I Want You (Common song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Want You


Artist = Common featuring will.i.am
from Album = Finding Forever
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 31 December, 2007 (UK)
Format = 12", CD single
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 4:30
Label = G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen
Writer = Common
Producer = will.i.am
Certification =
Chronology = Common singles
Last single = "Drivin' Me Wild" (2007)
This single = "I Want You" (2007)
Next single = "Universal Mind Control" (2008)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = will.i.am singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)" (2007)
This single = "I Want You" (2007)
Next single = "The Girl Is Mine 2008" (2008)Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Background = khaki


Lower caption = U.S. Vinyl Cover

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

Track listing

UK CD:
# "I Want You" (featuring will.i.am)
# "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 features Kanye West (who was the executive producer of the album) Derek Luke, Serena Williams and Alicia Keys. It also stars actress Kerry Washington ("Ray", "Little Man", "She Hate Me") who is also the co-director of the video.

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

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.)".
*André 3000 may have made a lyrical reference to this song in his 2008 hit with John Legend, "Green Light". "...You think you can get whatever you want cuz you some kind of star...No, I'm a comet, I just want you woman..." André may have said "Common" instead of "comet" and his subsequent line, "I just want you woman," may have referenced Common's song, "I Want You."

Chart positions

External links

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3087245&cdi=9443993&cid=10%2F27%2F2007 Billboard.com]