"(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" is a 1987 single by American singer

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. The song is taken from her fifth album, '' La Toya''. It is one of only four songs by Jackson to have an accompanying music video. The song features a bridge sung by Mike Stock. The single was released in 1987 throughout

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, excluding the

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. Despite being produced by the European trio

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, who were big hit-producers at the time, the single failed to chart. The

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of the single, " (Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All", was released as its own single in

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. The 12" singles include a longer version of the song.

Background

However, the single did fairly well on the

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DJ charts. It debuted at No. 17 and stayed on the charts for several months. She also performed the song on the German television show ''Die Verflixte Sieben'' (with

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). The music video for the single was given little airplay and was never released on video or

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. It didn't surface on the

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until March 2007. ''

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'' described the number as "so unlike anything Stock Aitken and Waterman have produced that it seems a mistake to see their names on the credits. 'Like I Do' is funky, gritty and doesn't repeat every other verse 25 times."Tarradell, Mario
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Music video

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was filmed and released to promote the single. The clip is similar to Jackson's 1983 music video "

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" in its colourful, cartoon-like cinematography and dance routines. The video can be found on

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and on various Jackson fan Web sites.

Versions

* Album version – 3:50 * 12" version – 7:26

References

1987 singles La Toya Jackson songs Songs written by Mike Stock (musician) Songs written by Matt Aitken Songs written by Pete Waterman 1987 songs RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman Songs written by La Toya Jackson {{1980s-pop-song-stub