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and was a departure from the previous two ballads that had been released from the album. The track reached the top 10 in Australia, the top 20 in the UK and Switzerland and was a top 40 hit in the Netherlands. The single was not released in the US. The song was written by Usher, Dupri and Brian Michael Cox who co-wrote four songs on the album including hit single "

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". The song also references

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and

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and also refers to the

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style of rap making it one of the first mainstream R&B tracks to refer to that style.

Track listings

UK CD # "U-Turn" (Album Version) # "U-Turn" (The Almighty Mix) # "U-Turn" (The Almighty Dub) # "U-Turn" (Video - Plus 'Behind The Scenes' Footage) Europe Maxi-CD # U-Turn lbum Version3:12 # U-Turn he Almighty Mix7:22 # U-Turn he Almighty Dub7:24 # U R The One 3:56 # Video U-Turn 3:05 Germany CD # U-Turn (Album Version) 3:12 # U-Turn (The Almighty Mix) 7:22

Charts

Release history

References

NME U-Turn review
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