Charlene (song)

Charlene (song)
"Charlene"
Single by Anthony Hamilton
from the album Comin' from Where I'm From
Released August 3, 2004
Format Airplay, promo CD single
Recorded 2002–2003
Genre R&B, soul
Length 4:06
Label So So Def, Zomba, Arista
Writer(s) Anthony Hamilton, Mark Batson
Producer Mark Batson
Anthony Hamilton singles chronology
"Comin' from Where I'm From"
(2003)		 "Charlene"
(2004)		 "Can't Let Go"
(2005)

"Charlene" is an R&B–soul song written by American singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton and songwriter/producer Mark Batson for Hamilton's second studio album, Comin' from Where I'm From (2003). Released as the album's second and final single in May 2004 and produced by Batson, the song was nominated for "Best Male R&B Vocal Performance" at the 2005 Grammy Awards, but lost out to Prince's "Call My Name".

Chart performance

"Charlene" initially debuted at number twenty-one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles in early March 2004, where it stayed for thirteen weeks. It topped the chart the week of May 1, 2004 (its ninth week on the run). The song managed to jump to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number seventy-eight the week of June 5, 2004; it spent forty-six weeks on the chart and peaked at number three. On the Billboard Hot 100, it entered at number seventy-two the week of September 4, 2004, starting a twenty-two-week run which led to a number-nineteen peak (after staying for three weeks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, where it reached number three). "Charlene" remains as Hamilton's most successful single to date, and is often considered his signature song

Track listing

American promo CD single
  1. "Charlene" (Album Version)
  2. "Charlene" (Instrumental)

Charts

Charts (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3
v · Anthony Hamilton
Studio albums
XTC (1996) · Comin' from Where I'm From (2003) · Ain't Nobody Worryin' (2005) · The Point of It All (2008)
Other albums
Soulife (2005) · Southern Comfort (2007)
Singles
"Nobody Else" · "Comin' from Where I'm From" · "Charlene" · "Can't Let Go" · "Sista Big Bones" · "Struggle No More (The Main Event)" · "Do You Feel Me" · "Cool" · "The Point of It All"


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