| I Do | |
| Cover: | Lisa loeb I Do.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lisa Loeb |
| Album: | Firecracker |
| Studio: | Various (New York City, Los Angeles) |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:41 |
| Label: | Geffen |
| Producer: | Juan Patiño |
| Prev Title: | Waiting for Wednesday |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Let's Forget About It |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"I Do" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb. Released on October 14, 1997, as the lead single from her second album, Firecracker (1997), "I Do" peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loeb's second-highest charting single after her number-one debut single, "Stay (I Missed You)" (1994). In Canada, "I Do" gave Loeb her second number-one hit, after "Stay". This song was her last top-20 single in both countries.
On the surface, the song seems to be about "the realization that a person isn't right for you, that the relationship has gone bad".[1] However, the real intention of the song is different according to the liner notes for The Very Best of Lisa Loeb: "We were almost finished recording the album, Firecracker, and the record company told us that we still needed a single. I decided to write a song that sounded like a song about a relationship but was actually about the record company not 'hearing' a single on the record already. You can hear it in the lyrics, 'You can't hear it, but I do.' The song ended up being an expression of strength and power even when someone's not treating you right."[2]
The song was warmly greeted by Billboard magazine, which called the melody and chorus "nothing short of pure pop bliss."[3]
In the music video, directed by Phil Harder in Minneapolis,[4] it shows scenes of Lisa Loeb in black and white singing on an upside-down microphone and also lying down on the feather floor (like in the album's cover) then singing and playing guitar in a psychedelic room with several dancers around her. It also features paintings of her as well as the lyrics in some scenes (during Pop-up Video, the words would pop up in the same font as the words in the drawings, and the "I will" parts have the percentages).
US CD and cassette single, UK cassette single[5] [6] [7]
European CD single[8]
UK, Australian, and Japanese CD single[9] [10] [11]
Credits are lifted from the Firecracker album booklet.[12]
Studios
Personnel
| Chart (1997–1998) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[13] | 85 | |
| European Airplay (European Hit Radio)[14] | 22 |
| Chart (1998) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15] | 35 | |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[16] | 40 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[17] | 58 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[18] | 24 | |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[19] | 39 | |
| US Triple-A (Billboard)[20] | 15 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | October 14, 1997 | CD | Geffen | [21] |
| Japan | October 28, 1997 | [22] | ||
| United States | October 30, 1997 | |||
| United Kingdom | February 2, 1998 | [23] |
