“Just Fine” was the first single from Mary J. Blige’s ninth studio album Growing Pains. The high-energy song and its dance-heavy music video were inspired by Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.” In sharp contrast to the brooding, brokenhearted ballads Mary is known for, “Just Fine” is unapologetically happy.

Once asked “Do people ever say they liked you better when you were depressed?” and she responded:

I always get that. I haven’t been singing sad music just to sell records. I’ve been trying to talk to somebody to save me. And a lot of my fans saved me. A lot of them helped me. They bought my records and said, ‘You saved my life.’ So, I don’t care what people are saying — ‘We’re happier when she’s down.’ That doesn’t sound right.

Mary’s happy gambit paid off with another hit single that went to #3 on the Billboard R&B charts, and on the Billboard Dance charts, straight to #1 .