I Wanna B with U explained

I Wanna B with U
Cover:I_Wanna_B_With_U.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Fun Factory
Album:Fun-Tastic
Released:April 18, 1995
Genre:
Length:3:33
Label:
  • Scorpio Music
  • Regular Records
  • Curb Edel Records
  • Attic
Producer:Team 33
Prev Title:Pain
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Celebration
Next Year:1995

"I Wanna B with U" is a song by German Eurodance band Fun Factory, released on 18 April 1995 by various labels as the first single from the band's second album, Fun-Tastic (1995). The song was written by Steve Bender, Toni Cottura and Rodney Hardison. It was a top-10 hit in Canada, while in Europe, it was a top-20 hit in Austria (18), Finland (12) and Germany (11). In the US, "I Wanna B with U" peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It remains one of their most successful songs and is also their biggest hit in the US. The accompanying music video was directed by Frank Paul Husmann-Labusga,[1] featuring the band performing at a garden party, and produced by Music In Motion GmbH.[2] The track was released with remixes by Mousse T, Sequential One and Simon Harris.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard felt that songs like "I Wanna B with U" "are dance music in its purest and celebratory form."[3] A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, writing, "A reggae-flavoured, summery song with the oft-repeated title line providing a great hook. Certain to make radio playlists, with big sales to follow."[4] Rupert Howe from NME was less enthustiastic, saying, "Fun Factory may look like yet another instant melting-pot-noodle of a Eurobeat combo along the lines of Clock/Corona/The Real McCoy etc, but in a trick of Faustian proportions turn out to be merely a horrible tuneless facsimile of the already horrible and tuneless Ace of Base."[5] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "plaintive girl chanted and gruff chaps rapped Euro reggae lurcher".[6]

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna B with U" (On the Air Rap) — 3:33
  2. "I Wanna B with U" (On the Air Vocal) — 3:33
  1. "I Wanna B with U" (B On the Floor Extended) — 4:40
  2. "I Wanna B with U" (B In the Groove) — 3:33
  3. "I Wanna B with U" (Sequential One Remix) — 5:38
  4. "I Wanna B with U" (Mousse T's Old School) — 4:16
  1. "I Wanna B with U" — 3:32
  2. "We Are the World" — 4:08
  1. "I Wanna B with U" (B On the Air Vocal) — 3:33
  2. "I Wanna B with U" (B On the Air Rap) — 3:33
  3. "I Wanna B with U" (B On the Floor Extended) — 4:40
  4. "I Wanna B with U" (Mousse T's Old School) — 4:16
  5. "Fun Factory's Kick" (Maxi Edit) — 4:40
  1. "I Wanna B with U" (Homegirls International Remix) — 5:38
  2. "I Wanna B with U" (Mousse T's House Dub Edit) — 3:30
  3. "I Wanna B with U" (Sequential One Remix) — 5:38
  4. "I Wanna B with U" (Simon Harris' Jamaican Stylee) — 5:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 145
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)[8] 9
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[9] 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 59
Europe (European Dance Radio)[11] 9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)12
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[12] 25
Lithuania (M-1)[13] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[14] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)[15] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 45
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[17] 10
US Hot Dance Breakouts Club Play (Billboard)[18] 2
US Hot Dance Breakouts Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[19] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[20] 21
Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 50

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fun Factory - I Wanna B With U Single. Eurokdj.com. 21 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Fun Factory - I Wanna B With U music video. Eurokdj.com. 12 March 2024.
  3. Larry . Flick . Dance Trax: Quit Griping, Take The Year-End True/False Quiz . . 23 December 1995 . 44 . 13 October 2020 . Larry Flick.
  4. Reviews: Singles . . 19 August 1995 . 29 . 11 May 2021 .
  5. Rupert. Howe. Singles. NME. 26 August 1995. 41. 11 March 2024.
  6. James . Hamilton . Dj directory . Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) . 2 September 1995 . 11 . 12 May 2021 . James Hamilton (DJ and journalist).
  7. Web site: Fun Factory chart history, received from ARIA on 5 April 2022. Imgur.com. 18 June 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. Hits of the World: Canada. Billboard. 2 December 1995. 48. 17 November 2022.
  9. Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Dance Singles. RPM. 18 July 2021.
  10. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 12. 28. 15 July 1995. 13. 9 April 2018.
  11. European Dance Radio. Music & Media. 12. 30. 29 July 1995. 15. 23 April 2023.
  12. Íslenski Listinn Nr. 126: 16.7. '95 - 22.7. '95 . . 20 . 15 July 1995 . 5 April 2018 .
  13. Web site: M-1 TOP 40. M-1.fm. 28 March 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105653/http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1326. 27 August 1995. 2 April 2015. See LW column.
  14. Web site: Fun Factory – I Wanna B With U. 18 July 2021. Top40.nl. Dutch.
  15. Web site: FUN FACTORY - I WANNA B WITH U. 18 July 2021. Dutchcharts.nl. Dutch.
  16. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 325.

  17. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 105.
  18. Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts . . 2 September 1995 . 30 . 13 October 2020 .
  19. Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts . . 26 August 1995 . 26 . 13 October 2020 .
  20. Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995. RPM. 12 December 2019.
  21. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. 26 November 2019.

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