When a Woman's Fed Up

"When a Woman's Fed Up" is an R&B song by American singer R. Kelly from his 1998 double album, R. The song reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. The video, directed by Kelly, features Kelly's protégée Sparkle as the woman who is fed up. The single and the video were released after Sparkle's debut single "Be Careful", a duet with R. Kelly, as a continuation of the story.

"When a Woman's Fed Up"
European CD single
Single by R. Kelly
from the album R.
Released	February 27, 1999 (February 27, 1999)
Recorded	1998
Genre	R&B
Length	4:39
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Robert Kelly
Producer(s)	R. Kelly
R. Kelly singles chronology
"I'm Your Angel" (1998) "When a Woman's Fed Up" (1999) "Did You Ever Think" (1999)

Music video

The music video is directed by R. Kelly.^[1] The video was released after Sparkle's debut single "Be Careful" with Kelly and it is seen as a continued story to that video. This and "Be Careful" are two of Kelly's first solo-directed videos since "She's Got That Vibe" from Kelly's then-group Public Announcement in 1991, as he usually co-directs with others.

Charts

Chart	Position
Billboard Hot 100	22
U.S. Rhythmic Top 40	8
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	5
New Zealand Hot 100	14
Germany Hot 100	25
Netherlands Hot 100	25

End of year chart (1999)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[2]	148
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3]	83

Legacy

Later samples

• "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" by Nas from the album I Am... (1999)
• "Um Pouco Mais De Malandragem" by Facção Central from the album Família Facção (1999)
• "America" by Trick Daddy feat. Society from the album Book of Thugs (2000)
• "Runnin' Out of Bud" by 8Ball & MJG feat. Killer Mike from the album Ridin High (2007)
• "Thug Nigga" by Z-Ro from the album Heroin (2010)
• "Broken Man" by Anthony Hamilton from the album Back to Love (2011)
• "Thug and a Gee" by Prodeje from the album Hood 2 Da Good (2011)
• "Smoke Break" by Lil B from the album 855 Song Based Freestyle Mixtape (2011)
• "Smoke Break Pt1 Based Freestyle" by Lil B from the album 848 Song Based Freestyle Mixtape (2011)
• "Neon Cathedral" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Allen Stone from the album The Heist (2012)^[4]

Later covers

• "Singing Melody" by Singing Melody from the album Total Togetherness Vol. 10 (1999)

References

1. "When A Women's Fed Up | R. Kelly | Music Video | MTV". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15.
2. "Jaarlijsten 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
3. "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
4. "R. Kelly - Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled.