' ( 1995 ) `` Before You Walk Out of My Life Like This and Like That '' ( 1995 ) `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written by producer Dallas Austin, Willie James Baker, Derek Simmons, Carlton Ridenhour, Quincy Jones III, Abrim Tilmon, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler and LL Cool J. while production was helmed by the former. It contains samples of LL Cool J 's 1993 song `` Back Seat ( Of My Jeep ) '' and Public Enemy 's 1987 song `` Bring the Noise, '' and also features elements from `` You 're Gettin ' a Little Too Smart '' by The Detroit Emeralds, as sampled by `` Back Seat ( Of My Jeep ) ''. The song was released as the album 's lead single in the United States in early 1995. It sold 1.2 million copies domestically and earned a platinum certification from the RIAA. It spent two weeks at number - one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, also reaching the top ten of the singles charts in Australia and New Zealand. `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ), '' alongside follow - up single `` Before You Walk Out of My Life, '' would make the singer the youngest recording artist to have two consecutive number - one hits on the Billboard R&B chart at the age of fourteen. An accompanying music video for the single, shot in black - and - white, was directed by Rich Murray and released in June 1995. Contents 1 Charts 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Cover versions 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1995 -- 1996 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 7 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 21 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 20 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 5 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 32 UK Dance ( Official Charts Company ) 23 UK R&B ( Official Charts Company ) 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 23 US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 19 US Billboard Hot 100 9 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 6 Chart ( 1996 ) Position Australia ( ARIA ) 54 Cover versions White Hinterland covered the song on her Eidolon EP. See also R&B number - one hits of 1995 ( USA ) References Jump up ^ `` Best - Selling Records of 1995 ''. Billboard. BPI Communications. 108 ( 3 ) : 56. January 20, 1996. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015. Jump up ^ `` American certifications -- Monica -- Don % 27t Take It Personal ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Jump up ^ Christian, Margena A. ( 2003 - 07 - 28 ). `` Monica : Shares Life 's Lessons On New CD After The Storm ''. Jet. FindArticles.com. Retrieved 2009 - 11 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Monica Videography ''. MVDBase.com. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Monica -- Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- week 37, 1995 '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved December 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Monica -- Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Monica -- Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Monica : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Monica Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Monica Chart History ( Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Monica Chart History ( Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Monica Chart History ( Rhythmic ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` End of Year Charts 1995 ''. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1995 ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 07 - 07. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 15. Jump up ^ `` 1995 Year End Chart : R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 27. Jump up ^ `` The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996 ''. Imgur.com ( original document published by ARIA ). Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2010/12/03/mp3-premiere-white-hinterland-dont-take-it-personal/ External links Monica.com -- official Monica site Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Monica songs Discography Miss Thang `` Before You Walk Out of My Life '' `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' `` Let 's Straighten It Out '' `` Like This and Like That '' `` Why I Love You So Much '' The Boy Is Mine `` Angel of Mine '' `` Gone Be Fine '' `` Inside '' `` Misty Blue '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` Street Symphony '' `` The Boy Is Mine '' `` The First Night '' All Eyez on Me `` All Eyez on Me '' `` Too Hood '' After the Storm `` Get It Off '' `` Knock Knock '' `` So Gone '' `` U Should 've Known Better '' The Makings of Me `` A Dozen Roses ( You Remind Me ) '' `` Everytime tha Beat Drop '' `` Hell No ( Leave Home ) '' `` Sideline Ho '' Still Standing `` Everything to Me '' `` Here I Am '' `` Love All Over Me '' `` Still Standing '' New Life `` Anything ( To Find You ) '' `` It All Belongs to Me '' `` Until It 's Gone '' `` Without You '' Code Red `` Just Right for Me '' As featured artist `` Always '' `` Freedom ( Theme from Panther ) '' `` Hold On '' `` I Ai n't Trying to Hear It '' `` I 'll Give All My Love to You '' `` Slow Jam '' `` Somebody Bigger Than You and I '' `` Trust '' `` Wake Up Everybody '' `` What 's Going On ( Dupri R&B Mix ) '' Other songs `` Ai n't Nobody '' `` For You I Will '' `` Grown - Up Christmas List '' `` Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas '' `` I 've Got to Have It '' `` Just Another Girl '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Take_It_Personal_(Just_One_of_Dem_Days)&oldid=836053235 '' Categories : 1995 singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Monica ( singer ) songs Song recordings produced by Dallas Austin Songs written by Dallas Austin Songs written by LL Cool J 1993 songs Arista Records singles Songs written by Chuck D Rowdy Records singles Songs written by Hank Shocklee Songs written by Eric `` Vietnam '' Sadler Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for UKchartstats Singlechart usages for UKdance Singlechart usages for UKrandb Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardrhythmic Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Magyar Nederlands Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 12 April 2018, at 12 : 05. 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Question: who sings just one of those days that a girl goes through
Answer: Monica