My Boo (CeCe Peniston song)

"My Boo"
Single by CeCe Peniston
B-side	Remix
Released	February 2001
Format	12"
Recorded	2000
Genre	House
Label	Silk
Writer(s)	Steve Hurley CeCe Peniston Gil Scott-Heron
Producer(s)	Steve "Sik" Hurley
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"Lifetime to Love" (2000) "My Boo" (2001) "Reminiscin" (2001)
Music sample "Silk's Original Gil Vibe"

"My Boo" (sometimes subtitled as "The Things You Do") is a song by the musician CeCe Peniston, which was released on the Steve Hurley's own record label in February 2001^[1] as the singer's last single issued under the producer's Silk Entertainment label.

The single release followed the US Dance success of the Peniston's number two hit Lifetime to Love, her first Top 3 entry in the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play since 1995. Six months later, a remixed four track alternation of "My Boo" that featured also mixes from Ron Carroll would follow in August. But due to its exclusive release on vinyl, and non-availability either on various artists CD music compilations, the title became a very hard-to-find item at least in a digital format.

The song contained a sample of "The Bottle" by Gil Scott-Heron, one of the most important progenitors of rap music (at that time imprisoned for one to three years following series of drug possession charges as well as his failure to deal with persistent drugs problems,^[2] which scored at number fifteen^[3] on the US R&B chart.

Credits and personnel

• CeCe Peniston – lead/back vocal, writer
• Steve Hurley – writer, remix, producer
• Ron Carroll – remix
• DJ Anderson Soares – mix
• Silktone Songs Inc. (ASCAP) – publisher
• Brouhaha Music, – admin by TVT Music Inc.
• Contains a sample of "The Bottle" by Gil Scott-Heron

Track listings and formats

12", US, #SENT 0006-1^[4]

1. "My Boo (The Things You Do)" (12" Version)
2. "My Boo (The Things You Do)" (Acapella)
3. "My Boo (The Things You Do)" (Disco Dub)
4. "My Boo (The Things You Do)" (Demo Version)

12", US, #SENT 0009^[5]

1. "My Boo" (Ron Carroll's Body Music Vocal Mix)
2. "My Boo" (Silk's Deep House Dub)
3. "My Boo" (Silk's Deep House Mix)
4. "My Boo" (Ron's Instrumental Edit)

References

General

• "CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
• "CeCe Peniston - Discography - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

Specific

1. "Sharon Pass - "Runnin' Away" #SENT0017-1". Silk Entertainment. Black Music Collectors. black-music-collectors.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Credits: Eric Miller, CeCe Peniston
2. Walker, Toby. "Gil Scott-Heron - Biography". Soul Walking. TalkTalk Group. soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
3. "Gil Scott-Heron - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
4. "CeCe Peniston - "My Boo (The Things You Do)" - 12", US, #SENT 0006-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
5. "CeCe Peniston - "My Boo (The Things You Do)" - 12", US, #SENT 0009". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.

External links

• CeCe Peniston at AllMusic