Question: who wrote the song the boy is mine
Answer: `` 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 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 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 ) 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