Family Affair (Mary J. Blige song)

"Family Affair"
Single by Mary J. Blige
from the album No More Drama
B-side
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)
Recorded2000–2001
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 4:25
  • 4:04 (radio edit)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"911"
(2001) 		"Family Affair"
(2001) 		"No More Drama"
(2001)
Music video
"Family Affair" on YouTube

"Family Affair" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, her brother Bruce Miller, Camara Kambon, Michael Elizondo, and producer Dr. Dre for her fifth studio album, No More Drama (2001).

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting from November 3, 2001, becoming Blige's first and only Hot 100 number-one single as well as her first top-10 single in five years. It was the 12th-biggest song of the 2000s decade in the US and the 99th-biggest song of all-time in the country as of 2018. Rolling Stone ranked it number 95 on their list of 100 Best Songs of the 2000s decade.[4] Outside the United States, the song reached number one in France and the top 10 in 14 additional countries across Europe and Oceania, peaking at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100.

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 17, 2011). "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 4, 2022. The self-proclaimed (and universally recognized) Queen of Hip-Hop Soul delivers a perfect dance song about the spiritual bliss of perfect dance songs.
  2. ^ Santa (January 28, 2022). "Mary J. Blige pourrait interpréter son classique 'Family Affair' pour le spectacle du Super Bowl LVI 2022" [Mary J. Blige could perform her classic 'Family Affair' for the 2022 Super Bowl LVI show] (in French). Hip Hop Corner. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Pepe, Nicole (July 15, 2022). "David Guetta drops nostalgic heater 'Family Affair (Dance For Me)'". We Rave You. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "100 Best Songs of the Aughts: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. June 17, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.