"Love @ 1st Sight" is the first single from Mary J. Blige's

Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

 sixth studio album Love & Life

Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album)

Love & Life is the sixth studio album by American singer Mary J. Blige, released in the United States on August 26, 2003 on Geffen Records. The album was primarily produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs, who executive produced her first two albums. Additional production came from Dr...

, performed with rapper Method Man

Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...

. Released in June 2003, the P. Diddy and Mario Winans

Mario Winans

Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...

 produced single reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, #18 in the UK and #16 in Italy. "Love @ 1st Sight" samples the song "Hot Sex

Hot Sex

"Hot Sex" is a single by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. It was released in 1992 on the soundtrack for the film Boomerang and was later featured on the bonus disc of the group's fifth album The Love Movement in 1998....

" performed by A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...

.

An iPod

IPod

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 is featured prominently at the beginning of the single's music video, an instance of paid-for product placement

Product placement

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 on the part of Apple Inc..

Formats and tracklistings

(UK CD Single)

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit With Intro)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Kurtis Mantronik's Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)
3. Your Child (Kiyamma Griffin Uptempo Mix featuring Ghostface Killah
   Ghostface Killah
   Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...
   
   )
4. Love @ 1st Sight (Video)

(UK 12" Promo)
Side A

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Vulcan Nerve Pinch Dub Mix)

Side B

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix) (featuring Juggy D)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix) (featuring Method Man
   Method Man
   Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
   
   )

(UK 12" Single)
Side One

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit with Intro)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix)

Side Two

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Kurtis Mantronik's Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)

(US 12" Promo)
Side 1

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Instrumental)
3. Love @ 1st Sight (A Cappella)

Side 2

1. Love @ 1st Sight (LP Version)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Instrumental)
3. Love @ 1st Sight (A Cappella)

(US CD Single)

1. Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit with Intro) (4:33)
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit) (4:00)

(AUS CD Single)

1. Love @ 1st Sight
2. Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix)
3. Your Child (Remix) (featuring Ghostface Killah)
4. Love @ 1st Sight (Video)

Misc./Other Mixes

• Kurtis Mantronik's Vulcan Nerve Pinch Dub Mix
• Rishi Rich Vocal Remix/Main Mix (featuring Juggy D)
• Rishi Rich Vocal Remix/Main Mix (featuring Method Man)
• DJ Premier Remix (unreleased)

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	22
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	10
U.K. Singles Chart	18
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Singles Chart	32
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	27
Swiss Singles Chart	23
French Singles Chart	49
Dutch Singles Chart	56
Belgium Walonia Singles Chart	34
Swedish Singles Chart	23
Denmark Singles Chart	15
Italy Singles Chart	16
Germany Jam FM Charts	1
German Singles Chart	36
Tokyo Hot 100	1

Trivia

• The album/LP version has an intro produced by Stevie J
  Stevie J
  --MSGOLDBERG1 23:09, 23 November 2011 Stevie J. is an American musician, singer, record producer and songwriter. This upstate New Yorker is the leader of the Bad Boy Entertainment Hitmen roster of in-house producers and writers during the 90s and thus worked often with the label's owner Sean...
  
  . The Radio Edit with Intro version was used for the video.
• Method Man
  Method Man
  Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
  
   (who is featured on the song) appears in the video and P. Diddy makes a special cameo appearance.
• Method Man, in his rap section, mentions 2 of Blige's Albums, What's the 411?
  What's the 411?
  What's the 411? is the debut album by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, released July 28, 1992. Upon being signed to Uptown Records, she began working with record producer Puff Daddy. The album spawned six singles, including "You Remind Me" and "Real Love".What's the 411? peaked at number...
  
   and No More Drama
  No More Drama
  No More Drama is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. The album was released on August 28, 2001 by MCA Records in North America. The album was certified 3x Platinum. According to Billboard magazine, No More Drama has sold over 3,200,000 in the United States alone to...
  
  , as well as the sampled song, "Hot Sex".