R&B force Monica has teamed up with crooner Trey Songz for ‘Here I Am’ – the third single to be lifted from her Gold selling LP ‘Still Standing’.
Take a listen to the ‘Passion, Pain, & Pleasure’ tour-mates’s new version of the song below…
Having long been in a love-affair with the original, I was somewhat predisposed to giving a thumbs up to the remix. However, this stunning version deserves kudos in its own right. Despite not featuring new vocals from Monica, the addition of Songz surprisingly breathed new life into the song, with their respective vocals meshing exceptionally well. What’s more, Songz’s powerful runs sees this serve as one of his best vocal out yet. R&B at its best.
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I like the original much better. But this version was alright
THIS IS AMAZING! A COMPLETE SMASH!!!
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This is kinda better than what i expected. This is my favorite song off of the Still Standing album and I thought that Trey would just ruin the whole song but it is quite interesting now!!!!!
Don’t like it at all. Its all over the place. A remix was not needed at all
The original is way better. Trey Songz just don’t make the cut for this song and Monica is way overdue with releasing a 3rd single, which this should have been the 2nd. Not feeling it but love Monica.
This a smassssshhhh! This is clearly an unmastered version… but this is def goin straight to number 1 on the r&b charts.
Yes, im lovin it! This is the best Trey has EVER sounded on any track he’s ever made. I think he know’s he had to step his game up vocally to be on a track with Monica’s powerhouse vocals. It will do well on iTunes and the Hot 100.
LOVE MONICA ! NOT TREY… THIS SONG CERTAINLY DID NOT NEED TO BE REMIXED @ ALL. HOWEVER I STILL LIKE IT. LOVE THE ORGINAL BETTER
No a bad remix. Still prefer original.
Some of the overlaps on the song need fine tuning imo, however i like Treys verse and bridge parts.
Love Mo as always but woulda been nice if she added new vocals on it.
Something to add to my itunes
Team Monica
Her album should be platinum by now!
Nope. Love her and still nope.
XOXO HE DEF ADDED A NEW ELEMENT (LIKE USUAL)
GARBAGE !!!!! 🙁
The song should’ve been left alone. This is my second favorite record off the album(“Superman” being my first), but I will admit that this the best Trey has ever sound vocally…..
Niiicccceeee!!!!
platinum only 474,000 sold almost gold
Trey’s voice works well with the song but I think it’s obvious the song isnt mixed or finished it doesnt sound quite right and that’s turning me off.
@Aries Um no today Monica’s album sits at 511,000 copies sold.
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YESSSSS got dammit… I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I don’t think that Trey took away from the original, but he didn’t add too much either… This and Stay or Go are my two favorites… I preferred this over “Love All Over Me” because we heard “Love All Over Me” on the show… #Kudos Mo!!!!
Nice…but they couldnt have cut out Monica’s second verse!!!
Lovede it..Go Mo, Trey knew he better had stepped up them vocals to be on a monica track…cant wait for the video!!!!!
Honestly you could put anybody on this song, and I would still love it.
The original will always hottest, though.
I love this Remix Trey Songz just added something special to it!!! Man Im a listen to this all day long!!! Wow
@ariea you are wrong Monica has surpassed the 500k mark shes at like 530k
I actually like it eventhough I am not much of a Trey Songz fans and love Monica and the origianally, this is shockingly good. Their voice did mesh well together and powerful break down toward the end. I gvie it two thumbs up. Thanks Songz for actually doing well on this song. Moncia I will always supp[ort u.
SHAME on Monica for relying on a less talented R&B singer to make her already hot song seem hot. The original is better. She already has 2 #1 hits from this album. Why would she rely on Trey to make her third single hot? I do not get it.
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God, I know right! This track is amazing.
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She probably wants crossover appeal. Monica is big and everything, and Still Standing is doing/did well, but the first two singles were only big in the urban markets. Since her next album is coming out in a year with a new single due this summer, it makes sense that she would want to crossover a bit with Trey’s help.
I love it! One of my favorite songs off the album. Monica is the s***. Too bad she does not get the nominations for awards she deserve, but as she explained on Twitter its more than talent. Its all about politics.
Aaaaaw, this was my favorite Monica song of her entire career. I like the original so much better.
First off, why would you release the remix before the original version? The ORIGINAL version is 50X better than this s***. I have to question Monica’s say so with her records. The way her project has been handled causes you to question several things.
Yes, she has had a #1 and #2 R&B track. But 530k albums is all you can produce? This album should have been platinum by now. AND THE REASON IT ISNT IS BECUZ THE BALL WAS DROPPED BY MONICA’s CAMP and JRECORDS. Taking 6 months from the date of Everything to Me to release Love All Over Me. pfft. SMMFH
I love Monica but I had to get that off me. It makes no sense that she’s BARELY GOLD with 2 chart-topping songs.
This single will NOT influence anymore album sales in Monica’s favor and will NOT be a chart topper… Sad to say
No No No NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! This was not needed at all! This was waaaaaaaaay too much with Gay Thongz! They really could’ve left Rihanna’s long lost brother off this song….I can’t take his voice & Thongz s*** was Auto Tuned to the MAX! I can’t with him! He’s really been officially Chopped off my list…..& as for YOU MONICA A.K.A. “MS. THANG!” I’m going to Whoop your ass for you allowing the b******* to go down like this!
Real talk… Trey Songz came with it on this track! Here I Am was already a hit, but like most have already said, Monica needs a little cross over appeal, and Trey Songz has that right now! Not to mention, they were label mates. I do also agree that here album could have been platinum by now and grammy nominated if here promotion team or j records released her singles in a timely manner. I mean… 5 and 6 months between each single these days in the music industry is like career-s****** especially when Drake, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, and Usher have 3 or 4 songs on the charts at one time. She better be glad she’s MONICA and still got that powerhouse voice or it would be over #honestly. I must say though, I like this remix. I didn’t think Monica would go back into the studio and add anything because the original track was already great, and Trey Songz makes a good addition. Still Standing is over 500,000 copies sold and went gold, both singles so far have hit #1 either on R&B/hip hop or Adult R&B charts, so the album is already a success. J Records NEEDS to put out a deluxe addition with this track along with leftover tracks like Lesson Learn, Taxi, etc. and her album sale will go up
The funniest ish I’ve heard all week, “makes sense that she would want to crossover a bit with Trey’s help.”
On what planet is Trey Songz positioned to give someone CROSSOVER appeal? Doesn’t Trey SONGZ need to crossover first? Trey Songz couldn’t help Monica cross over a puddle of water!
They’re BOTH R&B and if Monica doesn’t stop choosing that horrible $hit she chooses, they’ll both STAY R&B
Tight track. I can really hear the r. kelly influence from Trey on this. Nice!
@Carrington Um Trey is VERY crossover. You might wanna check the positions that Say Ahh & Bottoms Up did on the Hot 100, not to mention his 240k first week sales on his current album, platinum selling single, his last album went platinum, two top 10 Hot 100 singles, Kodak & Rockowear endorsements. THE BOY HAS CROSSED AND I BELIEVE HIS CROSSOVER SUCCESS WILL HELP HERE I AM DO A LOT BETTER ON THE HOT 100.
Trey came with it on this song! Go Trey! Monica always rocks.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE Monica. “Here I am” is easily one of my favs on her current album but I like this new version of the song. For those who are wondering why Monica isn’t platinum yet, it’s simply because music isn’t selling as well as it use to. Rihanna has had how many pop #1 from her current album and she sits at 830k to date. Not many R/B singers can sell more than 500k; however, Monica is one of the few who can pass that mark consistently.
WHOEVER COMMENTED ABOUT MONICA RELEASING SINGLES SOOOO FAR APART IS SO DEAD ON!! I AM A MONICA FAN SINCE THE BEGINNING…BUT J RECORDS ALWAYS RELEASE SINGLES SOOO FAR APART UNLESS U ARE ALICIA KEYS …THESE DAYS U HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED AND HAVE THEM WANTING TO BUY YOUR ALBUM- NOT JUST PURCHASE A SINGLE! LOVE ALL OVER ME DID GREAT ALSO ON URBAN CHARTS BUT IT TOOK FOREVER TO BE RELEASED..SHE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON HER AFTER THE STORM ALBUM…KNOCK KNOCK FLOPPED ALL OVER THE PLACE(NOT TO MENTION HER AND BEYONCE WERE RELEASED A WEEK APART IN 03) …LOVE ME SOME MONICA !!!BUT THE PROMOTION TEAM NEEDS TO STEP THEIR GAME UP THE NEXT TIME AROUND
She still needs to be performing and promoting this album. Monica is a superstar. To me she’s released the best r&b album this year. She should be nearing platinum status or close to. She’s very talented. Rihanna’s album has sold almost a million copies tho. But back to Monica her singles were doing extremely well, so she did’nt wanna stop the momentum. She should rerelease this album, may’be release this and 1 more single, then reissue it. This is an amazing album, remember Monica can make good Pop/n/B ballads and songs also.
Smashhhhhhh !!! This is the best Trey has ever sounded. He had no choice but to step up..
@ABCD…..Do your research none of trey albums has NEVER went platinum and he is NOT crossover material……yuuup…lol
ONCE IT GETS MASTERED IT WILL BE ALOT BETTER
THE SHEEP DIDN’T HELP. THE ORIGINAL IS BETTER
Hot like FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Trey Songz PPP sold only 17,000 units bringing the totals to a measley 368,000…Flopping gold to copper
I think that Trey SOngz and Monica shouldve recorded it TOGETHER SO that They COuldve Felt It More With Passion like A DUET instead of them just adding h is recording to the original~~
Actually @MAMAGUN Monica’a album sold More Than RIhanna’s after only 1 SINGLE ~~Rihanna is platinum off of shipments , while Monica is gold not off of shipments, Monica’s SALES HAS PASSED THE 500k and still has MORE SALES THAN RIHANNA~~~
Also if you look in the WAl MArt store sthere is usually only 2 still standing albums while RIhanna’s Rated R is all over the place. Monica couldve been PLatinum a Long Time AGo if J REcords Had their shipments of still standing TOGETHER RITE~~
@MAMAGUN RIhanna sales are only around the 400k mark~~ur getting probably the shipment mixed up or whatever but the RIAA certifies albums offf of their checks Her record company may have payed her for platinum while her album shipped aroun 830k but she only sold around 400k~
This is a nice song. Monica keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!