You Make Me Wanna...

In this song, Usher finds himself falling for a girl who to this point has been just a friend. He already has a girlfriend, but he's thinking about swapping her out for this other girl, who seems to really get him. The song is based on a true story. "I was with one girl, but I had flown to Los Angeles and I fell in love with this other girl," he told Entertainment Weekly. "And what was so odd about it is she started out as a friend, and was encouraging me to keep my relationship afloat. And then I'm like, 'Well s--t, why don't I be with you?"

Usher wrote this song with Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal, Jr. Dupri is a prolific writer and producer who has a company called So So Def Recordings, and Seal was one of his songwriting partners. Along with Mariah Carey, they also wrote the hit "Always Be My Baby."

"You Make Me Wanna" was Usher's breakout hit, released when he was just 18. He was signed to the red-hot Atlanta label LaFace Records, which also had TLC and Toni Braxton on the roster. They released his first single, "Call Me A Mack," in 1993 when Usher was 14. His self-titled debut album, overseen by Puff Daddy, appeared the next year and produced two modest hits: "Can U Get Wit It" and "Think Of You." For his next album, My Way, LaFace teamed him with Jermaine Dupri, an up-and-comer who produced Xscape and Kris Kross. They clicked, and hit the big-time with My Way. "You Make Me Wanna" was a #1 R&B hit and climbed to #2 on the Hot 100. The next single, "Nice & Slow," went to #1 on the Hot 100, followed by "My Way," which hit #2. It made a Usher a star and put Dupri in the ranks of elite producers. Usher's next album, 8701, included two more chart-toppers: "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad."