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If You Love Me (Brownstone song)

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B-side
  
Remix

Recorded
  
1994

Length
  
5:04

Released
  
October 24, 1994

Genre
  
R&B

Format
  
CD single, CD maxi,12" maxi

"If You Love Me" is a song by R&B group Brownstone, released on October 24, 1994 by MJJ Music and Epic Records. It is the second single from their debut album From the Bottom Up. The song was written by Gordon Chambers, Nichole Gilbert, and Dave Hall, and features a sample from "Spellbound" (1990) by American rapper K-Solo. "If You Love Me" was which nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance in 1996, but lost to "Creep" by TLC.

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It is their biggest hit peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles chart, as well as number 2 on the Billboard Hot R&B songs chart. It also topped the chart for five weeks in New Zealand, but achieved a moderate success in the other countries where it was released. The song was featured in the 1998 film Living Out Loud, in a fantasy ensemble dance sequence featuring Holly Hunter. The music video for the Remix features rapper Craig Mack. In 2015, Canadian rapper Tory Lanez sampled the song for his hit single "Say It".

Track listings

CD single
  1. "If You Love Me" (LP version) – 3:46
  2. "If You Love Me" (soft touch mix) – 3:46
  3. "If You Love Me" (a cappella) – 3:42
  4. "If You Love Me" (instrumental) – 3:41
12" maxi
  1. "If You Love Me" (LP version - radio edit) – 3:43
  2. "If You Love Me" (soft touch mix - radio edit) – 3:44
  3. "If You Love Me" (a cappella) – 3:42
  4. "If You Love Me" (instrumental) – 3:45
12" maxi - UK
  1. "If You Love Me" (channel 9 mix) – 7:33
  2. "If You Love Me" (uno clio dub) – 6:57
  3. "If You Love Me" (smooth out remix extended version) – 5:45
  4. "If You Love Me" (remix extended version) – 5:45
  5. "If You Love Me" (characters funk remix extended version) – 5:45
CD maxi
  1. "If You Love Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
  2. "If You Love Me" (smooth out remix radio edit) – 4:14
  3. "If You Love Me" (if you jazz me remix radio edit) – 4:21
  4. "If You Love Me" (characters funk remix radio edit) – 4:14
  5. "If You Love Me" (soft touch mix radio edit) – 3:44
  6. "If You Love Me" (a cappella) – 3:42
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "If You Love Me" (LP version) – 5:04
  2. "If You Love Me" (a cappella) – 3:42
  3. "If You Love Me" (smooth out remix extended version) – 5:45
  4. "If You Love Me" (if you jazz me remix extended version) – 5:45
  5. "If You Love Me" (characters funk remix extended version) – 5:45

Personnel

  • Produced by Dave "Jam" Hall for Untouchables Entertainment, Inc.
  • Additional production and remixes by
  • The Characters: Troy Taylor & Charles Farrar for Character Music Corporation
  • Uno Clio
  • The music video was directed by Hype Williams.

    • References

    If You Love Me (Brownstone song) Wikipedia
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