2 ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁charts ▁in ▁many ▁European ▁and ▁Asian ▁countries ▁( including ▁Austria , ▁Switzerland , ▁Poland , ▁Hung ary , ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁Th ailand ). ▁ ▁Solo ▁career ▁At ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Rod ▁Michael ▁went ▁solo . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁he ▁released ▁his ▁first ▁solo ▁single ▁was ▁" My ▁Pr er og ative ", ▁a ▁cover ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Bobby ▁Brown ▁classic . ▁Then ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁released ▁his ▁second ▁single ▁under ▁B M G ▁ent itle ▁" som ed ay " ▁and ▁then ▁an ▁album ▁" The ▁Next ▁E pisode " ▁but ▁over ▁some ▁political ▁re per cuss ions ▁from ▁leaving ▁b 3 ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁ha unt ▁him ▁and ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁given ▁the ▁promotion ▁it ▁des erved , ▁so ▁he ▁cut ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁label ▁and ▁went ▁back ▁states ide ▁to ▁restart ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁written ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 0 ▁original ▁songs . ▁ ▁After ▁success ▁in ▁Europe , ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁" 1 7 2 0 ▁Entertainment " ▁distributed ▁his ▁first ▁solo ▁US ▁release ▁entitled ▁" K night ▁in ▁Sh ining ▁Arm or ", ▁which ▁got ▁heavy ▁rotation ▁on ▁si ri us ▁and ▁x m ▁radio ▁and ▁certain ▁mark ets ▁across ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁crack ed ▁the ▁hot ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁the ▁song ▁became ▁an ▁internet ▁under ground ▁R n B ▁hit ▁which ▁gave ▁Michael