You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time) Explained

You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)
Cover:	You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Brian McKnight featuring Mase
Album:	Anytime
Released:	August 19, 1997
Recorded:	1996
Genre:	Quiet storm^[1] hip hop^[2]
Length:	4:47
Label:	Mercury
Chronology:	Brian McKnight
Prev Title:	Still in Love
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Anytime
Next Year:	1998

"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" is the first single by Brian McKnight from his third studio album Anytime (1997). The song features guest vocals from Mase and contains an uncredited hook sung by Kelly Price. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart, and #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] It sold over 600,000 copies.^[4]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	86
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[6]	35

Notes and References

1. Book: Stewart, Alison. Brian McKnight. . 2004 . . 4th . Brackett . Nathan . Hoard . Christian . 0-7432-0169-8 . 530.
2. Book: Stewart, Alison. Brian McKnight. . 2004 . . 4th . Brackett . Nathan . Hoard . Christian . 0-7432-0169-8 . 530.
3. Allmusic
4. Best-Selling Records of 1997 . Billboard. BPI Communications Inc.. January 31, 1998 . May 31, 2015 . 76 . 0006-2510. 110. 5.
5. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1997. Billboardtop100of.com. October 19, 2021.
6. Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1997. Billboard. October 19, 2021. August 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150803035318/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-r-b-hip-hop-songs. live.