"Don't Mess with My Man" is the second single from American
R&B group
Lucy Pearl
Lucy Pearl was an American R&B supergroup formed in 1999. The group was composed of Raphael Saadiq (formerly of Tony! Toni! Toné!), Dawn Robinson (formerly of En Vogue), and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (formerly of A Tribe Called Quest).
History
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and the second single taken from their debut self-titled album. The song was released to
urban radio
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contem ...
on August 15, 2000.
The song was the group's biggest success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 20 on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
. It also found some success in Iceland, where it peaked at number two, and in France, where it peaked at number 14. In the United States, the song was not as successful as debut single "
Dance Tonight", peaking outside of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
"Don't Mess with My Man" was also the group's last single with band member
Dawn Robinson
Dawn Sherrese Robinson (born November 24, 1966 or 1968) is an American singer best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Following her departure from En Vogue, Robinson ...
. In 2014, the song was sampled by
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...
for his single "
Don't
Don't, Dont, or DONT may refer to:
Films
* ''Don't'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent comedy film
* ''Don't'' (1974 film), a 1974 film about the monarch butterfly
* ''Don't'', a fake trailer from the film ''Grindhouse'' (2007)
Songs
* "Don't" (Bill ...
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Track listing
UK CD single
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (album version)
:43# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Mood II Swing edit)
:40
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Wookie radio mix)
:18# "Don't Mess with My Man" (video)
Charts
Release history
Booty Luv version
"Don't Mess with My Man" was released as the third single from the debut album of UK
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...
duo
Booty Luv
Booty Luv are a British dance group formed in June 2006 by their record label, Hed Kandi. The group comprises two R&B vocalists, Cherise Roberts and Nadia Shepherd, both of whom were in the original line-up of the hip hop and R&B group Big ...
. It was released on September 3, 2007, two weeks before their debut album was released, and reach number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listings
UK CD1
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (radio edit)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Seamus Haji Big Love remix)
UK CD2
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (radio edit)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (extended)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Seamus Haji Big Love remix)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Thomas Gold remix)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Ryden's live edit)
UK promo CD
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (radio edit)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (extended)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Seamus Haji Big Love remix)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Thomas Gold disco remix)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Thomas Gold disco rub)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (Soul Survivors remix)
# "Don't Mess with My Man" (instrumental)
Charts
References
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2000 singles
2000 songs
2007 singles
Booty Luv songs
Songs written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Songs written by Dawn Robinson
Songs written by Raphael Saadiq
Virgin Records singles