My Body (LSG song)

"My Body" is a song by R&B group LSG released as the first single from their debut album Levert.Sweat.Gill.

"My Body"
Single by LSG
from the album Levert.Sweat.Gill
B-side	"Check is in the Mail"[1]
Released	October 14, 1997
Label	East West
Songwriter(s)	Antoinette Roberson Darrell "Delite" Allamby Lincoln Browder
Producer(s)	Darrell "Delite" Allamby Victor "Lundon" Jones
LSG singles chronology
"My Body" (1997) "Curious" (1998)

It is the group's most successful song, spending seven weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart. It also reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1997 for three weeks. It was one of the songs that was blocked from three songs in the top three, "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes, Usher's "You Make Me Wanna...", and Elton John's smash "Candle in the Wind 1997". It was produced by Darrell "Delite" Allamby and written by Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Antionette Roberson, and Link.

The remix version of the song features Missy Elliott.

Fellow former group member Keith Sweat sings the song as a tribute to member Gerald LeVert appears on the live DVD, The Sweat Hotel, and appeared on The Mo'Nique Show, who performs a medley as the closing of the show in October 2010 as also part of the tribute to him during the closing credits.

Late R&B singer Static Major sampled the chorus on his song "Infatuated".

R&B/Hip Hop group Pretty Ricky sampled the song in their 2020 hit, "Body".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3]	1
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	21

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5]	58

Chart (1998)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	34
US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs (Billboard)[7]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum	1,100,000[9]

See also

• R&B number-one hits of 1997 (USA)
• R&B number-one hits of 1998 (USA)

References

1. "Levert Sweat Gill* - My Body (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
2. "LSG Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
3. "LSG Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
5. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
6. "Billboard Top 100 – 1998". Retrieved August 28, 2010.
7. "US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 1998 Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
8. "American single certifications – LSG – My Body". Recording Industry Association of America.
9. "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard. 110 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 76 January 31, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 29, 2015.