| "Lately" | ||||
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| Single by Tyrese | ||||
| from the album Tyrese | ||||
| Released | March 23, 1999 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
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| Length | 4:26 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Producer(s) | Derek Allen | |||
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| "Lately" | ||||
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| Single by Anita Baker | ||||
| from the album Only Forever | ||||
| Released | August 7, 2012 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Blue Note Records | |||
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| Producer(s) | The Underdogs | |||
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Lately is the third single released from Tyrese's first studio album Tyrese (1998). The single reached number 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the R&B chart. The song stayed on the Hot 100 chart for a total of thirteen weeks.
Tyrese performed the song at Music Mania 1999.
Anita Baker released a cover version of "Lately" to much acclaim on August 7, 2012, as the lead single from her forthcoming album, Only Forever. In 2013, Baker received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
"Lately" debuted at number 10 on the Urban Adult Contemporary radio chart, the highest debut in the last 15 years.