| I Love You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mary J. Blige |
| Album: | My Life[1] |
| A-Side: | You Bring Me Joy |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Label: | Uptown, MCA |
| Producer: | Chucky Thompson |
| Prev Title: | You Bring Me Joy |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"I Love You" is a 1995 single by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, taken from her second album My Life.
"I Love You" was included as a B-side on the standard cassette release of Blige's single "You Bring Me Joy".[2] It charted as a double A-side with "You Bring Me Joy" on the U.S. Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs charts.
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 Isaac Hayes's "Ike's Mood" from 1970's album "...To Be Continued", and samples "Hollywood's World" by DJ Hollywood.