"I Love It" is a song by American rappers

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and

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, featuring guest vocals by American comedian

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, using snippets from her 1992 episode of

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. The song was produced by West alongside

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and frequent Lil Pump collaborator CBMix, with additional production by

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. The song premiered at the 2018

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Awards. "I Love It" reached number one in

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, as well as the top 10 in

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. The song is the third single from Lil Pump's second studio album, ''

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'' (2019).

Background and release

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, West later premiered the

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for his new song with Lil Pump. West raps in a sexually explicit way in it that mirrors how he performed in the songs " I'm In It" and "

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". A remix with

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signee

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has also been recorded but has yet to be released. An edited version of the song known as "I Love It (Freaky Girl Edit)" was released to the

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on September 7, 2018, which West and Pump performed live on ''

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'' on September 29. The song was originally intended to be on West's ninth studio album ''

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'' shortly after the performance, but the album suffered from multiple delays and was eventually scrapped. When Pump shared the track list for his second studio album ''Harverd Dropout'' on February 19, 2019, "I Love It" was shown to be the album's third track.

Artwork

The artwork was painted by Shadi Al-Atallah, who also painted the artwork for West's previous single "

". West asked Al-Atallah to paint the artwork using a color scheme inspired by a

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painting.

Reception

The song was panned by music critics. Sheldon Pearce of ''Pitchfork'' described everything about it as what "feels like it belongs in a "''Saturday Night Live''" sketch about estthat got cut". West later expressed regret over making the track, stating in an interview with ''

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'': "Oh, I bet you The Devil was happy on that day."

Controversy

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accused West of stealing the bass line of "I Love It" from his remix to

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's song "What Is This Thing Called Love?". West's ex-girlfriend

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posted to her

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on September 18 to accuse him and Pump of being inspired by her SlutWalk movement for the track, yet giving no credit.

Music video

A music video for the single was premiered at the 2018 Pornhub Awards. West and Lil Pump wear giant, rectangular body suits reminiscent of characters from the video game platform ''

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'' as they walk down a hallway lined with women covered in mesh cloth posing as statues. The women statues can be seen moving, breathing, and shifting throughout the video. The video was executive-produced by

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and directed by West and Amanda Adelson. Shortly after the release, Jonze revealed the early sketches for it. The music video garnered 76 million views globally in its first week surpassing " This Is America" by

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as the biggest opening week on YouTube for a hip-hop video. Soon after its release, the video became a popular

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Commercial performance

In the United States, the song debuted at number six on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it Kanye West's 17th top-ten song and Lil Pump's second top ten on the chart. On May 16, 2019, "I Love It" was certified double

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by the

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(RIAA) for selling over two million units in the United States. In the United Kingdom, "I Love It" debuted at number three on the

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. It serves as Kanye West's first single to reach the top five since 2015 collaboration "

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" with

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, as well as his 19th top-ten song and Lil Pump's very first top ten on the chart. The single was certified Gold in the UK on December 14, 2018, by the

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(BPI). In Canada, the song debuted at number one on the

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, making it West's third and Lil Pump's first number-one single.

Track listings

* Digital download # "I Love It" – 2:08 * Digital download # "I Love It" (Freaky Girl) (Edit) – 2:08

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

– production, vocals *

– vocals *

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– writer *

– production * CBMix – production *

– additional production * Zack Djurich – engineering * Mike Dean – mixing * Jess Jackson – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

"I Love It" Lyrics
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