On Bended Knee

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 Bended, the past tense of bend, survives only in this idiom, elsewhere having been replaced by bent.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]

Performed by: Boyz II Men
Written by: James Samuel Iii Harris; Terry Lewis

Credits: Harris, James Samuel Iii (Songwriter); Lewis, Terry (Songwriter); EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (Publisher); FLYTE TYME TUNES (Publisher)

"On Bended Knee"
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
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"I'll Make Love to You" (1994) "On Bended Knee" (1994) "Thank You" (1994)

"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 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' heyday, and Boyz II Men became only the third act (after The Beatles and Elvis Presley) to achieve this feat.

The song also reached #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay and #2 on the Hot Singles Sales on December 3, 1994.

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.

U.S. chart performance

Chart	Peak Position
Billboard Hot 100	1

External links

• Music Video

Preceded by "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single December 3, 1994-December 10, 1994	Succeeded by "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
Preceded by "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single December 31, 1994-January 21, 1995	Succeeded by "Creep" by TLC

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