| U Saved Me | |
| Cover: | R kelly u saved me.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | R. Kelly |
| Album: | Happy People/U Saved Me and Epic |
| Released: | October 19, 2004 |
| Recorded: | 2003 |
| Genre: | Gospel |
| Length: | 6:12 (Album version) 5:20 (Radio edit) [1] |
| Label: | Jive |
| Producer: | R. Kelly |
"U Saved Me" is a gospel song by R. Kelly. Taken as the title track single from U Saved Me (a part of the Happy People/U Saved Me double disc album), it reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the Hot R&B and Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song later appeared on Kelly's 2010 album, Epic.
The music video was directed by Little X under his real name, Julien Christian Lutz.
Kelly sang this song live for the first time at the 2005 Soul Train Awards Show.
Kelly narrates four real-life stories based on trials and tribulations of individuals and how they turned it over to God so that He can save them. The first verse describes a drunk driver who nearly lost his life in a car accident, the second verse describes a person on unemployment and has trouble looking for work, the third verse describes an 18-year-old drug dealer who was involved in a shootout when a drug deal went bad, and the fourth verse describes a person diagnosed with cancer who reached out to his mother to pray for him. In each situation, they were thankful to be given a second chance at life.
All entries charted with "Happy People" except where noted.
| Position | ||
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] | 61 |
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| Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | July 6, 2004 | [3] |