Hey Lover
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| “Hey Lover” | |||||
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| Single by LL Cool J from the album Mr. Smith |
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| B-side | I Shot Ya | ||||
| Released | October 31, 1995 | ||||
| Format | CD Single, Cassette Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Hip Hop | ||||
| Length | 4:46 | ||||
| Label | Def Jam | ||||
| Writer(s) | James Todd Smith, Rod Temperton | ||||
| Producer | Trackmasters, LL Cool J | ||||
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Hey Lover is the first single released from LL Cool J's sixth album, Mr. Smith, it featured Boyz II Men. It was released on October 31, 1995 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by The Trackmasters and LL Cool J. Hey Lover would prove to be the most successful single from the album, making it to 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs charts, as well as 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song sampled Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life" from the Thriller album, thus Rod Temperton, the writer of that song, was given credit as a writer of this song. On the B-side was the I Shot Ya remix.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] A-Side
- "Hey Lover" (Radio Edit)- 4:03 (Featuring Boyz II Men)
- "Hey Lover" (instrumental)- 4:03
[edit] B-side
- "I Shot Ya" (Remix)- 5:06 (Featuring Prodigy, Keith Murray, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown)
- "Hey Lover" (LP Version)- 4:46
