Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) ĭecade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Recorded at Tree Sound Studios ( Norcross, Georgia, US).Diddy) – 4:27Ĭredits are lifted from the European CD single liner notes. 'U Remind Me' (club mix acappella) – 3:39Įuropean CD single and UK cassette single 'U Remind Me' (remix featuring Method Man and Blu Cantrell-radio mix) – 3:56 A2. '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.

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