"Bed" is a song by American singer

J. Holiday Nahum Thorton Grymes (born November 29, 1981), better known by his stage name J. Holiday, is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. He came into prominence in 2007 with his breakthrough hit "Bed", peaking at number five on the US ''Billboar ...

serving as the second single for his debut studio album, ''

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''. It was released by

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as the album's second single on June 19, 2007. It was written by Carlos "Los Da Mystro" McKinney and fellow singer Terius "The-Dream" Nash.

Chart performance

"Bed" debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue week of August 4, 2007 at number 89 and has peaked at number 5. It was number 1 on the

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for five weeks in a row. The single has also debuted on

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's '' 106 & Park'' countdown at number 9 on Tuesday July 31, 2007. On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, "Bed" hit number one on its 11th day on the countdown. This song was No. 70 on ''

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Live performances

On August 17, 2007, Holiday gave his first televised performance of the song on VH1's ''

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''. "Bed" was also performed on ''

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'' along with the single "Suffocate".

Music video

The music video for "Bed" was directed by Jonathan Mannion. The video starts with J. Holiday in his tour bus. Not long after he goes to a motel where he is singing the first verse. There are scenes of the woman that he is singing about though she is not present with him. The first verse also consists of a scene of Holiday singing on a brown wall. Eventually he packs his things and is walking down a deserted road and soon gets to an automobile store and buys a car. He drives to his girlfriend's (video model Jennifer also seen in Omarion's "O" Video) house and she jumps up and hugs him. Night falls and as the song states he puts her to "Bed". The camera then shows him waking up in the morning with his girlfriend still asleep.He picks up his plane tickets and leaves in a taxi, leaving the car he bought at his girlfriend's house.

Remixes

The official remix features American rappers

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and

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, and uses the instrumental from

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" and RUN-DMC's "

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". The second official remix features American rapper

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. The Third Remix of this song came early 2018 when "

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" had a "

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Usage in media

The song appears on the episode of "Stay fierce, Malik" January 23, 2009 on '' The Game''. The song was also used in a dance sequence by Luke James in the 2019 film ''

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''.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

J. Holiday Live Rooftop ShowJ. Holiday Interview: Bringing Storytelling Back to R&B
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