I Love You (Faith Evans song)

"I Love You"
Single by Faith Evans
from the album Faithfully
B-side "You Gets No Love"
Released February 19, 2002
Format Vinyl
Genre R&B, soul
Length 4:27
Label Bad Boy
Writer(s) Anthony Best, Faith Evans, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jamison, Jennifer Lopez, Bobby Springsteen
Producer Buckwild, Mario Winans, P. Diddy
Faith Evans singles chronology
"You Gets No Love"
(2001)		 "I Love You"
(2002)		 "Alone In This World"
(2002)

"I Love You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Faith Evans, released as the second single on February 19, 2002 from her third studio album, Faithfully (2001). The song was successful, peaking at number fourteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart becoming her highest charting single on the chart since "Love Like This".

Contents

Background

"I Love You" was written by Evans, Anthony Best, Bobby Springsteen, Jennifer Lopez, Isaac Hayes and Michael Jamison and produced by Buckwild, Mario Winans and P. Diddy.[1] Jennifer Lopez, who holds partial songwriter credits, was originally set to record this song.[2]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Matthew Rolston and was released on February 4, 2002.[3] The clip starts with an outside view of a lavishly decorated house during winter time. 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.

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,[4] becoming her highest charting single on the chart since her 1998 song "Love Like This."

Track listing

Vinyl[5]
  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

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 60

Release history

Region Date Label
United States February 19, 2002[9] Bad Boy

References

  1. ^ (2001) Album notes for Faithfully by Faith Evans [liner notes]. Bad Boy Entertainment.
  2. ^ http://themrbradshaw.com/?p=2793
  3. ^ Alex S. Garcia, mvdbase.com - Faith Evans - "I Love You". Retrieved 12-23-2010.
  4. ^ "I Love You" by Faith Evans. Billboard. Nielson Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 12-23-2010.
  5. ^ Faith Evans - I Love You / You Gets No Love (Remix). discogs.com. Retrieved 12-23-2010.
  6. ^ "Faith Evans Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Faith Evans. Prometheus Global Media.
  7. ^ "Faith Evans Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Faith Evans. Prometheus Global Media.
  8. ^ The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks billboard.biz. Retrieved 12-23-2010.
  9. ^ Amazon.com: I Love You/You Gets No Love: Faith Evans: Music Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 12-23-2010.

External links

Faith Evans
Studio albums
Faith (1995) · Keep the Faith (1998) · Faithfully (2001) · The First Lady (2005) · A Faithful Christmas (2005)  · Something About Faith (2010)
Singles
"You Used to Love Me" · "Soon as I Get Home" · "Ain't Nobody" · "Kissing You" · "Come Over" · "Love Like This" · "All Night Long" · "Never Gonna Let You Go" · "Lately I" · "Can't Believe" · "You Get's No Long" · "I Love You" · "Burnin' Up" · "Alone In this World" · "Again" · "Mesmerized" · "Tru Love · "Gone Already"
Tours
Related topics
Book:Faith Evans