He Wasn't Man Enough

"He Wasn't Man Enough"
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album The Heat
Released	February 29, 2000 (2000-02-29)
Recorded	January–February 2000
Studio	Larrabee North (Universal City, California)
Genre	R&B
Length	4:21
Label	LaFace Arista
Songwriter(s)	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Harvey Mason, Jr.
Producer(s)	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (1997) "He Wasn't Man Enough" (2000) "Just Be a Man About It" (2000)
Music video
"He Wasn't Man Enough" on YouTube

"He Wasn't Man Enough" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton. It was written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, and Harvey Mason, Jr. for her third studio album, The Heat (2000), while production was helmed by the former. "He Wasn't Man Enough" is an uptempo R&B song that differs from Braxton's previous ballads. The song was released by LaFace Records on February 29, 2000, as the lead single from the album.

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom praised it as one of Braxton's best works.^[1] "He Wasn't Man Enough" had international success and became one of Braxton's signature songs, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, where the single stood for several weeks, and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for four weeks. As of 2024, this song is her last solo top 10 appearance on the Billboard Hot 100. An accompanying music video was released for the single. The song earned Braxton her fourth Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and was nominated for Best R&B Song in 2001. In 2022, Nigerian singer Burna Boy sampled the song's instrumental introduction for his hit song "Last Last".^[2]