My Life

~ Release by Mary J. Blige (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Intro	1	1:04
2	Mary Jane (All Night Long) samples: All Night Long by Mary Jane Girls recording of: Mary Jane (All Night Long) writer: Mary J. Blige and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)	3	4:37
3	You Bring Me Joy recording of: You Bring Me Joy writer: Mary J. Blige, Joel “Jo‐Jo” Hailey (R&B singer, member of K‐Ci & JoJo), Ekundayo Paris, Nelson Pigford, Sean Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) and Chucky Thompson	4	4:13
4	Marvin (Interlude)	1	0:36
5	I'm The Only Woman		4:30
6	K. Murray (Interlude) guest vocals: Keith Murray (US rapper, member of Def Squad)	1	0:22
7	My Life samples: Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers Ubiquity	4.5	4:17
8	You Gotta Believe	4	5:00
9	I Never Wanna Live Without You	5	6:14
10	I'm Goin' Down co-producer: "Prince" Charles Alexander (American record producer, audio engineer, educator and recording artist) and Mark "Led" Ledford cover recording of: I’m Going Down lyricist and composer: Norman Whitfield	3.5	3:42
11	My Life (Interlude)	2	1:15
12	Be With You	3	4:26
13	Mary's Joint	3	5:00
14	Don't Go	3	4:59
15	I Love You samples: Ike’s Mood 1 by Isaac Hayes recording of: I Love You	4	4:31
16	No One Else	3.5	4:14
17	Be Happy recording of: Be Happy writer: Gil Askey, Mary J. Blige, Arlene DelValle, Jean Claude Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone), Curtis Mayfield and Sean "Puffy" Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) publisher: Andrask Music, Dooch Music, EMI April Music Inc., Jelly’s Jams, LLC, Jumping Bean Songs, LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music (publishing), Mayfield Music (BMI), Twelve and Under Music, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	3.65	5:49

2▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Mary Jane (All Night Long) (Remix)		5:31
2	I'm Goin' Down (Remix)		3:50
3	I Love You (Remix)		6:03
4	Be Happy (Bad Boy Butter Remix) remix of: Be Happy by Mary J. Blige recording of: Be Happy writer: Gil Askey, Mary J. Blige, Arlene DelValle, Jean Claude Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone), Curtis Mayfield and Sean "Puffy" Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) publisher: Andrask Music, Dooch Music, EMI April Music Inc., Jelly’s Jams, LLC, Jumping Bean Songs, LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music (publishing), Mayfield Music (BMI), Twelve and Under Music, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)		4:44
5	Be Happy (Ron G Remix) remix of: Be Happy by Mary J. Blige recording of: Be Happy writer: Gil Askey, Mary J. Blige, Arlene DelValle, Jean Claude Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone), Curtis Mayfield and Sean "Puffy" Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) publisher: Andrask Music, Dooch Music, EMI April Music Inc., Jelly’s Jams, LLC, Jumping Bean Songs, LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music (publishing), Mayfield Music (BMI), Twelve and Under Music, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)		3:42
6	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman cover recording of: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman lyricist: Gerry Goffin additional writer: Jerry Wexler composer: Carole King publisher: Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) sub-publisher: Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシングフジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)		2:58

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/16264219 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman Be Happy I'm Goin' Down Mary Jane (All Night Long)

part of:

Grammy Award: Best R&B Album nominees (number: 1996) (order: 8)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 86) (order: 86)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 126) (order: 126)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 126) (order: 126)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 279) (order: 279)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 281) (order: 281)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/78734 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Mary-j-blige/My-life [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vp8r [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mary-j-blige/my-life/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/31577/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000626804 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2520722 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 602508848612
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:31:37

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Uptown Records
00602508848612

Release events

Europe
2020-11-20

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