All Eyez on Me (Monica song)

This article is about Monica's leading single from her third studio album. For Tupac Shakur's song from his fourth studio album in the same name, see All Eyez on Me (Tupac Shakur song). For other uses, see All Eyes on Me (disambiguation).

"All Eyez on Me"
Single by Monica
from the album All Eyez on Me
ReleasedJuly 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)
StudioPatchwerk (Atlanta, Georgia)
Length4:00
LabelJ
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Monica singles chronology
"Just Another Girl"
(2001) 		"All Eyez on Me"
(2002) 		"Too Hood"
(2002)
Music video
"All Eyez on Me" on YouTube

"All Eyez on Me" is a song by American singer Monica. It was written in collaboration with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels for her original third studio album of the same name, while production was helmed by the former. The song incorporates excerpts of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (1983) by American singer Michael Jackson. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Quincy Jones and James Ingram are also credited as songwriters.[1] A lighthearted party jam that is built on a danceable groove, "All Eyez on Me" talks about self-confidence.[2][3]

Picked as the album's leading single and Monica's first release on Clive Davis' then newly founded J Records label, "All Eyez on Me" was released to US radio on July 1, 2002. Its impact on the charts, however, was moderate in comparison with previous releases as it reached the top 20 in Belgium and the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand but failed to reach the upper half of the US Billboard Hot 100.[4] The lukewarm response to the track and its follow-up "Too Hood" eventually resulted in the reconstruction of the same-titled album, which received a Japan-wide release only and was subsequently retooled into a new version, branded After the Storm (2003).[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Monica Brings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Monica's Next was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (December 16, 2009). "All 'Eyez' On Monica". Essence. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Monica | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (June 27, 2003). "Monica triumphs over tragedy After the Storm". Enquirer. Retrieved June 1, 2007.