Nelly ft. Akon & Ashanti – Body On Me

The track was originally intended to be Ashanti’s second single, from her album The Declaration, but instead it became the second single from Nelly’s album Brass Knuckles . The track appears on both albums, and is going for adds at rhythm crossover and urban radio stations June 9th, 2008. The song was released as a digital download June 10, 2008.
There are three different versions of “Body on Me”. Nelly has two versions, and Ashanti has one. In Nelly’s first version of the song, only Ashanti’s first verse is used, and Nelly does the second and third verses. That version is 3:57. On the second version of the song, Nelly’s first two verses are used, and a different third verse by Ashanti is used. This is the album version.
On Ashanti’s version, it’s the opposite. She has two verses and only Nelly’s first verse is used, and she adds ad-libs. Her version is shorter, at 3:20. Akon sings the chorus on both versions. The version that is being released is the Nelly version. The radio edit cuts the song by about 25 seconds, making the song 3:33. Thanks to high digital downloads, Body On Me charted at number 78 in the United States and number 57 in Canada but dropped off both charts the following week, due to attention being focused on Nelly’s single “Stepped On My J’z“.