I Love You (Vanilla Ice song)

"I Love You"
Single by Vanilla Ice
from the album To the Extreme
Released February 14, 1991
Format 7", 12", CD, cassette single
Genre R&B, hip hop, pop
Length 5:10 (Long Version)
4:19 (Radio Mix)
3:46 (Single Edit)
Label SBK Records
Writer(s) Vanilla Ice, Earthquake, Kim Sharp, M. Smooth, P. Loomis
Producer(s) Vanilla Ice, Gail "Sky" King, Kim Sharp
Vanilla Ice singles chronology
"Play That Funky Music"
(1990)		 "I Love You"
(1990)		 "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)"
(1991)

"I Love You" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Vanilla Ice. Released as a single, it peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991.[1] It was also a hit in the UK (45), Germany (65), and New Zealand, where it peaked at number 30.[2][3][4] A departure from his usual style, "I Love You" is a ballad, and was released on Valentine's Day in 1991.[5][6]

A promotional video for the song, directed by Michael Bay, was produced by Mike Bodnarczuk.[6]

The song was described by Allmusic writer Steve Huey as "a lyrically simplistic, overemoted ballad".[5]

The music video was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butt-head, where the duo make fun of Ice and pan the video.

Track listings

CD Maxi – UK
  1. "I Love You" (Long Version) – 5:10
  2. "Stop That Train" – 4:30
  3. "Ice Ice Baby" – 4:30
  4. "I Love You" (Icetrumental) – 5:11
Promo CD – U.S. (I Love You/Stop That Train)
  1. "I Love You" (Radio Mix) – 4:19
  2. "Stop That Train" (Radio Mix) – 3:54
  3. "I Love You" (Single Edit) – 3:46
  4. "Stop That Train" (Long Version) – 4:28
  5. "I Love You" (Long Version) – 5:10

References

  1. ↑ "Awards", Allmusic. Retrieved April 27, 2013
  2. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - I Love You by Vanilla Ice Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts - Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Huey, Steve "To the Extreme Review", Allmusic. Retrieved April 27, 2013
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Johnson Grad Helps Rapper Vanilla Ice Flavor Valentine's Love Song", St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 8, 1991, p. 2C