I Know You Want Me (Nastyboy Klick and CeCe Peniston song)

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"I Know You Want Me"
Single by Nastyboy Klick & CeCe Peniston
from the album Desert Funk Soundtrack
ReleasedApril 1998
Recorded2014
Genre
Length5:16(Album version)
Label
Producer(s)
CeCe Penistonsingles chronology
"Somebody Else's Guy"
(1998)
"I Know You Want Me"
(1998)
"Nobody Else"
(1998)
Audio sample
"I Know You Want Me"

"I Know You Want Me" is a 1998 song by Nastyboy Klick a.k.a. NBK (later active as NB Ridaz), and CeCe Peniston. To the record also contributed bassist Ray Riendeau, most known for his work with singer Rob Halford (from heavy metal band Judas Priest). [1]

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The single was released on the various artists' compilation called M.C. Magic Presents Desert Funk Soundtrack , which was produced by Phoenix-based artist Marcus Cardenas on his own Nastyboy Records, and featured an additional track performed by Peniston (the Latino hip-hop ballad "When I'm with You"). [2]

On April 18, "I Know You Want Me" peaked at number nine in the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 R&B Singles as the lead single of the NBK's second full-length album Tha Second Coming, released later on in 1998 on Upstairs Records.

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles [3] 9


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  1. "About Ray Riendeau". Talk Music Group. Jelsoft Enterprises. talkbass.com. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  2. "M.C. Magic Presents 'Desert Funk' Soundtrack". Nastyboy Records . Nastyboy Records. nastyboyrecords.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  3. "Nastyboy Klick and CeCe Peniston - US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles - "I Know You Want Me". Billboard . April 18, 1998. p. 61. Retrieved March 21, 2015. #9