Baby I Love U!

Infobox Single
Name = Baby I Love U!


Artist = Jennifer Lopez
Album = This Is Me... Then
Released = March 8, 2004 (UK)
March 23, 2004 (U.S.)
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Pop, R&B, soul
Length = 4:43 (Album Version)
4:27 (Radio Edit)
Label = Epic
Writer = Jennifer Lopez, Cory Rooney, Dan Shea, John Barry
Producer = Cory Rooney, Dan Shea
Certification =
Last single = "I'm Glad"
(2003)
This single = "Baby I Love U!"
(2004)
Next single = "Get Right"
(2005)

"Baby I Love U!" (labeled as "Baby I ♥ U!") is the fourth and final single from Jennifer Lopez's third studio album, "This Is Me... Then" (2002). Released in 2004, it was one of Lopez's lowest-charting singles in the United States, peaking at number seventy-two on the "Billboard" Hot 100. However, it debuted and peaked at number three in the United Kingdom (behind DJ Casper's "Cha Cha Slide" and Britney Spears' "Toxic"), where the single was originally released. It eventually became the UK's sixty-fifth best-selling single of 2004, with sales of 80,000 copies. [cite web |url=http://top40-charts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3224&highlight=Jennifer+Lopez |title=UK best selling artists 2004 |accessdate=2006-11-01 |date=May 5, 2005 |work=Top40-Charts.com] The song contains an interpolation of John Barry's 1969 song "Midnight Cowboy", the theme song of the film of the same name.

There's also a remix of the song featuring R. Kelly, which made little impact on urban radio stations, although it was never officially released. It appears on the bonus CD of Lopez's 2003 DVD "The Reel Me".

Music video

The music video, directed by Melert Avis, featured scenes from Lopez's 2003 film "Gigli" as a form of cross-promotion. It aired briefly on both MTV and VH1 before being pulled after the film was a massive bomb at the box office. It was replaced with a more generic video that removed all mention of the film.

Track listings

;UK CD single
#"Baby I Love U!" (Album Version)
#"Baby I Love U!" (R. Kelly Remix)
#"Baby I Love U!" (Video)

;Dutch promo single
#"Baby I Love U!" (Album Version)
#"Baby I Love U!" (R. Kelly Remix)

Charts

References