"My Little Secret" is Xscape

Xscape (band)

Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...

's second single, produced by Jermaine Dupri, from their third studio album "Traces of My Lipstick

Traces of My Lipstick

Traces of My Lipstick is the third and final studio album by American girl group Xscape released on May 12, 1998, under the So So Def label....

". The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and number two on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, becoming their last single to reach the top ten on both charts. The song talks about a sexual

Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...

 relationship on "the side" while cheating, with lyrics :everybody cheats but you gotta know why, gotta know when, gotta know why; turning into a "little sercret" love affair.

This was the last official single by the group before disbanding just after the release of the album.

This song has been sampled by Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

's Young Money group member and Teen Rapper Lil Twist on his first 2010 single "Little Secret" featuring Jermaine Dupri's protege Bow Wow.

The music video for "My Little Secret" was made in June 1998.

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of promo single-releases of "My Little Secret."

1. My Little Secret (LP Version) - 3:31
2. My Little Secret (JD remix
   Remix
   A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
   
   ) - 4:31
3. My Little Secret (Timbaland
   Timbaland
   Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
   
    remix) - 4:27
4. My Little Secret (Lil John remix) - 5:56
5. My Little Secret (Lil John Instrumental
   Instrumental
   An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
   
   ) - 5:56

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	9
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	2