Mya enlisted Paul Hunter to create one of the best videos of her career in 2003 and this week’s Way Back Wednesday feature. ‘My Love Is Like…Wo’ was produced by Missy Elliott and released as the lead single from her critically acclaimed ‘Moodring’ album.
Way Back Wednesday
Flashback exactly 10 years to 2001 and you will find this week’s Way Back Wednesday: the MTV Icon tribute to the legendary Janet Jackson. In addition to guest appearances by Aaliyah and Stevie Wonder, the ceremony also included a show-stopping medley performance by Pink, Usher and Mya.
Today’s Way Back Wednesday comes from the incomparable Luther Vandross. The late R&B singer performed this cover of Dionne Warwick’s ‘A House Is Not A Home’ in tribute to her at the NAACP, earning hims a standing ovation and even moved his fellow icon to tears.
This week’s Way Back Wednesday is an unforgettable collaboration between Eve and Alicia Keys. ‘Gangsta Lovn” was released in 2002 as the lead single from Eve’s ‘Eve-Olution’ LP and become her 2nd most successful song to date, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Official UK Singles Chart.
Mariah Carey takes us ‘back in time’ with ‘The Roof (Back In Time) (Ft. Mobb Deep)’ for this week’s Way Back Wednesday. Directed by the diva herself alongside Diane Martel in 1998, the visual was one of her most critically acclaimed releases to date.
This week’s Way Back Wednesday takes us back to 1999 with ‘What’s It Gonna Be?!’ by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson. Released as the 2nd single from the Rhymes’ ‘E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front’, both the song and video are among the most memorable productions in of the last 25 years.
Way Back Wednesday takes us back to the era of girl groups this week. Originally a collection of five singers, Xscape burst onto the scene in the early 1990s on BET’s Teen Summit with their rendition of En Vogue’s mega hit ‘Hold On’.
This week’s Way Back Wednesday is none other than Beyonce’s breakthrough hit ‘Crazy In Love (Ft. Jay-Z)’. The Rich Harrison-produced track controlled the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks in 2003 and helped the singer’s debut album, ‘Dangerously In Love’, to become her top-selling release to date.
Whitney Houston proclaimed her dominance of the music industry in 1992 with the release of her biggest hit, ‘I Will Always Love You’. Smashing numerous records across the globe, the song held the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then record 14 weeks and also topped the charts in 15 other countries.
You’ve heard of Flashback Friday but now it’s time to introduce Way Back Wednesday! This new feature will take you back in time to some of the greatest eras in music history, helping you to reconnect with some of your favourite songs.