"Talkin' to Me" is a song by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

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 singer Amerie

Amerie

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers , known professionally as Amerie or Ameriie, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily co-written and produced by Rich Harrison, and was well-received in the urban market...

 from her debut album, All I Have

All I Have (album)

All I Have is the debut album of American R&B singer-songwriter Amerie, released July 30, 2002 on Columbia Records in the United States. It debuted and peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in August 2002, remaining in the top twenty for two weeks only and dropping off the top one...

(2002). Written and produced by Rich Harrison

Rich Harrison

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, it was released in 2003 as the album's second and final single

Single (music)

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 solely in the United States, thus not being able to make the charts elsewhere. A remix

Remix

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 of "Talkin' to Me" by the production duo Trackmasters

Trackmasters

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 featuring rapper Foxy Brown exists.

Single release

A promotional single

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 of the song was to be released as a double A-side with "I'm Coming Out", but it never came to surface as the commercial release came for "I'm Coming Out". Instead, "Talkin' to Me" was backed with the All I Have track "I Just Died".

Chart performance

"Talkin' to Me" debuted at number twenty-two on the Billboard

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Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

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 in early November 2002, entering the main chart

Billboard Hot 100

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 at number seventy five weeks later and peaking at fifty-one in its fourth week. It also peaked at number eighteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 in early October 2002, having previously debuted at number twenty-three on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles.

Track listings and formats

U.S. double A-side single with "I Just Died"

1. "Talkin' to Me" – 3:54
2. "I Just Died" – 3:29

U.S. promo CD single

1. "Talkin' to Me" (Album Version)
2. "Talkin' to Me" (Album Edit)
3. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix featuring Foxy Brown)
4. "Talkin' to Me" (Instrumental)
5. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix - Instrumental)

U.S. 12" single

• Side A:

1. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix - Clean featuring Foxy Brown) – 3:35
2. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix featuring Foxy Brown) – 3:35
3. "Talkin' to Me" (Remix featuring Jakk Frost) – 3:50
4. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix - Instrumental) – 3:35
   • Side B:
5. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix - No Rap) – 3:34
6. "Talkin' to Me" (Mark Ronson Sunshine Remix) – 3:49
7. "Talkin' to Me" (Mark Ronson Sunshine Remix - Instrumental) – 3:49
8. "Talkin' to Me" (Trackmasters Remix - A Cappella featuring Foxy Brown) – 3:31

Charts

Chart (2002)	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...	51
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,...	18