| I Got a Man | |
| Cover: | I Got a Man.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Positive K |
| Album: | The Skills Dat Pay da Bills |
| Released: | December 1, 1992 |
| Recorded: | 1992 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 3:52 |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Shawn Thomas |
| Prev Title: | Nightshift |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Ain't No Crime |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"I Got a Man" is a song by American hip hop rapper Positive K. It was released in December 1992 as the first single from his debut album The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills.
The song features spoken word dialog between a man and woman character, in which the man repeatedly asks the woman out and she continually rebuffs his advances by pointing out she is already in a relationship.
In creating the song, Positive K provided not only the man's dialogue but also the woman's dialogue[1] by raising the pitch of his voice using studio technology.[2]
The single peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the chart week of March 20, 1993, making it the rapper's only Top 40 hit. It sold over 500,000 copies and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3] [4]
There were two music videos for "I Got a Man". The first version was directed by Hype Williams,[5] while the second version was directed by Jeff Byrd.[6]
The music samples the following:
In 1999, Chanté Moore and Jermaine Dupri used an interpolation of the song on their remix of "Chanté's Got a Man". In 2023, IDGAF, a song by Tee Grizzley, featuring Chris Brown and Mariah the Scientist, resembles this song.[7]
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 14 | |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 10 | |
| US Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 1 | |
| US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 12 |
| Position | ||
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 63 |
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