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"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)"
Single by Brian McKnight featuring Mase
from the album Anytime
ReleasedAugust 19, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre
Length4:47
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brian McKnight singles chronology
"Still in Love"
(1995)
"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)"
(1997)
"Anytime"
(1998)
Mase singles chronology
"Mo Money Mo Problems"
(1997)
"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)"
(1997)
"Feel So Good"
(1997)

"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" is a song by American singer Brian McKnight, released by Mercury Records on August 19, 1997 as the first single from his third studio album, Anytime (1997). The song features guest vocals from American rapper Mase, while backing vocals are performed by Kelly Price in an uncredited appearance. It was co-written by all three, while production—based on a sample of James Brown's 1972 song "I Got Ants in My Pants"—was handled by Mase's colleagues at Bad Boy Records, including the label's founder Puff Daddy, as well as its in-house producers Stevie J and Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence.

"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time" peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. It landed at numbers 86 and 35 for the charts' respective year-end lists.[2] It sold at least 600,000 copies by the end of the year.[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 17
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 4
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[6] 32

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 86
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 35

References

  1. ^ a b Stewart, Alison (2004). "Brian McKnight". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 530. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ Allmusic singles history
  3. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard. 110 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 76 January 31, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "Brian McKnight Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Brian McKnight Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "Brian McKnight Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1997". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2021.