Imagination (Tamia song)

"Imagination"
Single by Tamia featuring Jermaine Dupri
from the album Tamia
Released February 8, 1998 (1998-02-08)
Format
Recorded 1997
Genre
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jermaine Dupri
  • Manuel Seal
Tamia singles chronology
"Missing You"
(1996)		 "Imagination"
(1998)		 "So into You"
(1998)

"Missing You"
(1996)		 "Imagination"
(1998)		 "So into You"
(1998)

"Imagination" is a song by Canadian recording artist Tamia, released on her self-titled debut album (1998). It was written and produced by Jermaine Dupri and protégé Manuel Seal and features additional vocals by the former. "Imagination" is a mid-tempo R&B song that contains a sample from The Jackson 5's 1969 song "I Want You Back", written and produced by Motown's The Corporation team consisting of Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards.

The song was released as Tamia's solo debut single and first single from Tamia, following her appearances on mentor Quincy Jones's singles "You Put a Move on My Heart" and "Slow Jams" and "Missing You", a song she recorded with Brandy, Gladys Knight, and Chaka Khan for the soundtrack of the 1996 motion picture Set It Off, was later nominated for a Grammy Award.[1] While not as commercially successful as the latter, it reached the top forty in New Zealand and on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Background

"Imagination" was among the last songs that Tamia recorded for her debut album.[2] Commenting on its recording process, she elaborated: "When you work with Jermaine [Dupri], you party on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Then you have like six hours left and then you have to go in the studio and work."[2] The song was accompanied by a video directed by Paul Hunter and was inspired by Jean Cocteau's film Beauty and the Beast and Nine Inch Nails.[3]

Track listings

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Imagination" (Album Version featuring Jermaine Dupri)3:36
2."Imagination" (Album Version Without Rap)2:55

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tamia.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Singles Chart)[5] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 90
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 37
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 12
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[10] 18

References

  1. ↑ "The Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. 1998-01-08. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  2. 1 2 "Tamia On The Joys Of Procrastinating With Jermaine Dupri". MTV News. 1998-06-04. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  3. ↑ "Tamia Stands On Her Own For New Album, Video". MTV News. 1998-04-21. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  4. ↑ Tamia (Media notes). Tamia. Qwest, Warner Bros. 1998.
  5. ↑ "Tamia-Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. March 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tamia – Imagination" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – Tamia – Imagination". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Tamia Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  9. ↑ "Tamia Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Tamia Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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