Remarks:
In 2001 this song went to #1 on both the American pop and R&B charts, a common feat for Usher. It went to #3 in Britain. I generally do not like his songs because they play them too much, but this one is long-ago enough that now I like it.
The woman at the end is Chilli of TLC. The one at the beginning I believe is Shakara Ledard, a fashion model from the Bahamas.
The music video most reminds me of Mya’s “My Love is Like … Wo” (2003).
Lyrics:
Yo, I ain’t seeing you in a minute, but I got something to tell ya, listen.
See the thing about you that caught my eye
Is the same thing that makes me change my mind
Kinda hard to explain, but girl, I’ll try,
You need to sit down this may take a while
See this girl, she sorta looks just like you
She even smiles just the way you do
So innocent she seemed but I was fooled
I’m reminded when I look at you.
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew.
See her face whenever I, I look at you.
You won’t believe all of the things she put me through.
This is why I just can’t get with you.
Thought that she was the one for me,
Til I found out she was on her creep,
Oh, she was sexing everyone, but me.
This is why we could never be.
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew.
See her face whenever I, I look at you.
You won’t believe all of the things she put me through.
This is why I just can’t get with you.
I know it’s so unfair to you,
That I relate her ignorance to you.
Wish I knew, wish I knew how to separate the two
You remind me, whoa…
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew.
See her face whenever I, I look at you.
You won’t believe all of the things she put me through.
This is why I just can’t get with you.
You remind me of a girl, that I once knew.
See her face whenever I, I look at you.
You won’t believe all of the things she put me through.
This is why I just can’t get with you.
This is one of my favorite Usher Songs.
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Boy, did i lose respect for Usher. He completely sold out! His last album “Looking 4 Myself” ( appropriately titled, being he lost himself and his R&B roots ) was pure garbage.
He crossed over to a white fan base and abandon his original black base. I skimmed through his album on “spotify” on my ipad 2 and it was nothing but house music and dance music that is clearly geared towards white people.
I can see if he was trying to be, universal but there was nothing for black people on this album, whatsoever.
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hmmm when he all on that tree at 1:24. usher and chili were beautiful together. I like his other songs my boo and burn and I forgot the name of the song where in the vid he dances in a chair and its three of him.
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The album this song comes from was Usher’s time. Not as pure as his Devante Swing led debut, or his Jermaine Dupri fathered sophomore, but he was definitely leading in R&B at the time. “U got it bad,” “U remind me,” this song was huge in the UK. I like the video, too. I wish Chilli and Usher would have worked out, but I feel they’re both probably too high maintenance. Great R&B era, Usher and Ginuwine were king.
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Nah man, the overplaying phenomenon really started with Nelly and Kelly Rowland’s “Dilemma” being played on all three music stations (MTV, BET and VH1) at once.
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I miss the old Usher
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This is so bland. He reminds me of Craig David here.
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