On Bended Knee

"On Bended Knee" is a 1994 number-one hit single by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. It is the second single from their second album, II. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song reached #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay and #2 on the Hot Singles Sales on December 3, 1994. "On Bended Knee" stayed at number one for a total of six weeks.

The single is notable for having replaced the previous Boyz II Men single, "I'll Make Love to You", as the top song on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This was the first time that an act had replaced itself at number one since the Beatles, when "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", and "Can't Buy Me Love" monopolized the top of the chart for a total of 14 weeks.

In the lyrics, the speaker begs "on bended knee" for his ex-lover to come back to him, and apologizes for his wrongdoing.

Music video

The music video featured the band members and their breakup and eventual reconciliation with four famous actresses: Kim Fields, Renée Jones, Lark Voorhies, and Victoria Rowell. The video begins with Wanya's girlfriend (Voorhies) in the car with him, accusing him of looking at another woman at the grocery store, and she gets out of the car, leaving Wanya alone.

He eventually finds her sitting on bleachers where they make up. Shawn meets a girl (Rowell) with a dog at the park and falls in love with her after just meeting her. Michael gets into a fight with his girlfriend (Jones) on his birthday and he's shown alone, drawing a picture of her, but then she comes back to him.

Nathan is shown concentrating more on writing music than spending time with his girlfriend (Fields), which frustrates her so she writes a breakup note on his mirror and leaves him, but she eventually returns to him. The band appears singing on the subway and in the rain.

The music video was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes footage from Audubon Park, the streetcar, and the French Quarter.

Track listing

US Maxi-CD

On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix) 5:29
On Bended Knee (Swingamix) 5:26
On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Instrumental) 5:29
I'll Make Love To You (Remix - Sexy Version) 4:33

US Vinyl, 12", Promo

A1On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Edit) 4:18
A2 On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix) 5:28
A3 On Bended Knee (Swingamix) 5:26
B1 On Bended Knee (Swingamix Edit) 4:24
B2 On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
B3 On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Remix Instrumental) 5:29
B4 On Bended Knee (A Capella) 5:05

France Vinyl, 12", Promo

A On Bended Knee (Album Version) 5:29
B1 On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
B2 Thank You (Untouchable Mix) 5:48

Germany Single

On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
End Of The Road (Pop Edit) 3:39

Europe Maxi-CD

On Bended Knee (Radio Edit) 4:33
On Bended Knee (LP Version) 5:29
End Of The Road (Pop Edit) 3:39
Final Del Camino (End Of The Road, Spanish Version) 5:50

Chart performance

Chart	Peak Position^[1]
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	7
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	20
Dutch Singles Chart	21
French Singles Chart	34
German Singles Chart	63
Irish Singles Chart	24
New Zealand Singles Chart	4
Scottish Singles Chart^[2]	57
UK Singles Chart	20
UK R&B Chart	1
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	8
US Billboard Eurochart Hot 100	55

End of year chart (1995)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	5

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	14

Preceded by "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single December 3, 1994 – December 10, 1994 (first run) December 31, 1994 – January 21, 1995 (second run)	Succeeded by "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze "Creep" by TLC

References

↑ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyz+II+Men&titel=On+Bended+Knee&cat=s
↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19941127/41/
↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.

External links

Music Video on YouTube
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Boyz II Men

Nathan Morris Shawn Stockman Wanya Morris Marc Nelson Michael McCary

Studio albums	Cooleyhighharmony II Evolution Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya Full Circle Throwback, Vol. 1 The Remedy Motown: Hitsville USA Love Twenty Collide

Compilation albums	Christmas Interpretations The Remix Collection The Ballad Collection Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection Winter/Reflections Covered: Winter The Millennium Collection: The Best of Boyz II Men

Singles	"Motownphilly" "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" "Uhh Ahh" "Please Don't Go" "End of the Road" "In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" "Let It Snow" "I'll Make Love to You" "On Bended Knee" "Thank You" "Water Runs Dry" "One Sweet Day" "Brokenhearted" "Hey Lover" "4 Seasons of Loneliness" "A Song for Mama" "Doin' Just Fine" "I Will Get There" "Pass You By" "Thank You in Advance" "The Color of Love" "Relax Your Mind" "What You Won't Do for Love" "The Tracks of My Tears" "Just My Imagination" "War" "Mercy Mercy Me" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Iris"

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