Music Video and Live Performances
The accompanying music video for "You Make Me Wanna..." was directed by Bille Woodruff. It starts with Usher sitting it an orange wall recess, reaching for a guitar, before cutting to a scene of him standing in a white-and-purple circular room, wearing an open shirt. It moves to a blue backdrop where Usher advances, flanked by four dancers. The scene is replaced by five clones of Usher dancing around and sitting on chairs. The video continues with the singer performing dance routines throughout; interspersed are scenes of the Usher singing the song on a background of blue pipes. Toward the end of the video, he takes off his shirt in the circular room, and finally Usher and his backup dancers step out of their shoes and walk away.
Usher performed "You Make Me Wanna..." on December 31, 1997 on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, a countdown show to the 1998 New Year. He also sang it on sitcom Moesha while portraying his character, Jeremy Davis.
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