Song · Mary J. Blige
“Family Affair” by Mary J. Blige
Released 2001
“Family Affair” by Mary J. Blige appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 2001. Its best result is #133 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,504 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Family Affair" came from Mary J. Blige's fifth album, No More Drama, in 2001, and it paired her with Dr. Dre, who produced it and wrote it with Blige, her brother Bruce Miller, Camara Kambon and Mike Elizondo. It's a strutting, head-nodding groove, and Blige rides it like she owns the floor.
It gave her the only Hot 100 number one of her career, six weeks on top late that year, plus a number one in France and top-10 placings in 14 more countries across Europe and Oceania. It went on to rank as the 12th-biggest song of the 2000s in the US, and as of 2018 the 99th-biggest of all time there; Rolling Stone put it at 95 on its list of the decade's 100 best songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 133 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 786 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 597 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 176 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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