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2002 single by Usher

"U Don't Have to Call" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by Pharrell Williams and produced by Williams and Chad Hugo under their production moniker The Neptunes for Usher's third studio album, 8701 (2001). The song was released as the third US single from the album and the fifth international single. In the US, it was first serviced to radio on January 18, 2002, and it was issued as a commercial single in Europe and Australia later that year. "U Don't Have to Call" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the United Kingdom, it was released as a double A side with "I Need a Girl (Part One)" by P. Diddy, on which Usher provides additional vocals; this release reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. "U Don't Have to Call" won Usher his second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2003. The single's music video was filmed in Los Angeles at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and features Usher going to a club with Sean Combs and other celebrities.

"U Don't Have to Call" was written by Neptunes member Pharrell Williams and produced by Williams along with Chad Hugo. The song was initially given to Michael Jackson for his tenth and final studio album Invincible (2001), along with several other songs by The Neptunes. Jackson did not want any of the tracks, and so all the material was passed onto different artists, including Usher and Justin Timberlake. Lyrically, the song tells the story of a man who is tired of worrying about his woman and decides to go live it up with the friends. In 2022, Usher commented on the intro: "I go into the studio with Pharrell, who did the song. I'm being authentic to the original, and me and JD were working on the entire 8701 album. So I go in the booth, and I'm like, "Don't leave your girl round me. True player for real, ask my nigga JD." And Pharrell was like, "Yo, man." So I'm like, "Oh, my bad." I flipped it to "Don't leave your girl around me / True playa for real, ask my nigga Pharrell." Lauren Nostro from Complex found the song to be "flawlessly written [ ] and produced." She further called the song "the sweetest song about losing every fuck you give once you walk into the club." Nostro's colleague Craig Jenkins noted: "You can hear the Neptunes' A game on full display on "U Don't Have to Call," which features half a dozen fragmented, interlocking synth hooks colluding to create the melodic bed for Usher's vocal about a man taking his mind off a break up on a night out with friends. The multitracked weirdness abates for the song's jazzy middle eight, which, if it wasn't created explicitly for [Michael Jackson], was certainly inspired by [Jackson]."

[[Image:Westin Bonaventure Hotel (6801556011). jpg|thumb|Portions of the video for "U Don't Have to Call" were filmed at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. A continuation from the visuals for previous single "U Got It Bad," also directed by Little X, it was filmed back to back with the video for "I Need a Girl (Part One)" in February 2002, with the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles serving as one of the shooting locations. P. Diddy makes occasional appearances in the video. In 2022, Mya Abraham from Vibe ranked the video among Usher's ten best visuals, writing: "As the singer dances like James Brown, half naked in a bathrobe across his apartment floor and gets ready for a night out, this Director X led video is signature early 2000s. Plus, if there's one thing Usher is gonna do, it's give us a dance break." The music video on YouTube has received over 70 million views as of April 2024.

+ Release dates and formats for "U Don't Have to Call"RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United StatesJanuary 18, 2002Urban radioAristaFebruary 11, 2002Rhythmic contemporary radioMarch 18, 2002Contemporary hit radioUnited KingdomJuly 29, 200212 inch vinyl, CD, cassetteArista, Bertelsmann Music Group, BMGAustraliaSeptember 2, 2002CDArista