Gotta Leave
{{Infobox song
| name = Gotta Leave
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = 702
| album = 702
| B-side = Make Time
| released = February 7, 2000{{cite magazine|title=Going For Adds/AddVance Notice|magazine=Radio & Records|pages=46, 51, 52|date=February 4, 2000}}
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 5:08 (Album Version)
3:45 (Radio Edit)
| label = Motown
| writer = Melissa Elliott, Eric Seats, Rapture Stewart
| producer = Missy Elliott, Eric Seats, Rapture Stewart
| prev_title = You Don't Know
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Pootie Tangin
| next_year = 2001
}}
"Gotta Leave" is a song by 702, released as the third and final single from their self-titled second album. The song was written and produced by Missy Elliott, Eric Seats, and Rapture Stewart, who were also the writers and producers for their first single "Where My Girls At?". "Gotta Leave", an R&B groove containing electronic sounds, had received minor success, only able to reach No. 58 on the Billboard R&B charts.
Background
"Gotta Leave" marks the third single released from 702's self-titled sophomore album and in December 1999 MTV reported that 702 had gone back in the studio with Missy Elliott to record a remix version of the song which served as the single version for the song {{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428529/702-hits-studio-with-missy-elliott-heads-to-europe-for-the-holidays/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625022056/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428529/702-hits-studio-with-missy-elliott-heads-to-europe-for-the-holidays/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2018|title=702 Hits Studio With Missy Elliott, Heads to Europe for the Holidays|work=MTV|access-date=June 24, 2018}}
Music video
The music video for "Gotta Leave" was shot in Los Angeles California in February 2000 and it was directed by Darren Grant. The video premiered on BET the week ending March 19, 2000.{{cite web |date=April 1, 2000 |title=Video Monitor |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-04-01.pdf |access-date=May 23, 2022 |work=Billboard}} The concept of the video is about the girls of 702 being fed up with the lying, cheating men in their lives.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428528/702-shoot-video-for-missy-elliott-produced-track/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114055226/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428528/702-shoot-video-for-missy-elliott-produced-track/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2016|title=702 Shoot Video for Missy Elliott-Produced Track|work=MTV|access-date=June 24, 2018}} The video begins with the girls in a house doing various activities while wearing all black outfits. Irish is looking for items in the closet, Meelah is in the bathroom combing her hair in the mirror and Lemisha is shown walking towards the garage. The next scene show the girls wearing white outfits singing. The next various scenes show the girls sitting around the table talking and playing Dominoes and individually lounging around the house alone. Dressed in all black the women eventually leave the house and drive off. After a while the women are shown singing as they are driving in the middle of nowhere until they reach their destination. Once they reach their destination they get out of the car and open up the trunk of the car. After they open up the trunk it is revealed that they have kidnapped a guy who is possibly dating one of the girls. As they are singing the chorus of the song the women taunt the frightened man. They close the trunk of the car and drive off and the final scene of the video reverts to the previous scene showing the girls sitting around the table playing dominoes.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBwTyObmjY|title=Gotta Leave|date=16 June 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=2018-06-24}}
Track listings
{{track listing
| headline = CD single{{cite web|title=Gotta Leave – CD Single|website=Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/702-Gotta-Leave/master/108047|access-date=June 24, 2018}}
| title1 = Gotta Leave
| note1 = LP Radio Edit
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = Gotta Leave
| note2 = Remix Radio Edit
| length2 = 3:45
}}