"Excuse Me Miss" is a song by American

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. It released on February 4, 2003, as a single for his seventh studio album '' The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse'' (2002). It was also written alongside producers

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, whose

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sings the hook in

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voice (uncredited). The lyrics refer to

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" by

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as well as "

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" by the

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"Excuse Me Miss" was the third and final single from ''The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse'' and was successful commercially. It peaked at #8 on the ''

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and #1 on the ''

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in April, and was nominated for

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at the 46th Grammy Awards but lost to

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". The music video for the single was released in early February 2003. The sequel to "Excuse Me Miss" was " La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again)" with a noticeably darker beat and lyrics, and was also produced by the Neptunes. The song was later was re-released with "Stop" as a single for 2003's '' The Blueprint 2.1''.

Music video

The music video was filmed in

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and

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in January 2003. It was directed by

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and produced by Ericka Danko. It stars Jay-Z and Jeannette Chaves. The video also features cameo appearances from

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, who appears in the scenes at the nightclub with Jay-Z, and

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, who is seen on the dancefloor. In the storyline, the two end up in an elevator alone and catch each other's eye. Jay-Z then has a

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of their relationship and entertaining her with his lavish lifestyle. At the end of the video, Jay-Z approaches her. Chaves won Sexiest Video Vixen at the inaugural ''Vibe''

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Formats and track listings

Excuse Me Miss – United States CD, vinyl 12'' #A1 Excuse Me Miss (Radio) (4:18) #A2 Excuse Me Miss (Explicit) (4:41) #A3 Excuse Me Miss (Instrumental) (4:40) #B1 The Bounce (Clean) (featuring

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) (4:18) #B2 F**k All Nite – Album Version (Clean) (4:19) Excuse Me Miss / The Bounce – United States 12 '' vinyl #A1 Excuse Me Miss (Radio) #A2 Excuse Me Miss (LP Version) #A3 Excuse Me Miss (Instrumental) #B1 The Bounce (Radio) (featuring

) #B2 The Bounce (LP Version) (featuring

) #B3 The Bounce (Instrumental) (featuring

) Excuse Me Miss – United Kingdom CD single # "Excuse Me Miss" (Radio Edit) # "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" (Live) Excuse Me Miss – United Kingdom 12'' vinyl #A1 Excuse Me Miss (Album Version – Explicit) (4:41) #A2 Excuse Me Miss (Instrumental) (4:40) #B Heart of the (Ain't No Love) (Live At

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) (2:51)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Remix

A remix of the song was released featuring

, which ended up on West's 2006 mixtape ''Freshmen Adjustment 2''.

References

{{Authority control 2003 singles Jay-Z songs Music videos directed by Director X Pharrell Williams songs Kanye West songs Song recordings produced by the Neptunes Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Chad Hugo Songs written by Jay-Z Contemporary R&B ballads Torch songs