My Prerogative

E30486

single song

"My Prerogative" is a 1988 R&B/new jack swing song by Bobby Brown that became one of his signature hits, known for its assertive lyrics about personal independence.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bobby Brown – My Prerogative	1
My Prerogative (Britney Spears song)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ
artist	Bobby Brown ⓘ
bSide	Seventeen ⓘ
chartPositionAustralianSinglesChart	9 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadianRPMTopSingles	1 ⓘ
chartPositionDutchTop40	2 ⓘ
chartPositionIrishSinglesChart	1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	6 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotRBHipHopSongs	1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	anthem of self-determination ⓘ assertive ⓘ
followedBySingle	Roni ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ
hasCertification	RIAA Platinum single ⓘ
hasCoverVersion	My Prerogative self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: My Prerogative (Britney Spears song)
hasLivePerformancesBy	Bobby Brown ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	true ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Don’t Be Cruel ⓘ
influencedGenre	new jack swing ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber	MCA-53488 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	4:29 ⓘ
lyricsTheme	defiance of public opinion ⓘ personal independence ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Alejandro G. Iñárritu ⓘ surface form: Alejandro González Iñárritu
notableCoverArtist	Britney Spears ⓘ
partOf	Bobby Brown discography ⓘ
performer	Bobby Brown ⓘ
precededBySingle	Don't Be Cruel (song) ⓘ surface form: Don’t Be Cruel (song)
producer	Gene Griffin ⓘ Teddy Riley ⓘ
recordedIn	1988 ⓘ
recordLabel	MCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1988-08-13 ⓘ
releaseYear	1988 ⓘ
signatureSongOf	Bobby Brown ⓘ
tempo	mid-tempo ⓘ
usesInstrumentation	drum machines ⓘ electronic bass ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ
writer	Bobby Brown ⓘ Gene Griffin ⓘ Teddy Riley ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don’t Be Cruel → containsTrack → My Prerogative ⓘ

subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel

My Prerogative → hasCoverVersion → My Prerogative self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: My Prerogative (Britney Spears song)

Don’t Be Cruel → hasSingle → My Prerogative ⓘ

subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel

Bobby Brown → notableWork → My Prerogative ⓘ

Teddy Riley → produced → My Prerogative ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bobby Brown – My Prerogative