Usher - "You Make Me Wanna..." (1997)

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Can't find a thread for this anywhere. It was the debut single from his second album "My Way". Written and produced by Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seals.

Love it. Classic Usher.

Chart Peaks:

#2 Hot 100
#1 Dance
#1 R&B/Hip-Hop 
#7 Mainstream Top 40
#1Rhythmic 

[bjordan]

This song put Usher on the map.

[B-Boy]

This made Usher a household name.

The remixes with Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, and pre-crunk Lil' Jon were pretty cool too.

[thirddegree50123]

One of the best songs of the 90s

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#469 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: It’s Usher, baby, encapsulated in the single that launched him to superstardom: a smooth-meets-street slice of R&B perfection about the temptation of a love triangle (a subject Usher would return to … a lot).

Who Put the Bomp: “You Make Me Wanna” kicked off Usher’s career-long creative partnership with producer Jermaine Dupri; if he sounds a lot more experienced in love and life than the typical 18-year old on the track, consider it foreshadowing of what Dupri would help him tap into five years later on Confessions.

This Magic Moment: The dramatic bridge (a showcase for Usher’s emotional and technical vocal range) dropping off into pure beats, punctuated only by Usher’s “you make me wanna” refrains for the dance break (a showcase for Usher’s other considerable talents).