"I Love You" is a 1995 single by American singer-songwriter

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, taken from her second album ''

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''. Released only as a radio single, it rose to a peak of #60 on the pop charts.

Background

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for the previous dance hit, " You Bring Me Joy". There were plans and negotiations of a possible music video for this single to be shot back-to-back with "You Bring Me Joy", but plans were scrapped as it performed well on its own. ''I Love You (Part 2)'' was recorded with rapper duo Smif-n-Wessun. The song samples the piano loop of

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's "Ike's Mood" from 1970's album " ...To Be Continued", and samples "Hollywood's World" by DJ Hollywood.

Chart performance

Other recordings

*''I Love You (Part 3)'' was later recorded by Keyshia Cole. On Cole's version, rapper Lil' Wayne is featured.

References

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