On Bended Knee
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Humbly, pleading, as in They're desperate for funds; they're asking for contributions on bended knee. This expression alludes to a traditional attitude of supplication. Bended, the past tense of bend, survives only in this idiom, elsewhere having been replaced by bent. [Mid-1600s]
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| Single by Boyz II Men | ||||
| from the album II | ||||
| Released | November 1, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 5:29 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||
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"On Bended Knee" is a 1994 number-one hit single by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song reached #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay and #2 on the Hot Singles Sales on December 3, 1994. "On Bended Knee" stayed at number one for a total of six weeks.
The single is notable for having replaced the previous Boyz II Men single, "I'll Make Love to You", as the top song on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This was the first time that an act had replaced itself at number one since the Beatles, when "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", and "Can't Buy Me Love" monopolized the top of the chart for a total of 12 weeks.
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Music video
The music video featured the band members and their break up and eventual reconciliation with four famous actresses: Kim Fields, Renée Jones, Lark Voorhies, and Victoria Rowell. The video begins with Wanya's girlfriend (Voorhies) in the car with him, accusing him of looking at another woman at the grocery store, and she gets out of the car, leaving Wanya alone.
He eventually finds her sitting on bleachers where they make up. Shawn meets a girl (Rowell) with a dog at the park and falls in love with her after just meeting her. Michael gets into a fight with his girlfriend (Jones) on his birthday and he's shown alone, drawing a picture of her, but then she comes back to him.
Nathan is shown concentrating more on writing music than spending time with his girlfriend (Fields), which frustrates her so she writes a break-up note on his mirror and leaves him, but she eventually returns to him. The band appears singing on the subway and in the rain.
Track listing
US Maxi-CD
- On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix) 5:29
- On Bended Knee (Swingamix) 5:26
- On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
- On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Instrumental) 5:29
- I'll Make Love To You (Remix - Sexy Version) 4:33
US Vinyl, 12", Promo
- A1On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Edit) 4:18
- A2 On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix) 5:28
- A3 On Bended Knee (Swingamix) 5:26
- B1 On Bended Knee (Swingamix Edit) 4:24
- B2 On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
- B3 On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Instrumental) 5:29
- B4 On Bended Knee (A Capella) 5:05
France Vinyl, 12", Promo
- A On Bended Knee (Album Version) 5:29
- B1 On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
- B2 Thank You (Untouchable Mix) 5:48
Germany Single
- On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
- End Of The Road (Pop Edit) 3:39
Europe Maxi-CD
- On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
- On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
- End Of The Road (Pop Edit) 3:39
- Final Del Camino (End Of The Road, Spanish Version) 5:50
Chart performance
| Chart | Peak Position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 7 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 21 |
| French Singles Chart | 34 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 20 |
| UK R&B Chart | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 8 |
| US Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 | 55 |
| End of year chart (1995) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] | 5 |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 14 |
| Preceded by "I'll Make Love To You" by Boyz II Men "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single December 3, 1994 – December 10, 1994 (first run) December 31, 1994 – January 21, 1995 (second run) |
Succeeded by "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze "Creep" by TLC |
References
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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