Same Girl (R. Kelly and Usher song)

"Same Girl"
Single by R. Kelly and Usher
from the album Double Up
Released May 29, 2007 (U.S.)
August 24, 2007 (Germany)
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2007
Genre R&B
Length 4:12
Label Jive
Writer(s) R. Kelly, Ronnie Jackson, J. Smith
Producer(s) Lil' Ronnie, R. Kelly
R. Kelly singles chronology
"I'm a Flirt"
(2007)		 "Same Girl"
(2007)		 "Rock Star"
(2007)
Usher singles chronology
"Caught Up"
(2004)		 "Same Girl"
(2007)		 "Love in This Club"
(2008)

"Same Girl" is a song released by R&B singer R. Kelly, from his 2007 album Double Up, with R&B singer, Usher. The song was recorded over a year by upcoming R&B group Nephu. R. Kelly and Usher's version leaked to the Internet on May 2, 2007 and later leaked to radio stations. This song was number 26 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[1]

Composition

According to the sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group, "Same Girl" is an R&B song set in a slow tempo of seventy beats per minute. Written in the key of D minor, it follows the chord progression of Gm–Am–Dm, and both Kelly's and Usher's voices span from C3 to C5.[2]

Music video

The video was shot from June 1–3, 2007 by Little X. On June 19, 2007, BET premiered the official music video for "Same Girl" and aired it throughout the day, every hour on the hour. It later premiered on the network's 106 & Park as a New Joint of the Day.

In the song, R. Kelly and Usher talk about a girl they love who turns out to be the same person. In the video, during the first verse, R. Kelly is seen in Chicago calling Usher at his home in Atlanta, telling him about a woman that he is in love with, sparing no details. Usher, taken aback by the similarities to the girl he is dating, inquires further about R.Kelly's new love interest and comes to the conclusion that she is, in fact, the "same girl" as R.Kelly's partner. R. Kelly, in an attempt to resolve the situation working together with Usher, flies out to meet up with Usher in the chorus. As the second verse begins, Usher picks up R. Kelly at the airport in an Aston Martin Vanquish and the two discuss the way they each met this girl in their respective home towns. Eventually, as the two play basketball together, they concoct a scheme to call this girl out on her lies, and show up at dinner with her together, thus shocking and embarrassing her by directly confronting her with her own duplicity. However, at the end of the video, as their plan is carried out, it is in fact Usher and R. Kelly who are shocked, as the tables are turned and it is revealed that they were not, in fact, dating the same girl as they had come to believe; the girl just happened to have an identical twin with an identical car, license plate, ankle tattoo, beauty mark, and child as well as an identical penchant for Waffle House despite living over 700 miles away from her sister; in addition, both possessed a blue and pink phone which they would alternate occasionally. This is never actually stated in the song, though, so it is debatable whether this is also the case within the song itself. However, in the end of the video, they stare at each other dumbfounded as they realized the girl they thought they were both dating is actually extremely identical twins.

Remixed versions

The official remix of the song, The Triple Up Remix, features T-Pain and Usher. R. Kelly uses the Auto-Tune effect on the remix.

Credits

Credits from Amazon.com - R. Kelly & Usher - Same Girl - Single

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 47
Irish Singles Chart 20
Swedish Singles Chart 20
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 4
Scotland Singles Chart 19
UK Singles Chart 26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 20
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 4
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 22
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 49
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 38

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 100

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[4] Gold 0*
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 7, 2009
  2. ↑ "R. Kelly – Same Girl Sheet Music". Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2007 Year End Charts – The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
  5. ↑ "American single certifications – R. Kelly – Same Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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