The song peaked at #20 on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The song, which serves as the lead single from her debut studio album Perfectly Imperfect (2012), features American rapper J.

Varner's debut single ' Only Wanna Give It to You' was released on August 6, 2011. After honing her skills even further, Varner became one of the first artists featured in BET's Music Matters campaign for 2010. In October 2009 she signed with MBK/J-RCA Records along with a co-publishing agreement with Sony Music. In 2008 Varner graduated from NYU's renowned Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. Upon graduating, she was awarded 'most likely to get signed' and 'most likely to win a Grammy.' Four years later she finds herself a well-rounded and cultured singer-songwriter. Not only did she get in, but also she was admitted into the second class of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. Soon after, Varner hesitantly applied to NYU with her C average and was surprisingly accepted. Through this program, she was taken weekly to the Fox Studio, where she met with mentor Kelly Burgos, and President of Fox Music, Robert Kraft. Varner was surprised to discover that she had been chosen to be a part of the Grammy in the Schools Mentoring Program. Once there, she learned about the complexity of the voice, jazz music and talented jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald. She dropped the guitar and became a part of Alexander Hamilton High School's Academy of Music's Vocal Jazz Group. Career 2008-12: Perfectly Imperfect Īt age 16, Varner picked up a guitar for the first time. Varner then attended New York University’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.

She attended several music programs including actress Wendy Raquel Robinson's Amazing Grace Conservatory starting at age 11 and Alexander Hamilton High School's Academy of Music's Vocal Jazz Group. At age six she began to play musical instruments, beginning with the flute, and later she moved on to piano and guitar. Varner spent most of her childhood sleeping on studio couches, running around green rooms, and watching her parents struggle to make a name in the industry. Her parents, together with Stan Sheppard, formed the group By All Means which was a minor success. Jimmy Varner is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with Gerald Alston, Kool & the Gang, and Will Downing. Roderick released an album on the Dome label in 2007. Roderick was a backup vocalist for Barry White and has written and recorded with Tevin Campbell and Rahsaan Patterson. Varner is of Cape Verdean and African American descent and the daughter of Mikelyn Roderick and Jimmy Varner, songwriters and publishers.

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