The song was covered by American rock band My Morning Jacket on their compilation album Early Recordings (2004). Kelly in the song ' When a Woman's Fed Up' (1998).

The song's title was also referenced by Beyoncé in her song ' Kitty Kat' (2006) and in the rap of 3LW's single ' No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)' (2000), as well as by R. Since its release, 'Tyrone' has been referenced in other media, most notably in the film Next Friday (2000), when the character Tyrone is making a fake call at a restaurant. The accompanying music video for 'Tyrone' shows Badu performing the song live.

Internationally, 'Tyrone' charted only in the Netherlands, where it debuted at number 95 on the Dutch Single Top 100 and peaked at number 19 in its sixth week, charting for a total of 15 weeks. The song debuted at number 39 on the Rhythmic Top 40, peaking at number 24 in its third week and spending a total of six weeks on the chart. It fared better on the urban charts, peaking atop the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and becoming her third number-one on the chart. It peaked at number 62 on the US Radio Songs, spending five weeks on the chart. When covering Outkast's Liberation, she takes on Big Boi and André 3000's verses as well as her own by the end of the song, they belong to her as well.'Tyrone' did not receive a commercial release in the United States, hence it was ineligible to enter the US Billboard Hot 100, as Billboard 's rules at the time did not allow airplay-only songs to enter the main charts. Appletree begins languorously, a perfect soundtrack for the humid evening, before veering into ferocious electro beats and culminating in Badu scat singing over triumphant horns I Want You opens with sonorous drums and ends with Badu interpolating her own hook from Common's All Night Long while shaking a tambourine. Her songs seem to have endless permutations of arrangements: instead of set melodies and structures to be rigidly adhered to, in Badu's hands they sound like living, breathing and growing entities. London is a regular tour stop – even when she has no new material to promote, like now – but what continues to be remarkable are the myriad ways Badu finds to recast her music each time.

Erykah Badu may have one of the most acclaimed back catalogues of any active R&B artist, but she has always seen herself as a live performer first and foremost: ' I shine on the stage,' she has said.

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