My Life

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

Annotation

Made in EC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#	Title	Length
1	Intro	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	4:39
3	You Bring Me Joy recording of: You Bring Me Joy writer: Mary J. Blige, Joel “Jo‐Jo” Hailey, Ekundayo Paris, Nelson Pigford, Sean Combs and Chucky Thompson	4:14
4	Marvin Interlude	0:36
5	I'm the Only Woman	4:30
6	K. Murray Interlude guest vocals: Keith Murray	0:23
7	My Life samples: Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers Ubiquity	4:17
8	You Gotta Believe	5:02
9	I Never Wanna Live Without You	6:17
10	I'm Goin' Down co-producer: "Prince" Charles Alexander and Mark "Led" Ledford cover recording of: I’m Going Down lyricist and composer: Norman Whitfield	3:42
11	My Life Interlude	1:15
12	Be With You	4:27
13	Mary's Joint	5:02
14	Don't Go	4:59
15	I Love You samples: Ike’s Mood 1 by Isaac Hayes recording of: I Love You	4:31
16	No One Else	4:15
17	Be Happy recording of: Be Happy writer: Gil Askey, Mary J. Blige, Arlene DelValle, Jean Claude Olivier, Curtis Mayfield and Sean "Puffy" Combs publisher: Andrask Music, Dooch Music, EMI April Music Inc., Jelly’s Jams, LLC, Jumping Bean Songs, LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music, Mayfield Music, Twelve and Under Music, Universal Music Corp. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.	5:49
18	(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman cover recording of: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman lyricist: Gerry Goffin additional writer: Jerry Wexler composer: Carole King publisher: Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. sub-publisher: Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシングフジパシフィック事業部	2:57

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/429068 [info]
ASIN:	DE: B0000251NV [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mary-j-blige/my-life-2/ [info]

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]