I Want You (Common song)

"I Want You" is a single from Common's album Finding Forever. It is produced by will.i.am, and has samples from Minnie Riperton's "Baby, This Love I Have", and Bob James' version of "Feel Like Makin' Love" which was written by Eugene McDaniels. It peaked at #112 in the US Bubbling Under chart and serviced to radio.

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/3
Views:
4 627
330 987
294 075 973

Transcription

Track listing

UK CD:

"I Want You"
"Drivin' Me Wild" (featuring Lily Allen) (live)
"I Used to Love H.E.R." (live)
"Break My Heart" (live)

Live tracks courtesy of Nissan Live sets on Yahoo Music, 2007.

Music video

The video was directed by Sanji and actress Kerry Washington, who also co-starred in the video. It features Kanye West (who was the executive producer of the album), Derek Luke, Serena Williams and Alicia Keys.

The music video premiered on the internet on October 23, 2007. The video can be watched on Common's official website.

Personnel

Produced by will.i.am
Recorded by will.i.am and Padriac Kerin at Record Plant
Mixed by Dylan Dresdow at Chalice Studio in Los Angeles
Chorus vocals by will.i.am
Background vocals by Rhea Williams
Keys and synth by Omar Edwards

Notes

Common and Alicia Keys also appear in the 2006 movie Smokin' Aces together, in which their characters eventually become attracted to one another.
Common and Alicia Keys also play lovers in her video for "Like You'll Never See Me Again," which appears on her 2007 album As I Am.
Common makes a lyrical reference to Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's hit single "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)".

Chart positions

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	32
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	21

External links

v t e Common singles
Discography Awards and nominations Songs
Can I Borrow a Dollar?	"Take It EZ" "Breaker 1/9" "Soul by the Pound"
Resurrection	"I Used to Love H.E.R." "Resurrection"
One Day It'll All Make Sense	"Retrospect for Life" "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" "All Night Long"
Like Water for Chocolate	"The 6th Sense" "The Light" "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)"
Electric Circus	"Come Close"
Be	"The Food" "The Corner" "Go!" "Testify"
Finding Forever	"The People" "Drivin' Me Wild" "I Want You"
Universal Mind Control	"Universal Mind Control" "Announcement"
The Dreamer/The Believer	"Ghetto Dreams"
Other singles	"The Bitch in Yoo" "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" "Car Horn" "While I'm Dancin'" "A Dream" "Glory" "Stand Up for Something"
Featured singles	"Respiration" "Full Moon" "Dance for Me" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" "Make Her Say" "Wake Up Everybody" "Favorite Song" "Switch Up"
Other songs	"Who Tells Your Story"
Category:Common (rapper) songs

v t e will.i.am
Discography Production discography
Studio albums	Lost Change Must B 21 Songs About Girls #willpower
Soundtrack albums	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Singles	"I Got It from My Mama" "Heartbreaker" "One More Chance" "Check It Out" "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" "Great Times" "This Is Love" "Scream & Shout" "#thatPOWER" "Fall Down" "Bang Bang" "Feelin' Myself" "It's My Birthday" "Boys & Girls" "Mind Your Business"
Featured singles	"Beep" "I Love My Bitch" "Fergalicious" "Hip Hop Is Dead" "A Dream" "Baby Love" "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)" "Be OK" "I Want You" "In the Ayer" "What's Your Name" "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" "3 Words" "I'm in the House" "OMG" "Wavin' Flag" (Celebration Mix) "Forever" "Free" "Hall of Fame" "In My City" "Crazy Kids" "Something Really Bad" "It Should Be Easy" "Home" "Ew!" "I'm So Excited" "The Girl Is Mine 2008"
Promotional singles	"Here I Come" "Yes We Can" "It's a New Day" "America's Song" "I Wanna Go Crazy" "Reach for the Stars (Mars Edition)"
Other songs	"I Like to Move It" "Big Fat Bass" "Let's Go"
Related articles	Black Eyed Peas

This 2000s hip hop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 8 September 2023, at 22:43

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia