"I Love Me Some Him" | ||||
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Single by Toni Braxton | ||||
from the album Secrets | ||||
A-side | "I Don't Want To" | |||
B-side | "Un-Break My Heart" (Billboard Award Show Version) | |||
Released | March 11, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 5:09 | |||
Label | LaFace | |||
Songwriter(s) | Andrea Martin, Gloria Stewart, Kenneth Karlin, Carsten Schack | |||
Producer(s) | Soulshock & Karlin | |||
Toni Braxton singles chronology | ||||
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"I Love Me Some Him" is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her second studio album, Secrets (1996). Written by Andrea Martin and Gloria Stewart and produced by the Danish duo Soulshock & Karlin, the song was released as the flipside to the album's third single, "I Don't Want To", solely in the United States, while international versions of "I Don't Want To" did not include "I Love Me Some Him".
"I Love Me Some Him" was a major R&B airplay hit during the course of 1997, reaching the top position of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and while there was no music video filmed for it, it has become one of Braxton's most requested singles. As such, it was included on her 2003 singles collection Ultimate Toni Braxton .
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"Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton for her second studio album, Secrets (1996). The song was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. It was released as the second single from the album on October 7, 1996, through LaFace Records. The song is a ballad about a "blistering heartbreak" in which the singer begs a former lover to return and undo the pain he has caused. It won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997. It has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and nearly 3 million in the United States alone, making it one of the best selling singles of all time.
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