"Mrs. Right" is a song by American
boy band
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Mindless Behavior
Mindless Behavior was an American boy band who were best known for the singles " My Girl" and "Mrs. Right", produced by Walter Millsap. The band was put together in Los Angeles in 2008, by Keisha Gamble, Vincent Herbert and Walter Millsap. The ban ...
featuring guest vocals from American rapper
Diggy Simmons
Daniel Dwayne "Diggy" Simmons III (born March 21, 1995) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actor and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons of Run DMC. He is currently acting on the hit show ''Grown-ish'' as Doug Edwar ...
. The song was written by Mindless Behavior, Dee1, Rickey Deleon,
Diggy Simmons
Daniel Dwayne "Diggy" Simmons III (born March 21, 1995) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actor and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons of Run DMC. He is currently acting on the hit show ''Grown-ish'' as Doug Edwar ...
and was produced by Walter W. Millsap, Candice "Goldie" Nelson. It was released as the second single from Mindless Behavior's debut
studio album
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''
#1 Girl'' (2011) on June 28, 2011 by
Interscope
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and Streamline. They were all between 13 to 15 years old in the song.
Remixes
The official remix of "Mrs. Right" features UK rapper
Chipmunk
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. The music video was released on January 13, 2012 on
Polydor Records
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YouTube
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page. The remix was released to
iTunes
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in the UK on February 17, 2012. Also they made a remix with Lil Chuckee which is on Lil Chuckee's mixtape.
Music video
The video was released on June 29, 2011 on
VEVO
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and was directed by
Brett Ratner
Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the ''Rush Hour'' film series, ''The Family Man'', '' Red Dragon'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and ''Tower Heist''. He is also a producer of several films ...
. The video features rapper/actor
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...
as a geography teacher and actor
Mike Epps
Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in ''Next Friday'' and its sequel, ''Friday After Next'', and also appeared in ''The Hangover'' and ''The Hangover Part III'' as "Bla ...
as the school janitor. The video starts in a classroom with LL Cool J telling the students that he's gonna take them to every country, starting the song and having the girl students (each dressed from different countries) dance in front of their classmates. It then moves into a gymnasium where the boys are dancing.
There is another video which was added to VEVO that features the remix with Chipmunk. It is the same one but it completely cuts out Diggy Simmons and the intro. Chipmunk does not make an appearance, therefore it's edited with dancing scenes.
Track listings and formats
US digital download
# "Mrs. Right" (feat. Diggy Simmons) – 4:09
Remix single
# "Mrs. Right" (feat. Chipmunk) – 4:09
UK digital download
# "Mrs. Right" (feat. Chipmunk) – 4:09
# "Mrs. Right" (remix) – 3:59
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
2011 singles
2011 songs
Diggy Simmons songs
Interscope Records singles
Music videos directed by Brett Ratner
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