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"Dilemma"
Single by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland from the album Nellyville and Simply Deep
Released	July 2002
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop rap/R&B
Length	4:49
Label	Universal Records Columbia Records
Writer	Cornell Haynes Jr., Patti LaBelle, Kelendria Rowland, Jermaine Dupri
Producer	BAM & Ryan
Certification	Platinum (BPI, RIAA, RIANZ)
Nelly singles chronology
"Hot in Herre" (2002) "Dilemma" (2002) "Air Force Ones" (2002)
Kelly Rowland singles chronology
"Separated" (1999)	"Dilemma" (2002)	"Stole" (2002)

"Dilemma" is the hit single by the rapper Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child, released in 2002, from the 2002 album Nellyville. "Dilemma" was Kelly Rowland's first international solo single away from Destiny's Child (she had previously appeared on Avant's "Separated", which was released in the U.S. only) and was the first single from her debut album Simply Deep. It is based melodically on and uses lyrical elements of Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You" from her 1983 album I'm In Love Again. Patti also plays a part in the music video, as Kelly Rowland's mother. Kelly Rowland's part in "Dilemma" was originally offered to Christina Aguilera, but Aguilera declined the offer. Two years later, Nelly approached Aguilera once again for the recording of Tilt Ya Head Back, a critically-acclaimed but less successful track (in terms of the Billboard Hot 100 chart) on Nelly's later album Sweat.

"Dilemma" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the Grammy Awards of 2003.

There has also been a merengue version of the song in Spanish done by Papi Sanchez.

"Dilemma" is one of Nelly's most successful songs, giving him his first number-one single in many countries, such as the United Kingdom.

The single became a runaway hit in the late summer/early fall of 2002. Before "Hot In Herre" had even peaked on the charts, radio stations already began playing "Dilemma" in July of 2002. It quickly climbed up the charts and replaced 'Hot In Herre' from #1 after 7 weeks. The song had already reached #1 on the Hot 100 before a video was ever shot as Nelly's record label did not expect the song to explode so fast and expected they could take their time with the video.

When performing the song live, Kelly Rowland often sings the majority of Nelly's first rap verse when Nelly is not present but she always sings the hook and chorus to Patti Labelle's "Love, Need and Want You" which "Dilemma" is melodically based on.

International CD

1. "Dilemma" (radio edit)
2. "Dilemma" (Jason Nevin's remix edit)
3. "King's Highway"
4. "Dilemma" (video)

International Vinyl

Side A

1. "Dilemma" (radio edit)
2. "Dilemma" (UK Garage radio edit)

Side B

1. "Dilemma" (Jason Nevin's club remix)

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