"U Remind Me" (Pete & Vincent's dub mix) – 5:27 "U Remind Me" (Pete & Vincent's club mix) – 6:44 B2. "U Remind Me" (Illicit acappella) – 4:44 B1. "U Remind Me" (Illicit club mix) – 7:27 A2. The video features look-a-likes for singers Mýa, Brandy, and Tamia, while featuring the real Chilli of TLC at the end to show the theme of the women reminding him of his past relationships. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Dave Meyers. Other nominees for the award were Case's "Missing You", Maxwell's "Lifetime", Brian McKnight's "Love of My Life" and Musiq Soulchild's " Love". "U Remind Me" gained Usher his first Grammy Award, winning the category of Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 44th annual ceremony. In 2016, Complex ranked the song number six on their list of the 25 greatest Usher songs, and in 2021, American Songwriter ranked the song number seven on their list of the 10 greatest Usher songs. In 2010, Boonsri Dickinson of AOL Radio ranked "U Remind Me" as Usher's ninth-best song. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine also chose it as a highlight from the album. James Poletti of Yahoo! Music noted the song as the best track on 8701, dubbing it the 2001 version of Craig David's " Fill Me In". The song's lyrics are based on meeting a woman who reminds Usher of an ex-girlfriend, and therefore cannot date her. The song follows the chord progression of E ♭m 7-A ♭m 7-B ♭m 7, and the piano ranges from the low note of E ♭ 2 to the high note of A ♭ 5, while Usher's vocal range stretches from B ♭ 2 to A ♭ 5. "U Remind Me" is a contemporary R&B song written in the key of G ♭ major, and is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute. Its accompanying music video features Chilli of TLC as one of the female leads. The song won Usher his first Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002. "U Remind Me" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 7, 2001, and also reached the top five in Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The song served as the lead American single from 8701 following the release of previous single " Pop Ya Collar", which was only included in some editions of the album. A mid-tempo R&B track, the song is about a man who meets a woman who seems like a nice catch, but he decides not to enter a relationship with her because she looks too much like an ex-girlfriend with whom he had a bad breakup. It was written by Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement and Anita McCloud and produced by Clement for Usher's third studio album 8701 (2001). Once again Usher throws the leather jacket, and the video ends with him wearing just the tank, jeans, and a nice pair of shades." U Remind Me" is a song by American singer Usher. The middle of this video featured an epic dance break in which Usher wore a yankees snapback, a leather jacket even more leather than the one he was wearing in the beginning, a diamond encrusted belt (yet another 2000s staple), and jeans.Īnother sidenote: I tried to do that headstand he does at the end of the breakdown when I was kid, don’t ask how that turned out for me. Sidenote: Usher, why did you throw the jacket away my guy? What was up with that? In the beginning we see Usher rocking a durag underneath a knit cap, along with a tank/leather jacket combo (another 2000s staple), baggy jeans, and his iconic silver Usher chain. The video was very successful, staying in heavy rotation on BET, MTV, and VH1, and like we mentioned earlier, the song went number one on the Billboard Hot 100.Īs for the style in this video, in the early 2000s it was very popular for the fellas to wear a durag underneath a snapback/hat. The video for “U Remind Me” was filmed in April 2001 to accompany the official release to the general public the following month.
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