No More Drama (song)

No More Drama (song)
"No More Drama"
Single by Mary J. Blige
from the album No More Drama
Released October 29, 2001
Format CD maxi single, 12" Maxi Single
Recorded 2001
Genre R&B, hip hop soul
Length 5:26
Label MCA
Writer(s) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Barry Vorzon, Perry Botkin
Producer Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"Dance for Me"
(2001)
"No More Drama"
(2001)
"Rainy Dayz"
(2002)

"No More Drama" is a song by Mary J. Blige, taken from her fifth studio album No More Drama. It was released as the album's second single worldwide (third single in some European markets). The Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced track became another hit for Blige, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 in the UK.

The song famously samples "Nadia's Theme", currently used as the theme music for the soap opera The Young and the Restless. In the song, Blige calls herself "young and restless" in a further nod to the music sample. The video for the song won Blige her first MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.

Contents

Music video

The video features cameos by Mariah Carey and P. Diddy who had both recently experienced their own very publicized 'dramas', Mariah Carey's personal and professional problems following her movie and album Glitter, and Diddy's legal troubles following a night club shooting. They appear, individually, on televisions stacked in a store front window, in front of which Mary is singing. The video contains images of a depressed man that is struggling to overcome drugs (played by actor David Venafro), a gang member who lost a friend in a shooting and a woman who is verbally and physically abused by her partner. It was directed by Sanji.

The song was used as a background theme for both Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?.

Formats and track listings

CD 01
  1. No More Drama (Radio Edit)
  2. No More Drama (P. Diddy/Mario Winans Remix LP Version)
  3. No More Drama (Twin Disco Experience Remix)
  4. No More Drama (Video)
CD 02
  1. No More Drama (Radio Edit)
  2. Mary Jane (All Night Long)
  3. Everything (Album Version)

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
UK Singles Chart 9
Irish Singles Chart 24
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 30
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 38
Swiss Singles Chart 17
French Singles Chart 42
Dutch Singles Chart 15
Belgium Flanders Singles Chart 36
Belgium Wallonia Singles Chart[1] 6
Swedish Singles Chart 29
German Singles Chart 47

References

  1. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=st&year=2002&date=20020608