You Bring Me Joy (Mary J. Blige song)

"You Bring Me Joy"
Artwork used for US commercial cassette releases
Single by Mary J. Blige
from the album My Life
ReleasedMay 28, 1995 (1995-05-28)
Length4:36
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Combs (music)
  • Thompson (music)
  • Hailey (vocals)
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"Mary Jane (All Night Long)"
(1995)
"You Bring Me Joy"
(1995)
"I Love You"
(1995)

"You Bring Me Joy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Joel "Jo-Jo" Hailey, and Chucky Thompson for her second studio album, My Life (1994), while overall music production was helmed by Combs and Thompson with the vocal tracks being produced by Jo-Jo. The song is built around a sample of "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (1977) by singer Barry White. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Ekundayo Paris and Nelson Pigford are also credited as songwriters.[1] "You Bring Me Joy" served as the third single from My Life and peaked at number 29 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, also topping the Hot Dance Club Songs.[2]

  1. ^ Blige, Mary J. (1994). My Life (Compact Disc). Mary J. Blige. MCA Records.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 65.