# Team You

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Team You
| cover      = Mýateamyousinglecover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Mya](/source/Mya_(singer))
| album      = [Smoove Jones](/source/Smoove_Jones)
| released   = December 8, 2015
| recorded   = The HitList Recording Studios
| studio     =
| genre      = [R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B)
| length     = 4:13
| label      = [Planet 9](/source/Planet_9_(record_label))
| writer     =
*Mya Harrison
*Damar Beckett
*Fred Jenkins
| producer   = Terence Odige
| prev_title = [Welcome to My World](/source/Welcome_to_My_World_(Mya_song))
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = Coolin'
| next_year  = 2017
}}

"'''Team You'''" is a song recorded by American singer [Mya](/source/Mya_(singer)) taken from her seventh studio album ''[Smoove Jones](/source/Smoove_Jones)'' (2016). It was written by Damar Beckett, Fred Jenkins and Mýa, while production was helmed by Terence Odige. A throwback to ['90s R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B) "Team You" was chosen as the second single from ''Smoove Jones'' and released December 8, 2015. Upon release, it received mixed to favorable reception from [music critics](/source/music_critics), with some highlighting it a standout track while others referred to "Team You" as mildly "cheesy" with redundant chorus.

==Background and recording==
"Team You" was written by Damar Beckett, Fred Jenkins, and Mýa, while production was handled by Terence Odige. Speaking with ''[SOHH](/source/SOHH)'', Mýa explained how the song was created. In 2014, Harrison began working with several people from [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and was immediately introduced to [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) native production duo The HitList. Subsequently, the trio began working on music together and one of the first of many tracks Harrison recorded with them was "Welcome To My World". Harrison credits Fred as the person behind the idea of "Team You", clarifying, "it was The HitList's Fred who actually started that concept of "Team You" and when she heard it she "loved it". Commenting, "It’s so now, it’s very 90's with the music but it has very contemporary lines and has melodies." Upon hearing the track, Mýa promptly added her writing to it and completed the song with him. Thus, that's how "Team You" was born. In retrospect, Mýa acknowledged, "We live in a world where everybody is hard, from girls to guys, and we keep poppin’ that swag out of our mouths." Reminiscing, "It’s very 90’s and you got that from the [SWV](/source/SWV)'s where it was OK to voice your affection and your love for somebody. So I wanted to take it back."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohh.com/mya-says-called-hitmen-team-banger-keep-poppin-swag-mouths-audio/|title=Mya Says She Called Up Her Hitmen For "Team You" Banger: "We Keep Poppin' That Swag Out Of Our Mouths" [AUDIO]|accessdate=2017-09-20|work=[SOHH](/source/SOHH)}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
In reviewing ''Smoove Jones'', "Team You" received "mixed" to "favorable" reviews. Ryan B. Patrick of ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'', highlighted "Team You" as one of stand out tracks, opining the song "recall late-'90s/early '00s R&B".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mya-smoove_jones|title=Smoove Jones Review|accessdate=2016-02-18|work=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)}}</ref> While, [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom){{'}}s ''[Gay Times](/source/Gay_Times)'', commented "Team You is well intentioned but has a mildly cheesy and repetitive chorus."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/28740/review-myas-new-album-smoove-jones/|title=Review: Mýa's new album Smoove Jones|accessdate=2016-02-25|work=[Gay Times](/source/Gay_Times)}}</ref>

==Personnel==
*Mýa – vocals, songwriting
*Fred Jenkins – songwriting
*Damar Beckett – songwriting
*Terence Odige – composer

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Region
!Date
!Format 
!Label
!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|Various
|December 8, 2015
|[Digital download](/source/Music_download)
|{{hlist|Planet 9|[Ingrooves](/source/Ingrooves)}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Team-You/dp/B018SYN2KY|title=Team You|accessdate=2017-09-18|website=[Amazon](/source/Amazon.com)}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mýa songs}}

Category:2015 singles
Category:2015 songs
Category:Mýa songs
Category:Songs written by Mýa

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