"Excuse Me Miss" | |||||||||||
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Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell | |||||||||||
from the album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse | |||||||||||
Released | February 4, 2003 | ||||||||||
Format | CD single | ||||||||||
Recorded | August 2002, Baseline Recording Studios (New York City, New York) Master Sound Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
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Genre | Hip hop | ||||||||||
Length | 4:41 (Album Version) 3:58 (Radio Edit) |
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Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo | ||||||||||
Producer(s) | The Neptunes | ||||||||||
Jay-Z singles chronology | |||||||||||
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"Excuse Me Miss" is a song written and performed by American rapper Jay-Z. It released as a single for his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002). It was also co-written and produced by The Neptunes, whose Pharrell Williams sings the hook in falsetto voice. The lyrics refer to love at first sight. It contains a more mature sound in comparison of his previous songs about women such as "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)". The song samples both the 2001 hit, "Take You Out" by Luther Vandross as well as "Big Poppa" by the Notorious B.I.G..
"Excuse Me Miss" was the third and final single from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse and was successful commercially. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard R&B chart in April and was nominated for best rap songwriting at the 46th Grammy Awards but lost to Eminem's Lose Yourself. "Excuse Me Miss"' popularity led to it appearing on the United States version of Now That's What I Call Music!, the United Kingdom version of Now That's What I Call Music! 55. The music video for the single was released in early February 2003.