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{{Infobox song
| name       = Sex Me
| cover      = Rkellysexme.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[R. Kelly]]
| album      = [[12 Play]]
| released   = {{Start date|1993|8|6}}
| recorded   = 1993
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length     = 
* 11:28 (Pt 1 & Pt 2)
* 4:57 (Part 1)
* 4:18 (Pt 1 Short)
* 6:30 (Part 2)
* 4:57 (Pt 2 short)
| label      = [[Jive Records|Jive]]
| writer     = [[R. Kelly|Robert Kelly]]
| producer   = R. Kelly
| prev_title = [[Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)|Bump n' Grind]]
| next_year  = 1994
}}

"'''Sex Me'''" is the first solo single by American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer and songwriter [[R. Kelly]], released in August 6, 1993 by [[Jive Records]] as the first single from his solo debut album, ''[[12 Play]]'' (1993). The song was both written and produced by Kelly, and became his first solo success, reaching number two on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart and numbers twenty and nineteen on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/r-kelly/Sex-Me/USZM20500171 |title=R. Kelly - Sex Me - YouTube |publisher=Vevo.com |date=2009-10-25 |accessdate=2019-10-31}}</ref> and [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]].<ref name="cashbox">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-12-04.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LVII|issue=15|date=1993-12-04|page=10|access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref> It was also certified Gold in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=R%20Kelly&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - September 24, 2015 |website=www.riaa.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160316/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=R%20Kelly&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' wrote, "When he uses the word "freaky", you can bet he gets physical again. The ultra-slow 'Sex Me' and the pulsator 'Freak That Body' are perfect tunes for Radio Erotica."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-08.pdf|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=2|date=8 January 1994|page=8|access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>

==Music video==
The accompanying music video for part 1 and 2 of "Sex Me" was directed by Kim Watson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472896/fullcredits|title=R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection (Video 2003) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

==Uses in popular culture==
The song is used as the lyrics for [[Chris Brown]]'s 2014 song "Songs on 12 Play" from his album ''[[X (Chris Brown album)|X]]''.

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1993-1994)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])
| style="text-align:center;"|75
|-
|UK Dance (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-20.pdf |title= Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1993-11-20 |page= 24 |accessdate= 2021-04-09}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=1993-11-27|page=4|accessdate=2023-05-13|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-27.pdf}}</ref> 
| style="text-align:center;"|41
|-
|US [[Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/277270/r-kelly/chart|title=R. Kelly - Chart history &#124; Billboard|website=www.billboard.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
|US [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref name="cashbox"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1994)
!Position
|-
|US R&B/Hip Hop Chart (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulsystem.it/yend.asp?date=31/12/1994|title=R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts - 1994 - Soul System|website=www.soulsystem.it}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|54
|}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{12 Play}}
{{R. Kelly singles}}

[[Category:1993 singles]]
[[Category:R. Kelly songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by R. Kelly]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by R. Kelly]]
[[Category:Contemporary R&B ballads]]
[[Category:1993 songs]]
[[Category:Jive Records singles]]
[[Category:1990s ballads]]


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