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"Me & U"
Single by Cassie
from the album Cassie
ReleasedApril 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
RecordedApril 2005
Length3:11
LabelBad Boy
Songwriter(s)Ryan Leslie
Producer(s)Ryan Leslie
Cassie singles chronology
"Me & U"
(2006) 		"Long Way 2 Go"
(2006)
Music video
"Me & U" on YouTube

"Me & U" is a song by American singer Cassie from her self-titled debut studio album.

Background

In early 2005, producer Ryan Leslie met Cassie at New York's Marquee night club and later signed her to his production company NextSelection.[1][2] "Me & U" was a demo they recorded in April 2005.[3] Leslie wrote and produced it himself with keyboards and a Mac in the living room of his apartment in Harlem.[1]

Composition

The Washington Post describes Cassie vocals as "Janet-Jackson-after-20-flights-of-stairs thin".

Release and promotion

To break Cassie through as an artist, Leslie used intense online marketing, specifically on Myspace.[2] In November 2005, Cassie shared daily video blogs and a four-song demo including "Me & U" on the platform. Within three weeks, 60,000 users made "Me & U" their Myspace background music, and it later became a viral phenomenon, surpassing 2 million listeners.[1][2][4] "People were able to put my face and name to the song, and they loved it," Cassie recalled.[4]

Growth can be attributed to word-of-mouth. "The song grew pretty organically," Ventura says. "Radio stations added it before I even got signed, and clubs were playing it three and four times a night," she says. "It was already established by the time labels started noticing me."<Billboard>

It soon became a club hit in the USA, and a promotional tour with Leslie in Germany created an overseas audience. https://www.proquest.com/docview/409020140/A4924041A24F6DPQ/13?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers

Charts

Chart performance for "Leavemealone"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 57
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 21
Lithuania (AGATA)[8] 51
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 4
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[10] 31
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 11
UK Dance (OCC)[12] 2
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[13] 6

Certifications

Certifications for "Leavemealone"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] Platinum 70,000‡
Belgium (BRMA)[15] Gold 20,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[16] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c Stevenson, Seth (November 20, 2006). "The Perfect Score". New York. Vol. 39, no. 41. pp. 34–39.
  2. ^ a b c Hope, Clover (July 29, 2006). "Bad Boy's Done Good". Billboard. 118 (30): 45–46.
  3. ^ Quarles, Alicia (August 23, 2006). "Model-turned-singer Cassie strikes gold first time out" (Press release). Associated Press. Retrieved May 23, 2025 – via Ocala StarBanner.
  4. ^ a b Jones, Steve (August 28, 2006). "Songstress takes 'Me & U' - and herself - to the top". USA Today. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – Leavemealone". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – Leavemealone" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 50-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Fred Again.. & Baby Keem – Leavemealone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  10. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 6. týden 2024 in the date selector. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs - Week of December 23, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2024". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  16. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Fred Again & Baby Keem – Leavemealone". Radioscope. Retrieved 27 December 2024. Type Leavemealone in the "Search:" field.
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Fred Again & Baby Keem – Leavemealone". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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