911 (Wyclef Jean song)

Infobox Single
Name = 911


Artist = Wyclef Jean featuring Mary J. Blige
from Album = & Reflections - A Retrospective
B-side =
Released = November 27, 2000
July 11, 2002 (Australia)
Format = CD5, CD3
Recorded = 2000
Genre = R&B
Length = 4:19
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Brown, M./Jean, Wyclef/Duplessis, Jerry "Te Bass"/Cadet, K.
Producer = Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean, Sedeck
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Wyclef Jean
Type = singles
Last single = "It Doesn't Matter"
(2000)
This single = "911"
(2000)
Next single = "Perfect Gentleman"
(2001)Extra chronology
Artist = Mary J. Blige
Type = singles
Last single = "Give Me You"
(2000)
This single = "911"
(2000)
Next single = "Family Affair"
(2001)

"911" is a duet between rap singer Wyclef Jean and soul music singer Mary J. Blige. Released in the summer of 2000 off Wyclef's second disc, "", the song depicted two star-crossed lovers in a web of drama with the male narrator running from police while the female narrator worries forlornly over him. Outside influences are spoke about as evading both of their lives into saying "messing around with you is gonna get (the man) life" though they feel "it's worth the sacrifice". The song was a hit for the two singers as it reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a duo or group in 2001.

It samples Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians' "What I Am", some excerpts can be found in the mix versions from James Brown's "The Payback".

Tracklists and formats

*US 5-inch Single
#"911" (Radio Edit) (4:07)
#*Vocals - MB² , Mary J. Blige
#"911" (Ghetto Love Remix) (4:04)
#*Vocals - MB , Mary J. Blige
#"Younger Days" (5:01)
#"It Doesn't Matter" (Live Version) (8:26)
#*Featuring - Melky Sedeck, The Rock

*US 3-inch Single
#"911" (Radio Edit) (4:06)
#"Ghetto Love" (Remix) (4:01)
#*Remix - Wyclef Jean

*Australia 5-inch Single
#"911" (Emergency Remix) (4:23)
#"911" (Radio Edit) (4:06)
#"911" (Ghetto Love Remix) (4:01)
#Younger Days (5:00)
#"It Doesn't Matter" (Remix) (4:05)
#*Rap [Featuring] - Hope

* Australia single also released with different cover and with the "(I'm in trouble, I'm in real big trouble)" subtitle.

Credits

Recorded & Mixed at the Hit Factory (NYC)
*Co-producer - Sedeck
*Engineer - Andy Grassi , Michael McCoy
*Mixed By - Andy Grassi
*Producer - Jerry Duplessis , Wyclef Jean
*Vocals - Mary J. Blige
*Backing Vocals - MB
*Video Director - Marcus Raboy
*Video Editing - Bruce Ashley

Charts