Love @ 1st Sight

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“Love @ 1st Sight”

Single by Mary J. Blige featuring Method Man
from the album Love & Life

Released

2003

Format

Digital download
CD maxi single
12" Maxi Single

Genre

Hip hop

Length

4:43 (Radio Edit w/ intro)
4:03 (Radio Edit w/o intro)
5:18 (LP Version)

Label

Geffen

Writer(s)

Mary J. Blige
Sean Combs
Mario Winans
Kamaal Fareed
Mechalie Jamison
Ali Jones-Muhammed
Clifford Smith
Malik Taylor

Producer

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs & Mario Winans for The Hitmen

Mary J. Blige featuring Method Man singles chronology

"Rainy Dayz"
(2002)

"Love @ First Sight"
(2003)

"Ooh!"
(2003)

"Love @ 1st Sight" is the first single from Mary J. Blige's sixth studio album Love & Life, performed with rapper Method Man. Released in 2003, the P. Diddy and Mario Winans produced single reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, #18 in the UK and #16 in Italy. "Love @ 1st Sight" samples the song "Hot Sex" performed by A Tribe Called Quest.

An iPod is featured prominently at the beginning of the single's music video, an instance of paid-for product placement on the part of Apple Inc..^[1]

1 Formats and tracklistings
2 Misc./Other Mixes
3 Trivia
4 Notes

[edit] Formats and tracklistings

(UK CD Single)

Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit With Intro)
Love @ 1st Sight (Kurtis Mantronik's Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)
Your Child (Kiyamma Griffin Uptempo Mix featuring Ghostface Killah)
Love @ 1st Sight (Video)

(UK 12" Promo)

Side A

Love @ 1st Sight (Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)
Love @ 1st Sight (Vulcan Nerve Pinch Dub Mix)

Side B

Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix) (featuring Juggy D)
Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix) (featuring Method Man)

(UK 12" Single)

Side One

Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit with Intro)
Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix)

Side Two

Love @ 1st Sight (Kurtis Mantronik's Rock Lobster Vocal Mix)

(US 12" Promo)

Side 1

Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit)
Love @ 1st Sight (Instrumental)
Love @ 1st Sight (A Cappella)

Side 2

Love @ 1st Sight (LP Version)
Love @ 1st Sight (Instrumental)
Love @ 1st Sight (A Cappella)

(US CD Single)

Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit with Intro) (4:33)
Love @ 1st Sight (Radio Edit) (4:00)

(AUS CD Single)

Love @ 1st Sight
Love @ 1st Sight (Rishi Rich Vocal Remix)
Your Child (Remix) (featuring Ghostface Killah)
Love @ 1st Sight (Video)

[edit] Misc./Other Mixes

Kurtis Mantronik's Vulcan Nerve Pinch Dub Mix
Rishi Rich Vocal Remix/Main Mix (featuring Juggy D)
Rishi Rich Vocal Remix/Main Mix (featuring Method Man)
DJ Premier Remix (unreleased)

[edit] Trivia

The album/LP version has an intro produced by Stevie J. The Radio Edit with Intro version was used for the video.
Method Man (who is featured on the song) appears in the video and P. Diddy makes a special cameo appearance.