Mesmerize (song)

"Mesmerize"
Single by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
from the album The Last Temptation
B-side"Pop Niggas"
ReleasedDecember 16, 2002 (2002-12-16)
Length4:38
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Ja Rule singles chronology
"Thug Lovin'"
(2002)
"Mesmerize"
(2002)
"Reign"
(2003)
Ashanti singles chronology
"Baby"
(2002)
"Mesmerize"
(2002)
"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)"
(2003)
Music video
"Mesmerize" on YouTube

"Mesmerize" is a song by American rapper Ja Rule. It was released on December 16, 2002, as the second single from his fourth studio, album The Last Temptation (2002). Containing a sample from the 1974 song "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, the song was produced by Irv Gotti and features R&B artist Ashanti. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2003, making it Ashanti's and Ja Rule's fourth top-10 hit as a duet.