What You Want (Mase song)

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"What You Want"
Single by Mase featuring Total
from the album Harlem World
B-side"What You Want" (remix)
ReleasedDecember 3, 1997
Recorded1997
GenreHip hop, R&B
Length4:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nashiem Myrick
Mase singles chronology
"Been Around the World"
(1997) 		"What You Want"
(1997) 		"Horse & Carriage"
(1998)
Total singles chronology
"What About Us?"
(1997) 		"What You Want"
(1997) 		"Trippin'"
(1998)
Music video
"What You Want" on YouTube

"What You Want", also known as "Tell Me What You Want", is a song by American rapper Mase, featuring vocals from Bad Boy Records labelmates, R&B group Total. It was released as the second single from the former's debut album, Harlem World by the aforementioned label and Arista Records on December 3, 1997. The song was co-written Mase and Bad Boy label boss Sean Combs, produced by Nashiem Myrick of the label's in-house production team The Hitmen, and contains a sample of "Right on for the Darkness" by Curtis Mayfield. As with Mase's previous single, "What You Want" proved commercially successful, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming his second consecutive top ten single; it received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Single track listing[edit]

A-Side[edit]

  1. "What You Want" (Album Version)- 4:04
  2. "What You Want" (Instrumental)- 4:38

B-Side[edit]

  1. "What You Want" (Remix)- 4:34
  2. "What You Want" (Remix Instrumental)- 4:34

Charts and certifications[edit]

References[edit]

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  12. ^ "Mase Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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  14. ^ "The Urban Top 40 Of 1998" (PDF). Music Week. January 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  15. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  16. ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-51. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  17. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Mase feat. Total – What You Want". Recorded Music NZ.
  18. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard. 111 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 75 January 30, 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  19. ^ "American single certifications – Mase – What You Want". Recording Industry Association of America.


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