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This is the very first and perhaps most touching album cover shown. I am thoroughly surprised this was not included in the list.
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{{Infobox song
{{Refimprove|date=May 2008}}
| name = Honey
{{Infobox single
| Name = Honey
| cover = ErykahBadu-Honey.jpg
| border = yes
| Cover = ErykahBadu-Honey.jpg
| type = single
| Artist = [[Erykah Badu]]
| Album = [[New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)]]
| artist = [[Erykah Badu]]
| album = [[New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)]]
| B-side = "[[Bag Lady]]"
| B-side = [[Bag Lady]]
| Released = December 18, 2007
| released = November 20, 2007
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007
| recorded = 2007
| studio =
| Genre = [[Funk]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]]
| venue =
| Length = 5:21 <small>(Album Version)</small><br>4:37 <small>(Radio Edit)</small><br>19:10 <small>(Remix Version)</small>
| genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Patrick|date=March 18, 2008|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_03_newamerykah1.html|title=Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) :: Universal Motown|publisher=RapReviews|accessdate=May 4, 2014}}</ref>
| Label = [[Universal Motown Republic Group|Universal Motown]]
| length = * 5:21 (album version)
| Writer = Erykah Badu, [[9th Wonder]], F. Baskett, C. McDonald, D. Shields
* 4:37 (radio edit)
| Producer = [[9th Wonder]]
| label = [[Universal Motown Records|Universal Motown]]
| Certification =
| writer = * Erykah Badu
| Last single = "Get Live"<br>(2006)
* [[9th Wonder|Patrick Douthit]]
| This single = "'''Honey'''" <br>(2007)
* Fritz Baskett
| Next single = "[[Soldier (Erykah Badu song)|Soldier]]"<br>(2008)
* [[Clarence McDonald]]
* David Shields
| producer = [[9th Wonder]]
| prev_title = [[The Heart Gently Weeps]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Soldier (Erykah Badu song)|Soldier]]
| next_year = 2008
}}
}}


"'''Honey'''" is a song by [[Erykah Badu]], released as the [[lead single]] from her fourth studio album, ''[[New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)]]'' (2008). The song was produced by [[9th Wonder]], and [[sampling (music)|samples]] [[Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson]]'s 1978 song "I'm in Love".
"'''Honey'''" is a song recorded by American singer [[Erykah Badu]] for her fourth studio album ''[[New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilonsky|first=Robert|url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2007/12/livin_in_a_nu_amerykah.php|title=Livin' in a Nu AmErykah|work=Dallas Observer|publisher=Village Voice Media|date=December 11, 2007|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> It was produced by [[9th Wonder]], and contains a sample from [[Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson]]'s 1978 song "I'm in Love".<ref name="Micallef">{{cite journal|last=Micallef|first=Ken|url=http://emusician.com/remixmag/artists_interviews/musicians/remix_earth_sun_moon//index.html|title=Earth, Sun, Moon|journal=[[Remix (magazine)|Remix]]|publisher=[[Penton Media]]|date=March 1, 2008|accessdate=October 21, 2011}}</ref> The song was released as the [[lead single]] from ''New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)'' on November 20, 2007, by [[Universal Motown Records]].


==Music video==
==Music video==
Directed by Badu and [[Chris Robinson (director)|Chris Robinson]], the song's music video was released on January 28, 2008,<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/01/starring_erykah_badu_as_your_r.php |title=Starring Erykah Badu as Your Record Collection |work=Dallas Observer |publisher=Village Voice Media |date=January 28, 2008 |accessdate=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203225657/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/01/starring_erykah_badu_as_your_r.php |archive-date=3 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was conceived by Badu as an homage to classic records.<ref name="HoneyPR"/> Set in a [[small business]] record store, it follows a customer looking through vintage R&B, hip hop, and rock LP albums, with the albums' cover artwork depicted as moving images with Badu cast in them.<ref name="HoneyPR">{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080204006273/en/Erykah-Badus-Honey-Music-Video-Tribute-Music|title=Erykah Badu's 'Honey' Music Video is Tribute to Music and Music Lovers|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|location=New York|date=February 4, 2008|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> According to Robinson, "We wanted a video that spoke to Badu's eclecticism. Those album covers represent all the influences that she embodies."<ref name="GiantStep">{{cite press release|url=http://www.giantstep.net/releases/1819 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302220804/http://www.giantstep.net/releases/1819 |url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2008 |title=Release - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu |publisher=[[Giant Step]] |date=February 26, 2008 |accessdate=November 4, 2011 }}</ref> Albums covers that were recreated in the video are those of:<ref name="HoneyPR"/>
The [[music video]] was directed by Badu and [[Chris Robinson (director)|Chris Robinson]] (credited under the alias "Mr. Roboto"). The song is interrupted by a video-in-a-video, as an excerpt of "Annie", recorded by Badu's super-group side project Edith Funker, plays on the store's video screen. The video is set in a record store, from the perspective of a customer browsing the racks. The various records shown are homages of popular records which feature altered titles and Badu portraying the artist on the album's covers.


* ''[[Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (album)|Rufus featuring Chaka Khan]]'' (1975) by [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]]
The album sleeves shown are:
* ''[[Blue (Diana Ross album)|Blue]]'' (2006) by [[Diana Ross]]
* [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] – ''[[Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (album)|Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan]]'' (as New Amerykah)
* ''[[Maggot Brain]]'' (1971) by [[Funkadelic]]
* [[Diana Ross]] – ''[[Blue (Diana Ross album)|Blue]]'' (as Imma Boss – ''Boo'')
* ''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid in Full]]'' (1987) by [[Eric B. & Rakim]]
* [[Funkadelic]] – ''[[Maggot Brain]]'' (as Control Freaq – ''Fertilizer'')
* ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]'' (1975) by [[Ohio Players]]
* [[Eric B. & Rakim]] – ''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid in Full]]'' (as Erykah B. & Shafiq – ''Played as Hell'')
* ''[[Perfect Angel]]'' (1975) by [[Minnie Riperton]]
* [[Ohio Players]] – ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]'' (as Okayplayer)
* ''[[Chameleon (Labelle album)|Chameleon]]'' (1976) by [[Labelle]]
* [[Minnie Riperton]] – ''[[Perfect Angel]]'' (as Making Money – ''Pray for Me'')
* ''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' (1989) by [[De La Soul]]
* [[Labelle]] – ''[[Chameleon (Labelle album)|Chameleon]]'' (as Sugah Sugah – ''Gipson'')
* ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]'' (1970) by [[The Beatles]]
* [[De La Soul]] – ''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' (as Taco Loco – ''Three 4 a Dollar'')
* [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Let It Be]]'' (as ''What It Do'')
* ''[[Illmatic]]'' (1994) by [[Nas]]
* ''[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)|Physical]]'' (1981) by [[Olivia Newton-John]]
* [[Nas]] – ''[[Illmatic]]'' (as Liah – ''All Ready'')
* [[Olivia Newton-John]] – ''[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)|Physical]]'' (as Olord – ''Please'')
* ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' (1981) by [[Grace Jones]]
* ''[[Head to the Sky]]'' (1973) by [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]
* [[Grace Jones]] – ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' (as Loretta Brown – ''Churchgoing'')
* [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] – ''[[Head to the Sky]]'' (as Erykah Badu – ''Hell to the Naw'l'')
* [[Lauryn Hill]] - ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' (DISCOUNTED)


As a [[story within a story|video within a video]], the record store's video screen plays an excerpt of the song "Annie" performed by Badu's side project Edith Funker,<ref name="HoneyPR"/> which features Questlove, James Poyser, [[Nikka Costa]], [[Mike Elizondo]], and [[Wendy Melvoin]]. The video also features a cameo appearance by [[Sa-Ra]] member Shafiq Husayn.<ref name="Fallen">{{cite journal|author=Burton, Al. Fallen, Mildred|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/17392522/Shook-02-Vol1|title=Beat Freaq Badu|journal=[[Shook (magazine)|Shook]]|publisher=UPG|date=March 2008|issue=2|volume=1|pages=20–25|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> The video also features a recreated version of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's front cover for its January 1981 issue, which originally featured [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]].<ref name="HoneyPR"/>
In the video, Badu also spoofs ex-boyfriend [[André 3000]] in [[OutKast]]'s 2004 video "[[Hey Ya!]]", changing the green setting for a pink one. There is also a parody of the cover of the January 22, 1981 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine featuring [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]], entitled "Riding My Hip".


The album cover is influenced in layout and proportions by the artwork from the 1976 self-titled debut album of the band [[Boston (band)|Boston]]. The artwork for the album ''[[Boston (album)|Boston]]'' can be seen on the record store wall just below and to the left of the artwork for Honey in the final seconds of the video.
In the video, Badu also spoofs ex-boyfriend [[André 3000]] in [[OutKast]]'s 2003 music video "[[Hey Ya!]]", changing the green setting for a pink one. The album cover is influenced in layout and proportions by the artwork from the 1976 self-titled debut album of the band [[Boston (band)|Boston]]. The artwork for the album ''[[Boston (album)|Boston]]'' can be seen on the record store wall just below and to the left of the artwork for Honey in the last seconds of the video.


=== Accolades ===
The video for "Honey" won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]], and was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]].
The video for "Honey" won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]], and was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]].<ref name="VMA2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041555/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2008|publisher=MTV|accessdate=August 12, 2016}}</ref>


The video was also nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards]]. It appeared at number seventy-nine on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008 countdown.
The video was also nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards]].<ref name=Grammy2009>{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx#31 |title=The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List |accessdate=June 22, 2010 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129071651/http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_Awards/51st_show/list.aspx |archivedate=January 29, 2010 }}</ref>

It appeared at number seventy-nine on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008.

In 2011, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine named it the 29th best music video of the 2000s.<ref>[http://www.complex.com/music/2011/12/the-100-best-music-videos-of-the-2000s/erykah-badu-honey Top Best Music Videos of the 2000s]. Complex. Retrieved September 10, 2016</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-2}}
!align="center"|Chart (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=erykah badu|chart=all}} |title=Artist Chart History – Erykah Badu |accessdate=2008-08-14 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

!align="center"|Peak<br>position
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Honey"
! scope="col"| Chart (2007–2008)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Japan ([[Japan Hot 100]])<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2008&month=02&day=11|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 [ 2008/02/06 公開]|work=[[Billboard Japan]] |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref>
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| 35
|align="center"|88
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|88|artist=Erykah Badu|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|-
|align="center"|22
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|22|artist=Erykah Badu|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Honey"
! scope="col"| Chart (2008)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
| 67
|}
{{col-end}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Honey"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label(s)
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| November 20, 2007
| [[Rhythmic contemporary radio]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Universal Motown Records|Universal Motown]]
| {{center|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Available For Airplay|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|magazine=[[FMQB]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101141712/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|archive-date=November 1, 2009|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| December 18, 2007
| [[Twelve-inch single|12-inch vinyl]]
| {{center|<ref>{{cite AV media|last=Badu|first=Erykah|year=2007|title=Honey|type=12-inch single|publisher=[[Universal Motown Records]]|id=B0010585-11|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/honey-mr0001263144}}</ref>}}
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jpkF1ehD8 "Honey" music video] at [[YouTube]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkHylBiPyQ "Honey" music video] at [[YouTube]]

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Latest revision as of 13:11, 10 August 2024

"Honey"
Single by Erykah Badu
from the album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
B-side"Bag Lady"
ReleasedNovember 20, 2007
Recorded2007
GenreR&B[1]
Length
  • 5:21 (album version)
  • 4:37 (radio edit)
LabelUniversal Motown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)9th Wonder
Erykah Badu singles chronology
"The Heart Gently Weeps"
(2007) 		"Honey"
(2007) 		"Soldier"
(2008)

"Honey" is a song recorded by American singer Erykah Badu for her fourth studio album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008).[2] It was produced by 9th Wonder, and contains a sample from Nancy Wilson's 1978 song "I'm in Love".[3] The song was released as the lead single from New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) on November 20, 2007, by Universal Motown Records.

Music video

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Directed by Badu and Chris Robinson, the song's music video was released on January 28, 2008,[4] and was conceived by Badu as an homage to classic records.[5] Set in a small business record store, it follows a customer looking through vintage R&B, hip hop, and rock LP albums, with the albums' cover artwork depicted as moving images with Badu cast in them.[5] According to Robinson, "We wanted a video that spoke to Badu's eclecticism. Those album covers represent all the influences that she embodies."[6] Albums covers that were recreated in the video are those of:[5]

As a video within a video, the record store's video screen plays an excerpt of the song "Annie" performed by Badu's side project Edith Funker,[5] which features Questlove, James Poyser, Nikka Costa, Mike Elizondo, and Wendy Melvoin. The video also features a cameo appearance by Sa-Ra member Shafiq Husayn.[7] The video also features a recreated version of Rolling Stone magazine's front cover for its January 1981 issue, which originally featured John Lennon and Yoko Ono.[5]

In the video, Badu also spoofs ex-boyfriend André 3000 in OutKast's 2003 music video "Hey Ya!", changing the green setting for a pink one. The album cover is influenced in layout and proportions by the artwork from the 1976 self-titled debut album of the band Boston. The artwork for the album Boston can be seen on the record store wall just below and to the left of the artwork for Honey in the last seconds of the video.

Accolades

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The video for "Honey" won Best Direction at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and was nominated for Best Special Effects, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography.[8]

The video was also nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 51st Grammy Awards.[9]

It appeared at number seventy-nine on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008.

In 2011, Complex magazine named it the 29th best music video of the 2000s.[10]

Charts

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Honey"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States November 20, 2007 Rhythmic contemporary radio Universal Motown
[15]
December 18, 2007 12-inch vinyl
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References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Patrick (March 18, 2008). "Erykah Badu :: New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) :: Universal Motown". RapReviews. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  2. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (December 11, 2007). "Livin' in a Nu AmErykah". Dallas Observer. Village Voice Media. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Micallef, Ken (March 1, 2008). "Earth, Sun, Moon". Remix. Penton Media. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (January 28, 2008). "Starring Erykah Badu as Your Record Collection". Dallas Observer. Village Voice Media. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Erykah Badu's 'Honey' Music Video is Tribute to Music and Music Lovers" (Press release). New York: Business Wire. February 4, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Release - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu" (Press release). Giant Step. February 26, 2008. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  7. ^ Burton, Al. Fallen, Mildred (March 2008). "Beat Freaq Badu". Shook. 1 (2). UPG: 20–25. Retrieved October 22, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2008". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  10. ^ Top Best Music Videos of the 2000s. Complex. Retrieved September 10, 2016
  11. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 [ 2008/02/06 公開]". Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Erykah Badu Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "Erykah Badu Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "Available For Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  16. ^ Badu, Erykah (2007). Honey (12-inch single). Universal Motown Records. B0010585-11.
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