I Do (Lisa Loeb song)

On the surface, the song seems to be about "the realization that a person isn't right for you, that the relationship has gone bad" ^[1] However, the real intention of the song is quite different according the the booklet for The Very Best of Lisa Loeb: "We were almost finished recording the album, Firecracker, and the record company told us that we still needed a single. I decided to write a song that sounded like a song about a relationship, but was actually about the record company not 'hearing' a single on the record already. You can hear it in the lyrics, 'You can't hear it, but I do.' The song ended up being an expression of strength and power even when someone's not treating you right."

The song was warmly greeted by critics who called the melody and chorus "nothing short of pure pop bliss." ^[2] The single is Loeb's second most successful single in the USA to date, reaching #17 on the Billboard Top 100.

[edit] Music video

In the music video, it shows scenes of her in black and white singing on an upside-down microphone and also lies down on the feather floor (like in the album's cover) then in the singing studio. It even features paintings of her as well as the lyrics in some scenes (during Pop-up Video, the words would pop up in the same font as the words in the drawings, and the "I will" parts have the percentages).

[edit] Track listing

"I Do"
"Jake"

[edit] References

^ Billboard; 10/04/97, Vol. 109 Issue 40, p18, 2p, 1bw
^ Billboard; 10/25/97, Vol. 109 Issue 43, p79, 2/5p

v • d • e Lisa Loeb

Albums	Liz and Lisa · Liz and Lisa - Days Were Different · Purple Tape · Tails · Firecracker · Cake and Pie · Catch the Moon · The Way It Really Is · The Very Best of Lisa Loeb

Singles	"I Do" · "Let's Forget About It" · "Stay (I Missed You)" · "Taffy"