Must Be Love
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"Must Be Love" is a song by American recording artist Cassie.
. It was originally meant to be a track on the album of fellow Bad Boy recording artists Day26
. It was recorded by Cassie in early 2009. Footage showing the finalization of the track can be seen on Cassie's official Myspace page. Diddy describes the track as a Bad Boy Classic
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"Must Be Love" entered the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Chart at number ninety-four on the week of May 9, 2009. As of June 8, 2009 it has reached the urban airplay top forty.
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, according to Cassie's blog. The video premiered four days earlier on June 12 on MTV's affiliated channels under heavy rotation throughout the day: MTV Hits
during every hour on the hour & MTV Jams
during every hour on the half-hour. The video features Diddy
and is set in a living room where a wall blocks Ventura and Diddy from each other. They perform their parts in the song inside the living room, and also cutting to Ventura singing the song on the wall that blocks the two "lovers" from each other. During the video, it's clear that the temperature increases throughout the entire song until, around the end, the furniture begins to burn. The video ends with a pan out of both rooms with Ventura and Diddy in similar positions, face front against the wall, and all the furniture burning around them.
Background
The song was produced by Mario WinansMario 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...
. It was originally meant to be a track on the album of fellow Bad Boy recording artists Day26
Day26
Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed on August 26, 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Andrews, Willie Taylor, and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when Andrews,...
. It was recorded by Cassie in early 2009. Footage showing the finalization of the track can be seen on Cassie's official Myspace page. Diddy describes the track as a Bad Boy Classic
Bad Boy Records
Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...
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"Must Be Love" entered the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Chart at number ninety-four on the week of May 9, 2009. As of June 8, 2009 it has reached the urban airplay top forty.
Music video
"Must Be Love" was scheduled to premiere on June 16, 2009 on MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
& BET
Bet
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, according to Cassie's blog. The video premiered four days earlier on June 12 on MTV's affiliated channels under heavy rotation throughout the day: MTV Hits
MTV Hits
MTV Hits is an American music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002. The format of the network resembles that of the classic MTV before the additional of other programming to that network in the 1990s and their slow decline of music video programming...
during every hour on the hour & MTV Jams
MTV Jams
MTV Jams is a Viacom-owned American hip-hop/urban music video channel that debuted on 1998 as MTVX, then was relaunched in 2002 under its current name...
during every hour on the half-hour. The video features Diddy
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
and is set in a living room where a wall blocks Ventura and Diddy from each other. They perform their parts in the song inside the living room, and also cutting to Ventura singing the song on the wall that blocks the two "lovers" from each other. During the video, it's clear that the temperature increases throughout the entire song until, around the end, the furniture begins to burn. The video ends with a pan out of both rooms with Ventura and Diddy in similar positions, face front against the wall, and all the furniture burning around them.
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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