"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" is a song by American singer

Brian McKnight Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Sr. (born Brian Kelly McKnight; June 5, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, radio personality, and multi-instrumentalist. An Contemporary R&B, R&B performer, he is recognized for his strong ...

, released by

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on August 19, 1997 as the first single from his third studio album, ''

Anytime Anytime may refer to: * ''Anytime'' (Brian McKnight album), and the title song * ''Anytime'' (Eddy Arnold album), 1956 * ''Anytime'', originally ''Slim Whitman Sings'' (1962 album) * "Anytime" (1921 song), a popular song by Herbert "Happy" Laws ...

'' (1997). The song features guest vocals from American rapper

Mase Mason Durell Betha (born August 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Mase (often stylized as Ma$e), is an American rapper. Best known for his work with Sean Combs, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, he signed with the label in 1996 ...

, while backing vocals are performed by

Kelly Price Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American R&B and gospel singer. Beginning her career in 1992, Price originally performed backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including Carey's ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one sin ...

in an uncredited appearance. It was co-written by all three, while production—based on a sample of

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...

's 1972 song " I Got Ants in My Pants"—was handled by Mase's colleagues at

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, including the label's founder

Puff Daddy Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Diddy, and formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive. Born in Harlem and raised in Mount Vernon, Combs worked as a ...

, as well as its in-house producers

Stevie J Steven Aaron Jordan (born November 2, 1973) Note: Live HHS link goes to error page, but copy-pasting the URL works. is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. As part of the Bad Boy Records production team the Hitmen, Jorda ...

and

Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence Val Anthony Ronald Lawrence (born November 14, 1965), known professionally as Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, is an American record producer. Early life Lawrence was born on the island of Dominica. In 1970, his family immigrated to the United States, ...

. "You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number four on the

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chart. It landed at numbers 86 and 35 for the charts' respective year-end lists. It sold at least 600,000 copies by the end of the year.

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References

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