And now they wish they were singing the first verse, so that they can have the notoriety like me. You know how they say they pushed the little one out there to see if it tastes good and see if he would get egged? Well they pushed me out there – and it became a hit. In a 2010 interview, Riley revealed the song was initially a hard sell among group members. He then offered the song to his other group Blackstreet. After failing to record any material, he then suggested the song to Guy's lead singer Aaron Hall, who refused to take part in recording the song. Co-producer Teddy Riley originally offered the song to Guy as part of their short-lived reunion in 1996. William "Skylz" Stewart was using the sample of Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers in which Teddy Riley asked to use the sample for No Diggity. It was also ranked at number 32 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s", number 407 on Q Magazine 's "1001 Best Songs Ever", number 33 on Blender 's "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born", and number 43 on NME 's "100 Best Songs of the 1990s". The song ranked at number 91 on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs". It uses samples from Bill Withers's " Grandma's Hands". The track sold 1.6 million copies in 1996 and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. "No Diggity" was the final number-one single of Cash Box magazine. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number nine. "No Diggity" ended " Macarena"'s 14-week reign atop the Billboard Hot 100. Released on July 29, 1996, the song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Iceland and New Zealand. " No Diggity" is a song by American R&B group Blackstreet as the first single for their second studio album, Another Level (1996), featuring Dr.
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