My Life

~ Release by Mary J. Blige (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Intro	1	1:05
2	Mary Jane samples: All Night Long by Mary Jane Girls recording of: Mary Jane (All Night Long) writer: Mary J. Blige and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)	3	4:39
3	You Bring Me Joy recording of: You Bring Me Joy writer: Mary J. Blige, Joel “Jo‐Jo” Hailey (R&B singer, member of K‐Ci & JoJo), Ekundayo Paris, Nelson Pigford, Sean Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) and Chucky Thompson	3	4:14
4	Marvin Interlude	1	0:36
5	I'm the Only Woman	2	4:30
6	K. Murray Interlude guest vocals: Keith Murray (US rapper, member of Def Squad)	1	0:23
7	My Life samples: Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers Ubiquity	4	4:17
8	You Gotta Believe	2.5	5:02
9	I Never Wanna Live Without You	3.5	6:17
10	I'm Goin' Down co-producer: "Prince" Charles Alexander (American record producer, audio engineer, educator and recording artist) and Mark "Led" Ledford cover recording of: I’m Going Down lyricist and composer: Norman Whitfield	3.35	3:42
11	My Life Interlude	1.5	1:15
12	Be With You	2.5	4:27
13	Mary's Joint	2.5	5:02
14	Don't Go	2	4:59
15	I Love You samples: Ike’s Mood 1 by Isaac Hayes recording of: I Love You	3	4:31
16	No One Else	2.65	4:15
17	Be Happy recording of: Be Happy writer: Gil Askey, Mary J. Blige, Arlene DelValle, Jean Claude Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone), Curtis Mayfield and Sean "Puffy" Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) publisher: Andrask Music, Dooch Music, EMI April Music Inc., Jelly’s Jams, LLC, Jumping Bean Songs, LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music (publishing), Mayfield Music (BMI), Twelve and Under Music, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	3.5	5:50

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman Be Happy I'm Goin' Down Mary Jane (All Night Long)

part of:

Grammy Award: Best R&B Album nominees (number: 1996) (order: 8)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 86) (order: 86)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 126) (order: 126)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 126) (order: 126)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 279) (order: 279)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 281) (order: 281)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/78734 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Mary-j-blige/My-life [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vp8r [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mary-j-blige/my-life/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/31577/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000626804 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2520722 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 008811115623
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:05:06

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

MCA Records
MCD 11156

Release events

Europe
1994

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