"I Love My Bitch" (known as "I Love My Chick" in its edited version) is a song by

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featuring

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(who also produced the track) and

Kelis Kelis Rogers-Mora (; born August 21, 1979), known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer, songwriter and a professionally trained chef. At age 14, she was admitted to New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform ...

, released as the second

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from Busta Rhymes' seventh studio album, ''

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'' (2006). The release date for the single in the United Kingdom was July 10, 2006. However, due to the UK chart rules allowing songs to chart on

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sales alone, one week before the single's physical release, it was Busta Rhymes' second consecutive hit to make the top 40, entering at number 23 on download sales only, the same position that " Touch It" had charted at. Upon its physical release, the single became his second consecutive top ten solo hit, peaking at number eight there, two positions lower than "Touch It" had charted.

Music video

The

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"I Love My Chick" is based on the film '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', directed by

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. Busta Rhymes (aka Trevor Smith) plays Mr. Smith and

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plays Mrs. Smith. will.i.am and

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also appear in the video, but for unknown reasons, Kelis does not. It reached number one on

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's ''

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''.

Track listings and formats

;European CD maxi single #"I Love My Chick" (Clean Version) #"I Love My Bitch" (Dirty Version) #" Touch It" (Ultimate Remix featuring

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, DMX,

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and

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) #"I Love My Chick" (Video) #"I Love My Bitch" (Video) ;UK CD single #"I Love My Chick" (Clean Version) #"Cocaina" ;UK 12" single #"I Love My Chick" (Clean Version) #"I Love My Bitch" (Dirty Version) #"Cocaina" ;Special UK and European single #"I Love My Bitch" (Dirty Version) #" Touch It" (Ultimate Remix featuring Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, DMX, Rah Digga, Lloyd Banks and Papoose)

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References

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