"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" (or simply titled "Because I Love You") is a song written by Warren Allen Brooks and performed by
Stevie B
Stevie B (born Steven Bernard Hill, April 19, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was influential in the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music scene of the late 1980s, mostly in Miami. Stevie B had a 1990 number-one hi ...
. It peaked at number one on the US ''
Billboard
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''
Hot 100
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chart in December 1990 and remained there for four consecutive weeks. It also spent two weeks at number one on the ''Billboard''
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
chart. The song reached the top ten in several countries worldwide, including Belgium and the Netherlands, where it peaked at number two. It received a gold certification in Australia and the United States.
In August 2018,
''Billboard'' ranked the song the 71st-biggest hit in the history of the Hot 100.
Track listings
CD single
# "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" (radio edit) – 3:46
# "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) – 3:06
CD maxi
# "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" (radio edit) – 3:46
# "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) – 3:06
# "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" – 5:00
# "Love Me for Life" – 5:16
7" single
# "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" (radio edit) – 3:46
# "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) – 3:06
12" maxi
# "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" – 5:00
# "Love Me for Life" – 5:16
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
Groove Coverage version
"Because I Love You" is the first single from
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trance
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group
Groove Coverage
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's ''
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'' album. Like most of Groove Coverage's songs it is sung by Mell, with Verena providing vocals during the song's bridge.
Versions
#Because I Love You (Radio Version) 3:09
#Because I Love You (Radio Version With Synth) 3:37
#Because I Love You (Pop Mix) 3:08
#Because I Love You (Club Mix Short) 3:45
#Because I Love You (Extended Mix) 6:19
#Because I Love You (Club Mix) 5:22
#Because I Love You (Bootleg Mix Short) 3:20
#Because I Love You (Bootleg Mix) 5:37
#Because I Love You (Elektrofachgeschäft Mix Short) 3:11
#Because I Love You (Elektrofachgeschäft Mix) 5:10
#Because I Love You (Rocco & Bass T's Jump Mix) 5:12
#Because I Love You (DJ Kaya Remix) 6:16
#Because I Love You (Flip & Fill Remix) 5.28
Charts
Other versions
In 1991, Hong Kong singer Alex To and Hacken Lee covered this song in Cantonese.
In 1992, saxophonist
Richard Elliot
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Career
Elliot started out as a member ...
covered the song from his album ''Soul Embrace''.
In 1999, American-German singer Ray Horton covered the song on his album "First Time" and released the song as a single. The song was re-released in 2012 as digital download by Booya Records.
In 2002, German disc jockey and electronic music producer
Marko Albrecht
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Biography
Starting out with a rock band titled "Line Up", Albrecht decided to turn to the ever-growing rave scene under ...
(mostly known as Mark 'Oh) covered this song on his single album ''Because I Love You: Mark'Oh meets Digital Rockers''.
See also
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List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1991
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References
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1990 songs
1990 singles
2007 singles
Stevie B songs
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Cashbox number-one singles
Groove Coverage songs
Pop ballads
Soul ballads
Songs about occupations