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The Boy Is Mine
Brandy, Monica
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- Album
- Never Say Never
- Released
- 1998
- Genres
- r&b, contemporary r&b
- Length
- 4:55
- Tempo
- 93 BPM
- Label
- Atlantic Records
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About this song
This R&B duet by Brandy and Monica was the lead single from both artists' second albums, Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine. It was the first Billboard #1 hit for each of them and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The song became the all-time #1 female duet in US chart history and the top-selling US single of 1998. Some considered it the female counterpart to the 1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson duet "The Girl is Mine".
Fun facts
- Sampled in 35 other songs, like “like hell by soyrica (Ft. lai (caseclosed))”.
- Covered 14 times, including “The Boy Is Mine by Marsal Ventura & Jbill (DJ)”.
- Written by Rodney Jerkins, Brandy, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels.
- Produced by Rodney Jerkins, Brandy and Dallas Austin.
- Recorded at D.A.R.P. Studios (Atlanta).