| "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" | ||||
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| Single byErykah Badu featuringCommon | ||||
| from the albumBrown SugarandWorldwide Underground | ||||
| Released | August 5, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
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| Label | MCA | |||
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| Producer | Raphael Saadiq | |||
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"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is a song recorded by American singerErykah Badu for theBrown Sugar soundtrack (2002). It features American rapperCommon, who co-wrote the song alongside Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Robert Ozuma,James Poyser,Rashad Smith, Glen Standridge and the song's sole producerRaphael Saadiq. The song follows the film and its soundtrack's common lyrical theme of personifyinghip hop. It was released as thelead single fromBrown Sugar on August 5, 2002, byMCA Records.
A commercial success, "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" spent four weeks atop the USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and reached number nine on theBillboard Hot 100. Critically acclaimed, the song won theSoul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single and theGrammy Award for Best R&B Song. A year after its release, it was included on international editions of Badu's third studio albumWorldwide Underground (2003).
The official remix of "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", entitled "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Badu's third studio albumWorldwide Underground (2003). The remix featured guest raps byQueen Latifah,Bahamadia andAngie Stone, and sampled "Funk You Up" by the rap groupthe Sequence, of which Stone was a member. Another version of the remix, titled "Funk You Up! (Love Of My Life Remix)", features Badu rapping different lyrics.
US 12-inch vinyl[2]
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| Chart (2002-2003) | Peak position |
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| USBillboard Hot 100[5] | 9 |
| USAdult R&B Songs (Billboard)[6] | 4 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] | 67 |
| Chart (2003) | Position |
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| USBillboard Hot 100[9] | 78 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] | 19 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | August 5, 2002 | Urban contemporary radio | MCA | |
| August 20, 2002 | 12-inch vinyl |
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