Released December 1, 2014 Recorded 2014 Length 3:48 | Format Digital download Genre R&B
neo soul Label Capitol | |
"Whole Damn Year" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige along with British musician Emeli Sandé and Knox Brown, the song is produced by Knox Brown for The London Sessions (2014). Released as the album's second single following "Therapy", it has since the top five on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs chart.
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Background
"Whole Damn Year" was written by Blige along with producer Knox Brown and musician Emeli Sandé. Commenting on its creation, Sandé stated: “I wrote this song and I love this song, but I didn’t think that it was a song for me for some reason [...] And as soon as Mary heard it and connected to it, it really felt like the song had found its natural and true home.”
Chart performance
On September 22, 2014, Blige debuted second single "Whole Damn Year" on Power 105's The Breakfast Club. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart at number 27 and Adult R&B Songs chart as greatest gainer of the week at number 15. The song was eventually released on October 21, 2014 as a digital download.