Sometimes it amazes me how some artists miss out on their HIT single. The radio may love it, the artist may even love it, but the RECORD LABEL may not be behind the song, so when that happens, the artist is stuck with a song that the fans LOVE, but they can't release as an official single because there is no budget behind it.
Case in point. Mary J. Blige's 'My Life' album which is often hailed as Mary's best cohesive project spawned numerous hits. The title track however, was not released as an official single, but it is a true stand-out cut from the disc and still get radio play today. Note there was never a video made of the song because it wasn't a 'single' per se, but still a hug radio hit.
'My Life'-Mary J Blige
The 'Libra' album was a great album for Toni, and even debuted at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop charts. 'Trippin' however was supposed to be a single, but the LABEL didn't push the song nor did they really promote "Libra" like they should have.
'Trippin;-Toni Braxton
Brandy had so many hits from "Never say Never', that some may have thought this track was a single. However it was not, therefore no video was ever made. It still proves to be one of the best tracks on that disc.
'Angel in Disguise'-Brandy feat Joe
Destiny's Child has so many unreleased songs that they could come out with at least two full projects and not have to step back into the studio. This single was slated to be on the 'Destiny Fulfilled' disc, but didn't make the cut because at the time another R&B diva was '2-stepping' up the charts. Ciara had the popular -Missy-assisted song '2step' out at the time, so he ladies of Destiny shied away from that single.
'2-Step'-Destiny's Child
One of the all time CLASSIC MJ songs that was never an OFFICIAL single! Surprise surprise. the song was so huge, it took on a life of it's own anyway and still went on to be a HUGE success.
'Wanna be startin' something'-Michael Jackson
Kelly Rowland's "Ms. Kelly" disc had a whole lot of promise. But bad single choices made some of the stand-out cuts on the album fall by the wayside. 'Flashback' was slated to be the 1st single, but the LABEL felt she should come with some more upbeat for her 1st single, so they went with the Sean Garrett-produced, Eve-assisted cut, 'Like this'.
'Flashback'-Kelly Rowland
This is VINTAGE Janet! 'Luv' was from Janet's 1st & Only album on Def Jam, "Discipline". Slated to be a 3rd single for Janet, this song was promoted and even went to radio, but the sour relationship with Janet's camp and the label soon proved too much. The single was never made into a video and Janet soon parted ways with Def Jam. But you have to admit, this would have been huge hit from that disc. This is what Janet's core fans had been waiting to hear from her.
'Luv'-Janet Jackson
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