Spend My Life with You

"Spend My Life with You"
"Spend My Life with You"
Single by Eric Benét featuring Tamia
from the album A Day in the Life
Released	June 15, 1999
Genre	R&B; neo soul;
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Eric Benét*; Demonte Posey; George Nash, Jr.;
Producer(s)	Benét; Posey; Nash;
Eric Benét singles chronology
Tamia singles chronology

"Spend My Life with You" is a Grammy-nominated R&B song by R&B singer Eric Benét featuring R&B singer Tamia. Released as the second single from Benét's second studio album A Day in the Life (1999), the song spent three weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 units. It also peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Remix

A Buttered Soul Remix was released featuring Terry Dexter.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[3]	39

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	65
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[5]	14

Chart (2000)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[6]	65

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Tamia Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Tamia Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Tamia Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^ "1999 Year End Chart: Billboard Hot 100". longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-57. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "2000 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "American single certifications – Tamia – A Nu Day". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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[sc_Billboardhot100_Tamia-1] "Tamia Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Tamia-2] "Tamia Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[sc_Billboardrhythmic_Tamia-3] "Tamia Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[BBye-4] "1999 Year End Chart: Billboard Hot 100". longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[5] "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-57. Retrieved May 24, 2021.

[6] "2000 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 24, 2021.

[United_StatesTamiaA_Nu_DaysingleCertRef-7] "American single certifications – Tamia – A Nu Day". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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v t e Tamia
Awards and nominations Discography Songs
Studio albums	Tamia A Nu Day More Between Friends Beautiful Surprise Love Life Passion Like Fire
Singles	"Imagination" "So Into You" "Loving You Still" "Can't Go for That" "Stranger in My House" "Tell Me Who" "Officially Missing You" "Questions" "Still" "Can't Get Enough" "Me" "Almost" "Beautiful Surprise" "Give Me You" "Sandwich and a Soda" "Stuck with Me" "Love Falls Over Me" "Leave It Smokin' "It's Yours"
Featured singles	"You Put a Move on My Heart" "Slow Jams" "Missing You" "Spend My Life with You" "Into You"

v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
Song (1971–2015)	"Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes (1971) No Award (1972–1994) "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" – Whitney Houston (1995) "I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly (1996) "A Song for Mama" – Boyz II Men (1997) "Lean on Me" – Kirk Franklin (1998) "Spend My Life with You" – Eric Benét featuring Tamia (1999) "Open My Heart" – Yolanda Adams (2000) "A Woman's Worth" – Alicia Keys (2001) "Brighter Day" – Kirk Franklin (2002) "Dance with My Father" – Luther Vandross (2003) "If I Ain't Got You" – Alicia Keys (2004) "Unbreakable" – Alicia Keys (2005) "I Am Not My Hair" – India Arie (2006) "Like You'll Never See Me Again" – Alicia Keys (2007) "Yes We Can" – will.i.am (2008) "God in Me" – Mary Mary (2009) "Bittersweet" – Fantasia (2010) "I Smile" – Kirk Franklin (2011) "I Look to You" – Whitney Houston and R. Kelly (2012) "All of Me" – John Legend (2013) "We Are Here" – Alicia Keys (2014) "Back Together" – Jill Scott (2015)
Contemporary (2016–2019)	"Freedom" – Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar (2016) "HUMBLE." – Kendrick Lamar (2017) "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai (2018) "Before I Let Go" – Beyoncé (2019)
Traditional (2016–2019)	"I See Victory" – Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams (2016) "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars (2017) "Long as I Live" – Toni Braxton (2018) "Spirit" – Beyoncé (2019)
Soul/R&B (2020–present)	"Do It" – Chloe x Halle (2020) "Pick Up Your Feelings" – Jazmine Sullivan (2021) "Cuff It" – Beyoncé (2022) "ICU (Remix)" – Coco Jones featuring Justin Timberlake (2023)
Hip Hop/Rap (2020–present)	"Savage (Remix)" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2020) "Fye Fye" – Tobe Nwigwe featuring Fat Nwigwe (2021) "Hotel Lobby" – Quavo and Takeoff (2022) "Cobra" – Megan Thee Stallion (2023)
International (2020–present)	"Lockdown" – Original Koffee (2020) "Essence" – Wizkid featuring Tems and Justin Bieber (2021) "No Woman, No Cry" – Tems (2022) "Me & U" – Tems (2023)