| Ya Di Ya | ||||||||||||
| Cover: | Gina Thompson - Ya Di Ya.jpg | |||||||||||
| Type: | single | |||||||||||
| Artist: | Gina Thompson featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | |||||||||||
| Album: | If You Only Knew | |||||||||||
| Released: | September 14, 1999[1] | recorded = 1998| studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania| venue =| genre = | length = 3:53 (radio version)| label = | writer = | producer = | chronology = Gina Thompson| prev_title = It's All Yours| prev_year = 1998| next_title = Caught Up| next_year = 1999| misc = }} "Ya Di Ya" is a song by American R&B singer, Gina Thompson. It features guest vocals by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and was released as the lead single from Thompson's unreleased album, If You Only Knew (1999). The song became a minor hit, where it peaked at #38 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and scored Thompson her second top 40 R&B hit and Elliott's fifteenth overall top 40 R&B hit.[2] Because of its strong radio airplay and charting outside the United States, a "Rufftime" remix was issued via international pressings of "Ya Di Ya".[3] To date, "Ya Di Ya" is Thompson's only single as a leading artist to chart outside the United States. Music videoThe music video for the song premiered in early July 1999 on The Box.[4] It begins with Gina Thompson, alongside background dancers dressed in white, dancing and lip-syncing to the song. Thompson is then seen arguing with the song's antagonist over the phone before throwing the phone in a fish-tank. Missy Elliott is later shown in a silver attire performing her part. Track listings and formats
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