"With U" is an R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 song written by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

, Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

, Manuel Seal, Jr., Johnta Austin

Johnta Austin

Johntá Austin is an American singer-songwriter, who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is commonly known for collaborating with Producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & The Production Team StarGate. Austin was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs...

, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...

 for Jackson's ninth studio album, 20 Y.O.

20 Y.O.

20 Y.O. is the ninth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released by Virgin Records America on September 20, 2006 in Japan, September 22 internationally, and September 26 in Canada and the United States...

(2006). Released to urban

Urban contemporary

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 and urban AC

Urban Adult Contemporary

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 radio stations on December 11, 2006, it was the album's third and final American single

Single (music)

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. Producer Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

 has said that it is a follow-up to Jackson's 1987 hit "Let's Wait Awhile

Let's Wait Awhile

"Let's Wait Awhile" is the fifth single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control . It was written by Jackson, and the Flyte Tyme duo, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. It was produced by Jackson, Jam and Lewis...

" where the two characters put off intimacy. "With U" takes place after the act, which results in "romantic confusion". A digital single was released internationally, however the song was not sent to radio stations outside of the United States or Canada. No music video

Music video

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 was made for the single.

Chart performance

"With U" debuted at number seventy-four on the 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,...

 chart the week ending December 30, 2006.

Track listings and formats

U.S. digital single

1. "With U" (Radio Edit) – 3:57
2. "With U" (Instrumental) – 5:02

U.S. 12" single (0946 3 83846 1 8)

1. "With U" (Album Version) – 5:03
2. "With U" (Instrumental) – 5:02
3. "With U" (Radio Edit) – 3:57
4. "With U" (A Cappella) – 4:11

U.S. promo CD single

1. "With U" (Radio Edit) – 3:57
2. "With U" (Album Version) – 5:03
3. "With U" (Instrumental) – 5:02

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
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,...	65

Official versions

• Album Version – 5:03
• Radio Edit – 3:57
• Instrumental – 5:02
• Acapella - 4:07
• Album Edit - 4:25