"Used to Love U" is the debut single by American singer

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. It was written and produced by Legend and rapper-producer

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for his debut album ''

Get Lifted ''Get Lifted'' is the debut studio album by American singer John Legend. It was released by GOOD Music, Sony Urban Music, and Columbia Records on December 28, 2004 in the United States. The production on the album was handled by Legend's then-mana ...

'' (2004). Released as Legend's debut single as well as the album's leading single in August 2004, the song reached number 30 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom as well as number 11 in the Flemish region of Belgium. "Used to Love U" also peaked at number 32 on the US ''Billboard''

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Music video

Directed by Ben Mor, the video begins with John taking his girlfriend to a church where a sermon is taking place. Through the girlfriend's point of view, we see that she's more interested with shiny jewelry than being with John. The sermon is held by

, backed by a choir, who gets John to play the piano. After playing the piano, John stands up and sings in front his girlfriend and his previous exes that are in the audience, saying that he's better off without them.

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of ''

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'' fame appears towards the end of the video.

Track listings

;CD single

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Get Lifted''. *

– producer *John Legend – co-producer, vocals, piano *Anthony Kilhoffer – engineer *Andy Manganello – engineer *Michael Peters – engineer *Mike Eleopoulos – assistant engineer *Pablo Arraya – assistant engineer *Val Brathwaite – assistant engineer *

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– mixing *Jared Robbins – assistant mix engineer *The Horn Dogs – horns *

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– trumpet *Tim Izo – saxophone, flute *

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– guitar *

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– strings

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* 2004 debut singles John Legend songs GOOD Music singles Song recordings produced by Kanye West Songs written by John Legend 2004 songs Hip hop soul songs Songs written by Kanye West {{2000s-R&B-song-stub