I Love You (Faith Evans song)

Background

"I Love You" was written by Anthony Best, Bobby Springsteen, Jennifer Lopez, and Michael Jamison and produced by Buckwild, Mario Winans and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. The ballad contains a sample from the song "Make a Little Love to Me" (1976) by American singer Isaac Hayes. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Isaac is also credited as songwriters. Born out of the former relationship between Combs and Lopez, the latter of which holds partial songwriter credits, was originally set to record the song for her second studio J.Lo (2001). Evans confirmed, that "it almost slipped through the cracks and ended up on her album."

Chart performance

The song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and the U.S. Radio Songs chart the same week, both spending twenty-one weeks. On the week of April 6, 2002, it peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 (becoming her fourth top twenty single on the chart) while it reached thirteen on the Radio Songs chart. The song also appeared on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, remaining on the chart for thirty weeks and peaking at number two on March 16, 2002, becoming her highest-charting single on the chart since her 1999 song "Never Gonna Let You Go".

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Matthew Rolston and was released on February 4, 2002. The clip starts with an outside view of a lavishly decorated house during wintertime. When the first chorus begins, Evans is seen singing while laying on a bed. During the second chorus and throughout the rest of the video, it intercuts scenes of her on the bed and her standing outside wearing a furcoat.

Track listing

;Vinyl single

1. "I Love You" (Radio Mix) — 4:21
2. "I Love You" (Instrumental) — 4:24
3. "You Gets No Love" (Instrumental) — 4:48
4. "You Gets No Love" (Extended Club Mix) — 4:33
5. "You Gets No Love" (Extended Rap Mix) — 4:48
6. "You Gets No Love" (Extended Radio Mix) — 4:33 ;CD maxi single
7. "I Love You" (Radio Edit) — 4:02
8. "I Love You" (Album Version) — 4:24
9. "You Gets No Love" (Remix featuring G. Dep) — 4:01
10. "I Love You" (Music video) — 4:00

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Faithfully.

• Buckwild – producer, writer
• P. Diddy – producer, recording
• Faith Evans – vocals
• Isaac Hayes – writer
• Hijack – keyboards
• Michael Jamison – writer
• Brian Kraz – engineering assistant
• Paul Logus – mixing
• Jennifer Lopez – writer
• Bobby Springsteen – writer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

References

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2. (2001). "Faithfully". [[Bad Boy Records]].
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6. "Faith Evans - I Love You / You Gets No Love (Remix)". [[Discogs]].
7. "Faith Evans - I Love You (CD, Maxi-Single, Enhanced)". [[Discogs]].
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100902152209/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2002/hsititl.jsp The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks] ''billboard.biz''. Retrieved 12-23-2010.
9. "2002 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". [[Prometheus Global Media]].
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