"I Like It" is a 1991 song by
Overweight Pooch
Overweight Pooch (born Tonya Davis) is a female rapper. Her name comes from her childhood nickname.
Career
In 1991, she released her only album to date '' Female Preacher'' on A&M Records, and scored a moderate commercial success with the singl ...
featuring
CeCe Peniston, who contributed vocals on the record. The single was written by E.L. Linnear and
Felipe Delgado (both later involved also in recording the Peniston's debut album ''
Finally''), and reached number sixteen in the
US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and number fifty-eight in the
UK Singles Chart
Credits and personnel
; Management
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Executive producer
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s –
Manny Lehman, Mark Mazzetti
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Recording studio
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s – The Wizard Electric,
Glendale, Arizona
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History
In the la ...
; Chaton Studios,
Phoenix, Arizona (mixing)
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Publishing
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– Main Lot Music, Wax Museum Music/Productions (
BMI)
; Production
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Writers
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Felipe Delgado, Elbert Lee Linnear
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Producer
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Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
s – Delgado ,
David Morales (remix)
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Mixing – Delgado
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Remix
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ing – Morales, Rodney Jackson
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Engineering – Kellan Fluckiger and Delgado; John Poppo and Otto D'Agnolo (remix)
; Personnel
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Lead vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
– Tonya Davis (
rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
)
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Backing vocals –
Cecilia Peniston
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Percussion – Morales (remix)
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Keyboards
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* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
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Music
* Musi ...
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Eric Kupper
Eric Kupper is an American keyboardist, arranger, songwriter, remix artist, DJ, and record producer of French descent.
Biography
Eric Kupper began playing in bands in his formative years, and got his real start in the mid-1980s working as a keybo ...
(remix)
Track listings and formats
; 7", UK, #AM 847/390 847-7
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
# "I Like It"
(LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
; MCD, UK, #AMCD 847/390 847-2
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
# "I Like It"
(Remix Version) - 5:31
# "I Like It"
(LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
; 12", UK, #AMY 847/390 847-1
; 12", UK, Promo, #AMYDJ 847
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
# "I Like It"
(Spaced Out Dub) -
# "I Like It"
(Remix Instrumental) - 5:48
# "I Like It"
(LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
# "I Like It"
(Remix Version) - 5:31
# "I Like It"
(Factory Mix) - 5:33
; 12", US, #75021 2393 1
; 12", US, Promo, #75021 2393 1
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
# "I Like It"
(Factory Mix) - 5:33
# "I Like It"
(Red Zone Dub) - 5:23
# "I Like It"
(Def Party Radio Mix) - 4:37
# "I Like It"
(Remix Version) - 5:31
# "I Like It"
(Remix Instrumental) - 5:48
# "I Like It"
(LP Radio Mix) - 4:39
Charts
Weekly charts
References
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; Specific
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:I Like It (Overweight Pooch Song)
1991 singles
CeCe Peniston songs
1991 songs
Songs written by Felipe Delgado (record producer)
A&M Records singles