The Boy Is Mine ( song ) - wikipedia The Boy Is Mine ( song ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' Single by Brandy and Monica from the album Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine Released May 19, 1998 ( 1998 - 05 - 19 ) Format Cassette 12 '' CD Recorded October -- December 1997 ( Los Angeles, California ) ( Atlanta, Georgia ) Genre R&B pop Length 4 : 54 ( album version ) 4 : 03 ( radio version ) Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) LaShawn Daniels Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III Japhe Tejeda Brandy Norwood Producer ( s ) Darkchild Brandy Norwood Dallas Austin Brandy singles chronology `` Missing You '' ( 1996 ) Missing You 1996 `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( 1998 ) The Boy Is Mine1998 `` Top of the World '' ( 1998 ) Monica singles chronology `` For You I Will '' ( 1997 ) For You I Will 1997 `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( 1998 ) The Boy Is Mine1998 `` The First Night '' ( 1998 ) The First Night 1998 Top of the World 1998 `` The Boy Is Mine '' is a 1998 duet by American singers Brandy and Monica written and composed by LaShawn Daniels, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney `` Darkchild '' Jerkins, and Brandy with coproduction by Darkchild and Dallas Austin. It was released as the lead single from both singers ' second albums from 1998, Never Say Never by Brandy and The Boy Is Mine by Monica. Inspired by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney 's 1982 duet `` The Girl Is Mine '', the lyrics of the mid-tempo R&B track revolve around two women fighting over a man. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics and was the first number - one pop hit for both artists, in the US and internationally. Exploiting the media 's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, `` The Boy Is Mine '' became the best - selling song of the year in the US, selling 2.6 million copies, and spent 13 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1998. It became the second song in the history of the chart to ascend directly to number - one from a previous position beneath the Top 20, at number 23, following The Beatles and the 27 -- 1 leap of their single `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' in April 1964. Internationally, the single also achieved a strong charting, peaking at number one in Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand, while reaching the top five on most of the other charts on which it appeared. `` The Boy Is Mine '' was awarded the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and received nominations for both Record of the Year and Best R&B Song in 1999. At the Billboard Music Awards, the song won in three categories, including Hot 100 Sales Single of Year. In 2008, Billboard listed it 54th on its 50th Anniversary All - Time Hot 100 Top Songs chart, and 18th on the All - Time Top R&B / Hip - Hop Songs countdown. The music video for the single, directed by Joseph Kahn, starred the singers and Mekhi Phifer. It was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year and Best R&B Video. In 2012, after 14 years, the singers reunited on the single `` It All Belongs to Me ''. Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Reception 2.1 Chart performance 2.2 Awards and recognitions 3 Music video 4 Live performances 5 Track listings 6 Credits and personnel 7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 7.3 Decade - end charts 7.4 Certifications and sales 8 Accolades 9 Release history 9.1 Purchasable release 10 Cover versions and remixes 10.1 Charts 11 See also 12 References 13 External links Background and composition A sample from the song 's chorus, featuring both singer 's vocals. The song was partially inspired by `` The Girl Is Mine '', a 1982 duet by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney from the former 's Thriller ( 1982 ). `` The Boy Is Mine '' was a song Brandy wrote with Rodney `` Darkchild '' Jerkins, his brother Fred Jerkins III, Japhe Tejeda, and LaShawn Daniels. The singer came up with its concept while watching an episode of The Jerry Springer Show tabloid talk show, where love triangles among the guests was the theme. Created as a solo track, Brandy originally recorded the song alone. After listening to the result, however, she and Jerkins thought it would work better as a duet, an idea which was further inspired by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 's 1982 hit duet `` The Girl Is Mine ''. At Brandy 's request, her label Atlantic Records approached fellow R&B teen singer Monica to collaborate : The pair had seen each other in passing at award shows and other live events, and Brandy thought a duet would help combat ongoing rumors that the singers were rivals. With the permission of Clive Davis, who headed Monica 's record company Arista Records, Monica eventually signed on to the project. The song has a tempo of 93 beats per minute. Written in the key of C ♯ minor, it follows a chord progression of F ♯ m9 -- C ♯ m9, and the vocals span from G ♯ to F ♯. Originally, the two artists recorded their vocals for the song together with Jerkins and his production team at the Record One Studios in North Hollywood. However, the joint recording was felt to be a failure so Monica re-recorded her vocals separately at the DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with longtime contributor Dallas Austin. ( Thus, Austin would later share the main production credit alongside Jerkins. ) Though both Brandy and Monica repeatedly denied the song reflected any actual rivalry between them, tabloids began writing the opposite. There were claims that Monica was upset when Brandy performed the song solo on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Brandy was reportedly miffed when Monica opted to take the name of the duet for the title of her second album. Following reports that the pair came to blows during a rehearsal for a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1998, talk of the rivalry became so loud that the singers ' managers released a joint statement in which they called the press out for its `` disturbing behavior '' and called the `` ongoing negativity ( as ) totally unfair. '' As with `` The Boy Is Mine, '' Jerkins later claimed that both singers `` did n't get along '' during production and that he and Dexter Simmons remixed the track seven times to keep everything even. In a 2012 interview with WZMX, Monica spoke about her past relationship with Brandy : `` We were young. We could barely stay in the room with each other. By no means was it jealousy or envy. She and I are polar opposites and instead of embracing that, we used our differences as reasons not to be amongst each other. '' Reception Chart performance On June 6, 1998, `` The Boy Is Mine '' became both singers ' first number - one hit and fifth top ten entry for each on the US Billboard Hot 100. Bouncing from number 23 to the top spot, it became the second song in the history of the chart to ascend directly to number - one from a previous position beneath the Top 20, following The Beatles and the 27 -- 1 leap of their single `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' in April 1964. In addition, it was the first number - one collaboration between solo women since 1979 's two - weeks number - one run of `` No More Tears ( Enough Is Enough ), '' performed by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. The same week, `` The Boy Is Mine '' also moved to number - one on the Hot R&B Singles, Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales charts. Within the first month of its purchasable release the song went on to sell 605,000 units. It spent thirteen consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and has since been ranked among the longest running number - one songs in US chart history, sharing this record with Boyz II Men 's `` End of the Road '' ( 1992 ). `` The Boy Is Mine '' was the best - selling single of 1998 in the US, with sales of 2,591,000, with the second best - selling single being Next 's `` Too Close ''. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and was ranked eighth on Billboard 's Decade - End Charts. The song spent 18 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 27 weeks in the Top 50. Outside the US, `` The Boy Is Mine '' reached the top - ten in over 14 countries and topped the chart in Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. In Canada, the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at number 74 on the RPM issue dated June 1, 1998, and reached the top spot of the chart on August 21, 1998. It was present on the chart for a total of 45 weeks. It reached the top two in Belgium, France ( platinum ), Ireland, Norway ( gold ), and the United Kingdom ( platinum ) ; the top - five in Australia, Germany ( gold ), Sweden, and Switzerland ( gold ) and the top - ten in Austria ( gold ) and Italy. Awards and recognitions The single won many awards throughout 1998 and 1999. It was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 41st annual ceremony, winning both singers their first prize by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category. It, however, lost in its nominations for Record of the Year and Best R&B Song to Celine Dion 's `` My Heart Will Go On '' and Lauryn Hill 's `` Doo Wop ( That Thing ) '' respectively. The song garnered three Billboard Music Awards. It is listed as the 62nd on the most successful singles in France ever. It is also listed among one of the most successful 200 singles in Australia, Netherlands and Belgium in music history. It was listed as number 55 of the Hot 100 singles of all time by Billboard in 1998. This position was raised to number 54 in 2008. In addition, it was listed 18th on the All - Time Top R&B / Hip - Hop Songs countdown. In 2008, Billboard ranked the song third on a special The 40 Biggest Duets of All Time listing. The song is the best - selling song of 1998 in the United States with 2.6 million copies sold. Music Video The official music video uses the radio edit version without the intro. The video begins with the girls in their respective apartments, watching television on their long couches. While Brandy watches an episode of The Jerry Springer Show Monica accidentally turns Brandy 's TV, with her remote, to an old romantic movie which Monica watches on her own TV. Whenever one of them turns the channel, the other 's TV stays on that channel and they soon tire of the back and forth. They then start to sing the song. The next scene shows the two discussing their problem among their separate groups of friends. The `` boy '' himself ( played by Mekhi Phifer ) then appears outside the two girls ' apartments, which are next to each other ; all their friends walk by him as they exit their respective friend 's place. The girls are in their pajamas in the next scene, and then each phones the boy over to make him decide whom he wants to be with. After Brandy and Monica fight with the song 's lyrics, the man comes to the left apartment, frustrated over whom to choose. The door opens, showing Brandy. Then it swings a little wider to reveal Monica as well. The boy is taken aback, and the door is slammed in his face. The video, filmed in April 1998 and uses 90 - degree tilts to depict the drama and the playfulness between the two, premiered on April 29, 1998, and was nominated for two 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, for Best R&B Video and Video of the Year, but lost to both Wyclef Jean 's `` Gone Till November '' and Madonna 's `` Ray of Light '' respectively. Live performances Brandy first performed the song by herself on The Tonight Show. Following that, she and Monica first performed it together at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre on September 10, 1998, an event which remains, to date, Brandy and Monica 's only television broadcast performance of the song. The pair came together a second time on December 16, 2008 for a surprise performance at Atlanta 's V103 Soul Session, singing it a cappella. In 2012, they performed the song with their new duet `` It All Belongs To Me '' at V - 103 's `` Conversation / Soul Session ''. Track listings U.S. maxi CD single `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( album version ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( club mix ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( radio version ; with intro ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( album instrumentals ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( a cappella ) 2 - Track CD single `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( album version ) `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( instrumental ) European maxi CD / Australian CD `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( radio edit without intro ) -- 4 : 00 `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( radio edit with intro ) -- 4 : 00 `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( LP version ) -- 4 : 51 `` The Boy Is Mine '' ( club version ) -- 7 : 39 Credits and personnel Brandy Norwood -- music production, songwriting, lead vocals, background vocals Monica Arnold -- lead vocals, background vocals Dallas Austin -- Monica 's vocal production Leslie Brathwaite -- recording engineer LaShawn Daniels -- Brandy 's vocal production, vocal arrangements, songwriting The Darkchild Orchestra -- strings Ben Garrison -- music recording Larry Gold -- string arrangements Rodney Jerkins -- music production, Brandy 's vocal production, vocal arrangements, string arrangements, songwriting, mixing Carlton Lynn -- engineering assistant Victor McCoy -- engineering assistant Isaac Phillips -- guitar Dexter Simmons -- music recording, audio mixing Chris Tergesen -- string section recording engineer Greg Thompson -- engineering assistant Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1998 -- 99 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 6 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) Canada ( Canadian Singles Chart ) France ( SNEP ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) 10 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 5 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) 22 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) UK R&B ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1998 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 17 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 75 ) 22 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 35 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) 10 France ( SNEP ) 5 Germany ( Media Control AG ) 18 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 8 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 13 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 12 US Billboard Hot 100 Decade - end charts Chart ( 1990 -- 1999 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 8 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 99 Preceded by `` Iris '' by Goo Goo Dolls Canadian Singles Chart number - one single August 17, 1998 Succeeded by `` Iris '' by Goo Goo Dolls Preceded by `` Ghetto Supastar ( That Is What You Are ) '' by Pras Michel featuring ODB and Mýa Dutch Top 40 number one single July 11 -- 18, 1998 Succeeded by `` De Bestemming '' by Marco Borsato Preceded by `` We Do n't Know How Lucky We Are '' by Fred Dagg RIANZ number one single July 12 -- 26, 1998 Succeeded by `` Kung Fu Fighting '' by Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas Preceded by `` Too Close '' by Next Billboard Hot 100 number - one single June 6, 1998 -- August 29, 1998 Succeeded by `` I Do n't Want to Miss a Thing '' by Aerosmith Preceded by `` I Get Lonely '' by Janet Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Singles & Tracks number - one single June 6, 1998 -- July 25, 1998 Succeeded by `` Friend of Mine '' by Kelly Price Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Platinum 70,000 Belgium ( BEA ) Platinum 50,000 France ( SNEP ) Platinum 662,000 Germany ( BVMI ) Gold 250,000 New Zealand ( RMNZ ) Platinum 10,000 Norway ( IFPI Norway ) Gold 5,000 Sweden ( GLF ) Gold 15,000 Switzerland ( IFPI Switzerland ) Gold 25,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 625,000 United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 2,591,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Accolades Acclaimed Music Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Billboard United States 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download - Bruce Pollock - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944 - 2000 2005 - Michaelangelo Matos - Top 100 Singles of the 1990s ( * ) designates lists that are unordered. Release history Purchasable release Release dates, record label and format details Country Date Format United States May 5, 1998 Radio United States May 19, 1998 CD single Cover versions and remixes Riley as Mercedes ( left ) and Rivera as Santana ( right ) recorded a cover version of the song. In 1998, UK garage group Architechs remixed `` The Boy Is Mine '', and released it as a white label bootleg which eventually sold 20,000 copies. This remix became highly popular due to incessant airplay on pirate radio. In 2001, Brandy and Monica 's vocals were merged with Modjo 's 2000 dance hit single `` Lady ( Hear Me Tonight ) '' by British DJs Stuntmasterz. Starting as an underground hit, `` The Ladyboy Is Mine '' was later commercially released to become a moderate hit across Europe, reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom, Belgium and the top forty in France and Switzerland. The commercial release did n't include the vocal sample from Modjo 's `` Lady '' as Warner Brothers label East West were unable to clear it. Instead the release used the same sample from Chic 's `` Soup for one '' and created an alternate version that only featured Brandy and Monica. A remixed version of the song by pop singers Tynisha Keli, an American working in Japan, and Beni, a Japanese singer, was released in 2009. In 2015, the French girl band When We Were Young released a version in their language featuring the French rapper Dry. The same year, `` The Boy Is Mine '' was sampled on `` The Girl Is Mine '' by British music duo 99 Souls. In 2016, the song was covered by producer J2 and featured StarGzrLily and Anjolee The Free. It was used in the trailers for the 2016 US film When the Bough Breaks, starring Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall. 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Jump up ^ Les Charts : When We Were Young - `` The Boy Is Mine '' page Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-TixDPOS9M External links `` The Boy Is Mine '' music video on MTV.com Brandy Norwood songs Brandy `` Baby '' `` Best Friend '' `` Brokenhearted '' `` I Wanna Be Down '' Never Say Never `` Almost Does n't Count '' `` Angel in Disguise '' `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' `` Have You Ever ? '' `` Never Say Never '' `` The Boy Is Mine '' `` Top of the World '' `` U Do n't Know Me ( Like U Used To ) '' Full Moon `` Full Moon '' `` He Is '' `` What About Us ? '' Afrodisiac `` Afrodisiac '' `` Should I Go '' `` Talk About Our Love '' `` Turn It Up '' `` Who Is She 2 U '' Human `` Long Distance '' `` Right Here ( Departed ) '' `` True '' Two Eleven `` Put It Down '' `` Scared of Beautiful '' `` Wildest Dreams '' Other songs `` Another Day in Paradise '' `` Beggin & Pleadin '' `` It All Belongs to Me '' `` Magic '' `` Missing You '' `` Rock with You '' `` Sittin ' Up in My Room '' `` Stuff Like That '' `` Talk to Me '' `` The Girl Is Mine '' `` Wake Up Everybody '' `` We Are the World 25 for Haiti '' `` Where Are You Now ? '' 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=The_Boy_Is_Mine_(song)&oldid=811795176 '' Categories : 1998 singles 1998 songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Brandy Norwood songs Dutch Top 40 number - one singles Monica ( singer ) songs Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn Number - one singles in New Zealand RPM Top Singles number - one singles Number - one dance singles in Canada Song recordings produced by Dallas Austin Song recordings produced by Rodney Jerkins Vocal duets Songs written by Rodney Jerkins Songs written by Fred Jerkins III Songs written by LaShawn Daniels Answer songs Songs about betrayal Songs written by Brandy Norwood Hidden categories : All articles with failed verification Articles with failed verification from March 2015 CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Norwegian - language sources ( no ) CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Music infoboxes with malformed table placement Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017 Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Wallonia Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Ireland Singlechart usages for Italy Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Scotland Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UKchartstats Singlechart usages for UKrandb Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardrhythmic Singlechart called without song Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Certification Table Entry usages for Belgium Certification Table Entry usages for France Certification Table Entry usages for Germany Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand Certification Table Entry usages for Norway Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands Polski Português Simple English Svenska Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 24 November 2017, at 01 : 05. 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Question: when did the boy is mine come out
Answer: May 19, 1998