Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.
So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.
This week we’re getting everything we need and more from ‘Everything’ – the third single from Mary J. Blige‘s 3x platinum third studio album ‘Share My World.’ The Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced cut, which famously samples ‘You Are Everything’ [The Stylistics], was accompanied by one of the Grammy winner’s most memorable visuals – a Hawaiian themed clip helmed by hit video director Hype Williams. Helping it reach its Hot 100 peak of #24 this week 19 years ago, the song is an enduring fan favorite from Blige’s catalog and is undoubtedly a “must hear” on her ‘King & Queen’ tour with fellow R&B royal Maxwell [click here to read more] .
Check in below to see how joined the Queen of Hip Hop Soul in reigning over the Billboard Hot 100’s upper rankings this week in 1997:
![New Song: Mary J. Blige - 'Christmas Without You' [Produced by Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins]](https://thatgrapejuice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/christmas-without-you-mary-j-blige-2024-rodney-jerkins-464x260.jpg "New Song: Mary J. Blige - 'Christmas Without You' [Produced by Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins].")
eurgh Honey is still a Jam
Ahhh, such fond memories
One I Gave My Heart To was Aaliyah’s 3rd top 10 on the hot 100 and 4th top 10 on the R&B chart. From the already double platinum album… in 1997.
Chile, I’m bout to CRY lol…SO many jams! At THIS point, the situation’s outta control…I never meant to hurt her, but I gotta let her GO…FIRE…I don’t know what, they want from me, it’s like…yaaas…it’s like honey when it rushes over me, ya know sugar never ever was so sweet…yaaas…you take me away from the pain, and you bring me paradise…CHILE..onnn that morning, when this life is over…where is my kleenex! Sometimes I wish I could, turn back time…impossible as it may seem…but I wish I could, so bad…BABYYYYYYY…LAWD lol
I loved this jam,it was the s***,literally.
Great music from back in the day amazing