| "Sideline Ho" | ||||
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| Single by Monica | ||||
| from the album The Makings of Me | ||||
| Released | September 19, 2006 | |||
| Studio | Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | J | |||
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"Sideline Ho" is a song by American singer Monica. It was written by Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, Antonio Dixon, Eric Dawkins, Steve Russell, and Durrell "Tank" Babbs for her fourth studio album, The Makings of Me (2006). Production was helmed by Mason and Thomas under their production moniker The Underdogs, with Tank credited as co-producer of the song. "Sideline Ho" was released as the album's third single in the third quarter of 2006. It opened at number 77 on US Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on early airplay alone, and achieved a peak of number 45 on that chart.
Although "Sideline Ho" had a successful debut on the R&B charts, J Records refused to agree on producing a music video for the song at first,[1] and on January 19, 2007, a video clip of Monica asking fans to sign an online petition to help convince her record company to release a video for the single was leaked onto the internet. While several sources reported that the singer and her team "had started writing treatments for the 'Sideline Ho' video" by late February 2007, ideas for a video were eventually scrapped.[1]
- ^ a b "Monica Revisits Label Drama". SOHH.com. April 29, 2007. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2013.