"Leave" is a song by American singer JoJo from her self-titled debut album, JoJo

JoJo (album)

JoJo is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist JoJo, released in the United States on June 22, 2004 by Da Family Entertainment and Blackground Records...

. It was released as the album's lead single on February 24, 2004. Produced by Danish production duo Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced a large number of successful songs, including Monica's "Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo's "Leave ", and Fantasia's "Truth Is"...

, it became an international hit, reaching number twelve on the US Billboard Hot 100

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 and number two in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and on the European Hot 100 Singles. It also became a top five hit in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

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 (RIAA) on October 25, 2004. JoJo has expressed her displeasure with the song, and most of her self-titled album, for its overall pop sound however she is grateful it put her on the musical map. When she would perform the song at her most recent concerts, she would arrange it to the point of being almost unrecognizable, adding jazzier instrumentation to the verses and heavier guitars or double bass drumming

Bass drum

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 to the bridge.

When the single reached number one on Billboard

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s Pop Songs

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 chart, JoJo became, at age thirteen, the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States.

The song appears in the 2004 PlayStation 2

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 karaoke game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3

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.

Reception

The song received generally positive reviews for JoJo's vocal performance, but critics noted the maturity in the lyrics to be much above that of a thirteen year old, her age when she recorded the track.

Chart performance

"Leave (Get Out)" peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 giving JoJo her first top 20 hit, the song failed to break the top 10 despite heavy rotation on the radio and good single sales.

Music video

The music video, directed by Erik White, takes place in a high school. JoJo is seen with friends and dancing with cheerleading

Cheerleading

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 girls. The video was nominated for Best New Artist

MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist

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 at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

2004 MTV Video Music Awards

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, which made JoJo become the youngest MTV Video Music Award

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 nominee. The video also retired on MTV's Total Request Live

Total Request Live

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 after spending 50 days on the countdown, including two days at #1, making her the youngest artist to both have a video retired and reach the summit of the chart.

Track listings

• US double A-side single and Australian CD 1

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Album Version) – 4:03
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Hip Hop Club Mix) – 3:50
3. "Leave (Get Out)" (Dance Mix) – 3:54
4. "Leave (Get Out)" (Main Instrumental) – 4:40
5. "Not That Kinda Girl
   Not That Kinda Girl
   "Not That Kinda Girl" is a song by American singer JoJo from her self-titled debut album, JoJo . It was written by Neely Dinkins, B. Cola Pietro, Balewa Muhammad, and Sylvester Jordan, Jr., and released in February 2005 as the album's third and final single...
   
   " – 3:28

• Australian CD 2

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 4:00
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Album Version) – 4:03
3. "Leave (Get Out)" (Hip Hop Club Mix) – 3:50
4. "Leave (Get Out)" (Dance Mix) – 3:54
5. "Leave (Get Out)" (Video) (Disney
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   /Nickelodeon
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    Version)

• US digital download

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 3:47
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Dance Mix) – 3:54
3. "Leave (Get Out)" (Mike Rizzo Club Mix/The Syndicate Vocal Mix) – 8:09
4. "Leave (Get Out)" (The Popstar Dark Anthem Mix/P.S. House Mix) – 9:38

• UK CD 1

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 3:49
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Dance Mix) – 3:54

• UK CD 2

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 3:48
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Hip Hop Club Mix) – 3:50
3. "Not That Kinda Girl" – 3:28
4. "Leave (Get Out)" (Video)

• European CD single

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 3:49
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Hip Hop Club Mix) – 3:50

• European CD maxi single

1. "Leave (Get Out)" (Radio Edit) – 3:49
2. "Leave (Get Out)" (Hip Hop Club Mix) – 3:50
3. "Leave (Get Out)" (Dance Mix) – 3:54
4. "Leave (Get Out)" (Instrumental) – 4:04

Credits and personnel

• Written by Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, Alex Cantrell, Philip "Silky" White
• Produced by Soulshock & Karlin
  Soulshock & Karlin
  Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced a large number of successful songs, including Monica's "Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo's "Leave ", and Fantasia's "Truth Is"...
  
  
• Mixed by Soulshock at Soulpower Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• All instruments by Soulshock & Karlin
• Guitar by Eric Jackson and Sean Hurley
• Recorded at Soulpower Studios and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Mastered by James Cruz at Sony Studios, New York, NY

Weekly charts

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Chart (2004/2005)	Peak position
European Hot 100 Singles	2

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	Platinum
New Zealand Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	Gold
United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...	Gold

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
United States	February 24, 2004	Da Family Entertainment, Blackground Records Blackground Records Blackground Records is an American record label owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson.-History:...	CD single
Germany	June 21, 2004	Black Ocean Records Edel Music -History:Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. With artists such as Scooter, SASH!, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label...	CD single, CD maxi single Maxi single A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
Australia	August 23, 2004	Universal Music Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...	CD 1
	October 4, 2004		CD 2
United Kingdom	August 30, 2004	Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...	CD single