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"Cross My Mind" | ||||
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Single by Jill Scott | ||||
from the album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | ||||
Released | May 3, 2005 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:45 | |||
Label | Hidden Beach | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jill Scott, Keith Pelzer Darren Henson | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Pelzer & Darren Henson | |||
Jill Scott singles chronology | ||||
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"Cross My Mind" is a single released in 2005 by American R&B/soul singer/songwriter Jill Scott and from her second album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2. The song was an R&B top 40 hit, peaking at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [1] The song earned Scott her first Grammy Award in 2005, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.
"Cross My Mind" includes a jazz piano and loop, with Scott alternating between singing and speaking the lyrics. [2] BBC music critic Daryl Easlea considered the song to reflect her background in poetry. [3] Easlea described the song as a "poem set to minimal piano and beatbox" and considered its chorus "infectious". [3] R&B website Okayplayer included the track in its list of eight Scott songs that "celebrated sexuality through song", highlighting the lyrics "How amazing, how amazing/When you would spread my limbs cross continents", "Bump our bed way over mountains", and "Kiss this and this and this and this". [4]
Rashod Ollison, writing for The Baltimore Sun, deemed the song a "prime cut" from Beautifully Human. [5]
The song became a top 40 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at number 38 on the chart dated October 22, 2005, and maintaining that position the following week. [6] [7] It also became her seventh top 10 hit on the Adult R&B Songs chart, reaching number 6 on the chart dated September 24, 2005. [8]
The September 24, 2005, issue of Billboard reported that the song was the most-played track on two stations: WHUR (Washington, DC) and WSRB (Chicago). [9]
At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, held in 2005, "Cross My Mind" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. [10] It was one of three Grammy nominations for Scott that year, along with Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for " Whatever") and Best R&B Album (for Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2). [10] Scott ultimately won the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, becoming her first Grammy win. [10] She would go on to win two more Grammy awards in 2007 and 2008. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Cross My Mind" (Album Version) | 4:44 |
2. | "Cross My Mind" (A Capella) | 4:32 |
3. | "Cross My Mind" (Video) | 4:44 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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US Adult R&B Songs ( Billboard) [8] | 6 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [6] | 38 |
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2011) |
"Cross My Mind" | ||||
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Single by Jill Scott | ||||
from the album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | ||||
Released | May 3, 2005 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:45 | |||
Label | Hidden Beach | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jill Scott, Keith Pelzer Darren Henson | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Pelzer & Darren Henson | |||
Jill Scott singles chronology | ||||
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"Cross My Mind" is a single released in 2005 by American R&B/soul singer/songwriter Jill Scott and from her second album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2. The song was an R&B top 40 hit, peaking at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [1] The song earned Scott her first Grammy Award in 2005, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.
"Cross My Mind" includes a jazz piano and loop, with Scott alternating between singing and speaking the lyrics. [2] BBC music critic Daryl Easlea considered the song to reflect her background in poetry. [3] Easlea described the song as a "poem set to minimal piano and beatbox" and considered its chorus "infectious". [3] R&B website Okayplayer included the track in its list of eight Scott songs that "celebrated sexuality through song", highlighting the lyrics "How amazing, how amazing/When you would spread my limbs cross continents", "Bump our bed way over mountains", and "Kiss this and this and this and this". [4]
Rashod Ollison, writing for The Baltimore Sun, deemed the song a "prime cut" from Beautifully Human. [5]
The song became a top 40 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at number 38 on the chart dated October 22, 2005, and maintaining that position the following week. [6] [7] It also became her seventh top 10 hit on the Adult R&B Songs chart, reaching number 6 on the chart dated September 24, 2005. [8]
The September 24, 2005, issue of Billboard reported that the song was the most-played track on two stations: WHUR (Washington, DC) and WSRB (Chicago). [9]
At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, held in 2005, "Cross My Mind" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. [10] It was one of three Grammy nominations for Scott that year, along with Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for " Whatever") and Best R&B Album (for Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2). [10] Scott ultimately won the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, becoming her first Grammy win. [10] She would go on to win two more Grammy awards in 2007 and 2008. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Cross My Mind" (Album Version) | 4:44 |
2. | "Cross My Mind" (A Capella) | 4:32 |
3. | "Cross My Mind" (Video) | 4:44 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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US Adult R&B Songs ( Billboard) [8] | 6 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [6] | 38 |