Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (The Remixes)

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Length 25:51 Release date 22 November 2005 Genre Electropop		Artist Gwen Stefani Label Universal Music LLC

Released November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22) Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (The Remixes) (2005) The Sweet Escape (2006) Producers Nellee Hooper, Richard X, Tony Kanal, Stuart Price

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (The Remixes) is the first extended play (EP) recorded by American recording artist Gwen Stefani, released on November 22, 2005. It was issued exclusively as a digital download by Interscope Records. Featuring remixes of songs from Stefani's debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004), the record was only released in the United States. It incorporates remixes of four of her singles by producers Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal, Richard X and Stuart Price, in addition to guest appearances by reggae artist Elán and rapper Slim Thug. The EP was inspired by dance and electropop music.

Background and release

Stefani's debut album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., was released on October 27, 2004, and spawned six singles—"What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl", "Cool", "Luxurious" and "Crash". The remixed version of "Luxurious" that appears on Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (The Remixes) was released as a single on October 1, 2005, and was moderately successful, peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and within the top 10 of the record charts in Canada and Finland. Additionally, the Richard X remix of "Cool" from the aforementioned album reached the top position of the Dance Club Songs component chart for the week ending November 12, 2005. "Hollaback Girl" and "What You Waiting For?" were the final two tracks completed for the EP; Stuart Price, under the name Jacques Lu Cont, remixed the former, while her No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal remixed the latter. Kanal's remix was titled the "Dancehollaback Remix" and features the vocal collaboration from reggae artist Elán; this version was later included on the 2005 remix EP for "Hollaback Girl".

The album was made available for digital download in the United States on November 22, 2005 through Interscope Records. The EP's sound was inspired by dance and electropop music, similar to its original counterpart. Synthesizers and keyboards were heavily used on the tracks.