"Spend My Life with You"
Single by Eric Benét featuring Tamia
from the album A Day in the Life
ReleasedJune 15, 1999
Genre
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
  • Eric Benét*
  • Demonte Posey
  • George Nash, Jr.
Producer(s)
  • Benét
  • Posey
  • Nash
Eric Benét singles chronology
"Georgy Porgy"
(1999) 		"Spend My Life with You"
(1999) 		"When You Think of Me"
(2000)
Tamia singles chronology
"Loving You Still"
(1999) 		"Spend My Life with You"
(1999) 		"Can't Go for That"
(2000)

"Spend My Life with You" is a Grammy-nominated R&B song by R&B singer Eric Benét featuring R&B singer Tamia. Released as the second single from Benét's second studio album A Day in the Life (1999), the song spent three weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 units. It also peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Remix

A Buttered Soul Remix was released featuring Terry Dexter.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[3] 39

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 65
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 14
Chart (2000) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 65

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tamia Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tamia Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Tamia Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "1999 Year End Chart: Billboard Hot 100". longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-57. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "2000 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "American single certifications – Tamia – A Nu Day". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


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