We Belong Together
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"We Belong Together" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and is the second single from her fourteenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi. Released in 2005 (see 2005 in music), the single became Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100; it also peaked at number two in the U.K. The song has earned a reputation for being Carey's comeback single as it helped her to regain public popularity after her career sank following the failure of her albums Glitter (2001) and Charmbracelet (2002) and their accompanying singles. The song became Carey's first number one in five years, and has broken numerous chart records; it became the first song to get more than 200 million "audience impressions", and it was named the world's most played song of the year by the World Music Awards.
Song information
The song was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johnta Austin, and produced by Carey, Dupri, and Seal. It was among the last songs recorded for The Emancipation of Mimi. After recording nearly twenty tracks for the album, Carey was satisfied with her output, but the president of Island Def Jam, L.A. Reid, thought something was missing and asked her to write more songs with Dupri. The results were the singles "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together".
In this mid-tempo ballad, Carey declares herself stupid and foolish for ending a relationship on the wrong terms. She wants her ex-lover to come back to her, as when he left she lost a part of herself. The song features a blend of quiet storm ambience and hip-hop-style singing, leading to a traditional Carey climax in which the pitch rises an octave and Carey belts the chorus, then ends the song on a note held for nearly twenty seconds.
In the New York Times article in which critic Kelefa Sanneh proclaimed "We Belong Together" as 2005's "song of the summer" [1], Sanneh opined that Carey's different and challenging singing style used in this song may have contributed to its popularity. Carey phrases several words per note and sometimes sings counter to the rhythm on this release, a departure from the melismatic style that she had favored previously.
The song goes through three phases. In the first, Carey sings sadly. Next, she tries to distract herself by listening to the radio. That doesn't work, and she ends up furiously pleading for her lover to come back. Some people believe that part of the song's success has been in how these three sections capture the range of human emotions in such a situation.
"We Belong Together" uses two other songs. In the middle phase, Carey makes a reference to soul singer Bobby Womack's 1981 song "If You Think You're Lonely Now". She sings:
- "I can't sleep at night
- When you are on my mind
- Bobby Womack's on the radio
- Singing to me, 'If you think you're lonely now'"
Immediately after that, she changes radio stations and makes a reference to Babyface' 1987 song recorded by The Deele, "Two Occasions". She sings:
- "And then I hear Babyface
- 'I only think of you',"
The latter line is the first line of the song's chorus. The reference is clearer on the Jadakiss–Styles remix, where she continues singing the rest of the chorus of "Two Occasions":
- "I only think of you on two occasions
- That's day and night
- I'd go for broke if I could be with you
- Only you can make it right"
Because of the interpolation of these songs, the songwriters of both have also been given co-writing credit on "We Belong Together".
Chart performance
Before 2005 and especially after 1999, Carey was said to have lost her "radio magic" as her positions on the airplay chart slowly declined. "We Belong Together" became Carey's sixteenth number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and also her ninth number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was released to radio on March 26 2005, and has become the biggest hit for both Carey her record company, Island Def Jam. This is Carey's first single to reach number one since "Thank God I Found You" in 2000, and her first to top the Hot 100 Airplay Chart since "One Sweet Day" in 1995. The song makes her the only artist who might surpass The Beatles (with twenty number ones) and Elvis Presley (with eighteen) in the modern era. (With seventy-five weeks of number one singles since 1990, Carey also ranks second only to Presley's 79 weeks.)
The song's successful run at number one on the Hot 100 was briefly interrupted by Carrie Underwood, whose debut single "Inside Your Heaven" went to number one in its first week of sales. The following week (ending July 2, 2005), however, "We Belong Together" returned to the top, spending a total of fourteen weeks at number one.
The song has been a success in several major non-U.S. markets. It debuted at number one on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart on June 27, becoming Carey's first single since 1995's "Fantasy" to top the chart, and only her second number-one single in Australia. In the United Kingdom the song debuted at number two, behind 2Pac and Elton John's duet, "Ghetto Gospel". Although "We Belong Together" had sold many more physical singles than "Ghetto Gospel", digital downloads now count towards the U.K. Singles charts, and with relatively weak downloads in the U.K., "We Belong Together" lost the top spot to "Ghetto Gospel" by 400 singles (combined total of physical singles and downloads).
Chart records
The song made record by reaching number one on thirteen different Billboard charts, the most any song has topped in history. Besides the Hot 100, the Hot 100 Airplay, and the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks, "We Belong Together" has also reached number one on the Rhythmic Top 40 (the most spins ever by a female at the format), the Mainstream Top 40, the Pop 100, the Pop 100 Airplay, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Dance Radio Airplay, the Hot Dance Music/Club Play, the Adult R&B, the Hot Videoclips, and the Hot Ringtones chart. When "We Belong Together" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the Pop 100, Pop 100 Airplay, Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, and the Adult R&B Billboard Radio Monitor chart, it became the only song in Billboard history to top all nine charts concurrently. The song has also been certified 3N for over 300,000 detections on monitored Billboard/BDS stations. It has also reached number one on other non-Billboard charts, such as the Streaming Audio chart (for six weeks), the ARC Top 40, and the AOL Music Network's top eleven.
The single has broken numerous airplay records according to both Mediabase and Nielsen BDS. When it reached 192.3 million audience impressions as counted by Nielsen BDS, Carey's "We Belong Together" broke the previous airplay record (held by Mario's "Let Me Love You"); this made "We Belong Together" the most-heard song (in a week) on American radio stations. On the week it broke the BDS record, it also broke the record for the largest gap between a number-one song and a number-two song on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, having over sixty million impressions more than its nearest competitor (Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl").
On the week ending June 17 2005, "We Belong Together" broke its own record of 192.3 million audience impressions as it peaked at 195.8 million audience impressions. On the weeks ending June 24, July 1, and July 15, the song continued to break its own record as it escalated to 202.1 million, 212.2 million, and 223 million impressions respectively. It became the first song in history to break the 200 million one-week BDS audience barrier. The song also repeatedly broke its own record for the largest gap between a number-one song and a number-two song on the Hot 100 Airplay, and its highest gap was a difference of nearly 119 million impressions. The week of its highest peak, it had 223 million impressions, while the number-two song, "Hollaback Girl", had only 104.1 million impressions.
On Mediabase, "We Belong Together" has reached more than 254.6 million weekly audience impressions (until July 13 2005), the highest in the history of Mediabase, breaking the record previously held by Mario's "Let Me Love You". It is one of only a handful of songs to reach number one on the three major component charts of CHR/Pop, CHR/Rhythmic, and Urban. The song later broke new records when it became the first song in Mediabase history to reach #1 on CHR/Pop, CHR/Rhythmic, Urban, and Urban AC.
The song has spent a total of fourteen non-consecutive weeks at the top so far and is Carey's first number-one single to have a non-consecutive run at the top; it is also her longest run at number one as a solo artist. (Previously, her songs – as a solo artist – with the longest run at number one were "Dreamlover" and "Fantasy", both with eight-week runs at the top of the chart.) The song has also become Carey's second single to have spent more than ten weeks at number one, the first being her collaboration with Boyz II Men on "One Sweet Day". This gives Carey the longest-running number-one single of both the 1990s and the 2000s, and also makes her the first female artist and the first solo artist to have more than two songs spend more than ten weeks at number one. (The two other artists to accomplish this feat are the groups Boyz II Men and Santana.)
"We Belong Together" ties the record for the most weeks spent at number one for a solo artist with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" (1997), and also ties the record for the most weeks at number one for a female artist with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". It is the fifth song to spend fourteen weeks at number one. Carey holds the records for the number-one song ("One Sweet Day") and number-two song ("We Belong Together") with the most weeks at number one.
On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks singles chart, the song remained at number one for fourteen weeks, tying the record of Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" as the longest running number one on that chart.
On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song has remained at number one for sixteen weeks, tying the record with No Doubt's "Don't Speak" for second place (only behind the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris", eighteen weeks). When the song reached number one on the Hot 100 Airplay in its fifteenth week, it made Carey the solo artist and female artist with the most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay in Billboard history.
The song was expected to break the record that is held by "One Sweet Day", but it did not it. It was first thought that "Shake It Off" would dethrone the single, as it reached number two when "We Belong Together" was at number one. This is the first time a female lead artist has occupied the top two positions of the Hot 100. The only other four lead artists who have done this before are Nelly, OutKast, The Bee Gees and The Beatles. (Ashanti was the first female artist to manage this with "Foolish" and "What's Luv". However, she is only a featured artist on "What's Luv".) However, on September 7 2005, Kanye West's "Gold Digger" dethroned Carey's "We Belong Together". Its airplay was below 100 million audience impressions, but it was downloaded over 80,000 times, pushing it from nineteen to number one.
As "Gold Digger" replaced "We Belong Together", "Shake It Off" could not do so, and Carey would not become the first female artist in history to replace herself at number one. (Likewise, in 1995, Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" occupied a one week gap between "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day".)
The fourteen-week reign of "We Belong Together", along with the four weeks of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" and the week of Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven", has helped break a female record on the Billboard Hot 100 as it has become the longest shut-out of male artists from the peak position in Billboard history: the last time a man held the number-one position was twenty weeks ago. The new chart record of Carey, Stefani, and Underwood breaks the former record of sixteen weeks created in 1999 by Brandy's "Have You Ever?", Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time", Monica's "Angel of Mine", Cher's "Believe", and TLC's "No Scrubs".
Remixes
The DJ Clue remix of "We Belong Together" (produced by DJ Clue and Jovonn Alexander) was released on May 17 2005 on iTunes. The remix includes raps from Jadakiss and Styles P.
The hope was that the remix would help propel the song to number one (and based on sales data, it appears that that task has been accomplished). Although the remix was initially only for iTunes, it has now been released to other legal downloading services like Rhapsody and Napster. It has even been played on the radio, such as on New York's Z-100. DJ Clue also shouts a bit on the record, and although not listed as an artist on the track listing of the CD or vinyl singles of the song, he was given credit when the song charted on the Hot Digital Tracks chart.
Promotional copies of remixes by Peter Rauhofer and Atlantic Soul have been released, and the U.K. CD singles were released on July 5. The twelve-inch vinyl single was released on July 19 in the USA, causing the song to chart on the Hot 100 Singles Sales and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales charts. Although these positions may seem low compared to the rest of the chart positions of "We Belong Together", as noted above, this vinyl format only sells a few thousand copies per week at best.
Video
The video was directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed some of Carey's other videos including this video's predecessor, "It's Like That". Initially, Carey had wanted Paul Hunter to direct the video, but he was apparently busy. Carey, a close friend of Ratner, was reluctant at first, as he had stopped directing music videos and mostly directed films, but after hearing a proposed treatment, she approved.
The video serves as the dramatic sequel and conclusion to "It's Like That" (the two music videos were filmed simultaneously). In "It's Like That", Carey's character was seen at a party the night before her wedding, when a guest removed his mask, revealing himself as an ex-beau of Carey's. It is revealed that he knew about Carey's engagement, and had come to see her one last time. Without saying anything, he tosses her a flower, which she holds on to.
The "We Belong Together" video starts the next morning. Carey wakes and is shown getting ready for the wedding. She looks forlorn as she wonders where her heart really belongs. As the wedding begins, Carey nervously walks down the aisle to the smiles of her husband-to-be, played by Eric Roberts. However, Carey's ex-beau, played by Wentworth Miller, is watching the wedding from a distance. He makes eye contact with her, presenting her with a dilemma: to become the wife of the man she is seconds away from marrying, or to run away with her true love. Carey decides that she and her ex belong together. She runs from the wedding into his arms, and they jump into his car. Carey's wedding dress is shown trailing from the car as the couple drives away. Her husband-to-be is shown heartbroken over this.
The music video triggered much publicity from critics and the media, as the wedding dress seen in the video is the one Carey wore at her 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola. While many have speculated that Carey used the dress as a publicity stunt to help promote her new album, she insists that she had no ulterior motives, and that there was no deeper meaning or symbolism to her wearing the dress. The video treatment called for a wedding dress, and she happened to possess one. Parallels have also been made by the media comparing the Roberts character to Mottola and the Wentworth Miller character to Derek Jeter (an ex-boyfriend of Carey's). The parallels can be seen as the Roberts character, like Mottola, was overcontrolling and Carey believed she loved him when she did not. The parallels can also be seen in the Miller character, as both he and Jeter are multiracial, and Jeter was often believed to be the "true love" of Carey.
The "We Belong Together" video was successful on several music-video countdowns. It reached number one on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, on BET's 106 & Park, and on MTV's TRL (for ten days). On July 8 2005, the video retired at number one from TRL, after spending fifty days on the countdown. "We Belong Together" is Carey's second video to retire, the other being "Heartbreaker".
"We Belong Together" is also Yahoo Music's most watched video of 2005, with 7.5 million streamed performances. The video has not been released on VHS or DVD, but is on a VCD of the "We Belong Together" European CD single.
Free downloads controversy
During the last week of May 2005, the DJ Clue remix of the song, being sold exclusively through iTunes, was offered as a free download through Carey's official website. According to the iTunes discount purchase plan, a record label has to purchase 25,000 copies of a single to offer it free. That week, the reported numbers suggested that the remix sold about 27,000 copies. Chart experts were puzzled, as the remix had never entered the top fifty of the iTunes chart. The reported numbers also looked similar to the number of copies of the single a record label had to purchase in order to offer it for free. Readers were also puzzled, as records of the Hot 100 that week showed that the ranking of the songs had been submitted for final publishing but were then changed at the last minute.
Chart followers became divided. Because there was little precedent for free download controversy, many believed that, even if free downloads were counted, they would not have been that great a number. Others maintained that the last-minute change was due to a technical error on iTunes; at iTunes, the DJ Clue remix lists Jadakiss before Carey, causing many to believe that this was the reason for the last-minute change.
With no clear consensus, this situation prompted chart followers to write to Billboard columnist Fred Bronson, asking if it was possible that free downloads were accidentally counted while compiling that week's Hot 100 chart. At first, Bronson claimed that the downloads did not help the song reach its position. However, chart watchers were still dubious, and continued to write to him. The persistent letter-writing seemed to have had an effect, as on June 3 2005 Bronson replied in his "Chart Beat Chat" column that Billboard had indeed made a mistake. Billboard's director of charts, Geoff Mayfield, stated that their filters were not in place at the time to enforce their policy about free downloads not counting towards the charts. Had the correct filters been in place, "We Belong Together" would probably not have climbed to number one until the following week.
With the situation explained, controversy broke out among some chart watchers as they accused Carey of using manipulative chart tricks that they believed she had used before. The only evidence for this is when Virgin sold Carey's "Loverboy" single for an extremely low price (though this does not break any Billboard rule, as an artist's label is free to set the price of a commercial single). In regard to this, Bronson also stated that all Carey's previous singles had reached number one legitimately and fairly. It should also be noted that other songs such as Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", Will Smith's "Switch", and Gorillaz' "Feel Good Inc." had also used free downloads to succeed on the charts. Despite this controversy, "We Belong Together" has broken numerous records in airplay and on other Billboard charts, and has maintained high download sales to succeed for a long time. Although its first week at the top may be questionable, the song can still boast thirteen other weeks at number one. All in all, the song is the single that enforced the new digital filters in Billboard's charts: free downloads no longer count.
Live performances
Carey's performance of "We Belong Together" on The View helped expose the song to a daytime audience. This performance included an especially long final section of vocal riffs set against her backup singers. It was after this broadcast that the song began being played on daytime-oriented Adult Contemporary radio station formats, leading to its subsequent record-breaking impressions statistics.
of "Shake It Off" and the "We Belong Together" remix
Carey was invited to perform for Live 8, and given a choice between the event's two most promoted locations: the London concert, which mainly consisted of rock acts such as Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney as well as pop veterans such as Madonna, and the Philadelphia show, which had other R&B, pop, and hip-hop musicians similar to her genre. She eventually chose to perform in London.
At the concert, Carey sung the socially aware anthems "Make It Happen" and "Hero" with the African Children's Choir. After the choir left, Carey was left with just her band, including Randy Jackson of American Idol notoriety, and she performed "We Belong Together". In a move that was criticized by the UK tabloids the next day, before singing "We Belong Together", Carey asked for a microphone stand and for some water. Carey was also criticized for touting "We Belong Together" as her next single; many thought this was inappropriate for Live 8.
For the first time in fourteen years, Carey was invited to perform at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Carey wanted to make her performance memorable. Leaked photographs from secret rehearsals of the event revealed plans for Carey to perform at a separate location: the National Hotel in South Beach. A substantial setback arrived when Hurricane Katrina approached, placing the awards ceremony in jeopardy.
Nevertheless, the ceremony continued as planned. Carey's medley of songs began with "It's Like That", and then segued into "Shake It Off"; the latter was performed in a blue-themed tropical setting adorned by dancers and water features, with co-producer Jermaine Dupri rapping the song's opening lines. In a silver dress, Carey then performed the "We Belong Together" remix – with guest stars DJ Clue, Jadakiss, and Styles P rapping – on a Roman staircase, surrounded by flaming torches.
Live performance tracker
| Date | Show | Song |
|---|---|---|
| April 12 2005 | Good Morning America | "We Belong Together" |
| April 14 2005 | The Late Show with David Letterman | "We Belong Together" |
| April 29 2005 | The View | "We Belong Together" |
| May 24 2005 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | "We Belong Together" |
| June 4 2005 | MTV Movie Awards | "We Belong Together" |
| June 28 2005 | BET Awards | "We Belong Together" |
| July 2 2005 | Live 8 in London | "We Belong Together" |
| July 4 2005 | Macy's 4th of July Spectacular | "We Belong Together" |
| August 28 2005 | MTV Video Music Awards | "Shake It Off"/"We Belong Together" (DJ Clue Remix) |
| September 16 2005 | Star Academy | "We Belong Together" |
Awards
To date, the digital download of "We Belong Together" (counting sales of the original version and the "We Belong Together (Remix)") has sold over 554 thousand copies. The song has been awarded the gold single certification and platinum single certification by the RIAA for sales of digital downloads of at least 100,000 and 200,000 downloads respectively. As the song has sold more than 400,000 downloads, it is expected to be certified 2x platinum eventually.
"We Belong Together" proved a hit in the teen market, as seen in its performances on Total Request Live, and by the song winning the Choice Music Love Song at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards. The song's popularity also helped it to earn two nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards: one for Best Female Video and one for Best R&B Video. Carey has never won any Video Music Awards in her career, but has said she wants to win a Moonman. In the ceremony held on August 28 2005, Carey lost Best Female Video to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" and Best R&B Video to Alicia Keys' "Karma".
"We Belong Together" was recognised at the 2005 World Music Awards, where it won World's most-played Single. The winning of this award (along with three other World Music Awards that she won that same night) placed Carey with sixteen World Music Awards, making her the artist with the most World Music Awards in history (beating Michael Jackson's fourteen).
The song also won the Best Solo R&B/Soul Single award at the 2005 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. Carey was unable to attend.
Awards tracker
| Date | Ceremony | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Music Love Song | Won |
| August 28 2005 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Female Video | Nominated |
| August 28 2005 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best R&B Video | Nominated |
| August 31 2005 | World Music Awards | World's Most-played Single | Won |
| September 7 2005 | Lady of Soul Awards | Best Solo R&B/Soul Single | Won |
| November 5 2005 | Kiss 100 Awards | Best Single | Nominated |
| November 15 2005 | VIBE Awards | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
Track listings of major single-releases
U.K. CD single/European CD single
- "We Belong Together" (album version)
- "We Belong Together" (remix) featuring Jadakiss And Styles P.
U.K. CD maxi single
- "We Belong Together" (album version)
- "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
- "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix)
- "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal)
- "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental)
European CD maxi single
- "We Belong Together" (album version)
- "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
- "It's Like That" (remix) featuring Fat Joe
- "We Belong Together" (video — enhanced CD)
Chart trajectory
"We Belong Together" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at eighty-one. It has so far stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for twenty-eight weeks.
| Billboard Hot 100 Chart trajectory — "We Belong Together" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
| Chart position | 81 | 61 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | |
Charts
"We Belong Together" was Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 (the most for a female artist), her eleventh on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, first on the Billboard Pop 100, the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay, the Billboard Hot Ringtones, and the Billboard Adult R&B, ninth on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, sixth on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay, tenth on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, fifth on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (the most for any artist at that format), and her sixth on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40. It was also Carey's second number-one single on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #1 (14 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | #1 (16 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | #19 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | #1 (3 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | #1 (11 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | #1 (14 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | #1 (14 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales | #10 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | #2 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks | #2 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" (Remix) featuring DJ Clue, Jadakiss, & Styles P |
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks | #5 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" (P. Rauhofer/Atlantic Soul Mixes) |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 (1 week) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Dance Radio Airplay | #1 (2 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 | #1 (10 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | #1 (10 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | #17 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #4 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Adult R&B | #1 (8 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones | #1 (4 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Hot Videoclips | #1 (2 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay | #34 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | U.S. Billboard Smooth Jazz | #38 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | UK Top 40 | #2 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | #1 (2 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Canadian Singles Chart | #1 (4 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | German Singles Chart | #11 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Spanish Singles chart | #3 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Dutch Top 40 | #2 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | World Singles Chart | #5 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Worldwide Tracks Chart | #1 (1 week) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | Euro Top 20 | #1 (4 weeks) |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | United World Chart | #1 (5 weeks) [2] |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | 'Tokio Hot 100' | #34 |
Official remixes/versions list
- "We Belong Together" (album version)
- "We Belong Together" (instrumental)
- "We Belong Together" (remix) featuring DJ Clue, Jadakiss, & Styles P. ^
- "We Belong Together" (remix instrumental) (From 12" Vinyl Only) ^
- "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal) ^^
- "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul radio edit) ^^
- "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental) ^^
- "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix) ^^^
- "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)^^^
Remix credits
All songs follow writing credits as listed above unless otherwise stated.
- ^Remix produced by DJ Clue and Jovonn Alexander
- ^^Remix produced by Atlantic Soul
- ^^^Remix produced by Peter Rahoufer