B-side "Beautiful" Recorded 1998 | Format 12"
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hip hop soul | |
Released July 9, 1999 (1999-07-09) Length 5:30 (album version)
3:59 (radio edit) | ||
"All That I Can Say" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige, released as the lead single from her fifth studio album Mary (1999). The song was composed and produced by fellow American singer and close friend Lauryn Hill. She also performed the song on the season five premiere episode "Good Vibrations" on Moesha. Blige garnered her sixth Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards (her second nomination in the category).
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The song was a moderate success in both the United States and United Kingdom, peaking at numbers forty-four and twenty-nine, respectively. Blige performed the song on Top of the Pops, and her performance was shown the week "All That I Can Say" charted.
Blige performed the song live in addition to an impromptu appearance by Hill who performed a rap on the first incarnation of The Queen Latifah Show in September 1999.
Music video
Mary is sleeping in a high rise apartment. It is morning and she wakes up and starts singing.
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Written by James Harris III, Terry Lewis, and Mary J. Blige
"Beautiful" Remix produced by Hi-Tek
Cover versions
In 2000, French pianist Alex Bugnon covered the song from his album As Promised, which featured a guest vocals from Blige's former labelmate Christopher Williams (a former MCA signee).
In 2011, jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato covered the song on her album The Lost and Found.