You Bring Me Joy (Mary J. Blige song)

"You Bring Me Joy"
Artwork used for US commercial cassette releases
Single by Mary J. Blige
from the album My Life
ReleasedMay 23, 1995 (1995-05-23)
Length4:36
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs
  • Chucky Thompson
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
(1995)
"You Bring Me Joy"
(1995)
"I Love You"
(1995)

"You Bring Me Joy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Joel "Jo-Jo" Hailey, and Chucky Thompson for her second studio album, My Life (1994), while overall music production was helmed by Combs and Thompson with the vocal tracks being produced by Jo-Jo. The song is built around a sample of "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (1977) by singer Barry White. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Ekundayo Paris and Nelson Pigford are also credited as songwriters.

"You Bring Me Joy" served as the third single from My Life and topped the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart. Charting alongside Blige's next single, "I Love You", it also reached number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. "You Bring Me Joy" was also a club hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number five on the Record Mirror Club Chart.