I Luv Your Girl

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"I Luv Your Girl"
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Single by The-Dream featuring Young Jeezy
from the album Love/Hate
ReleasedApril 15, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre R&B, Hip Hop
Length4:28
Label Radio Killa/Def Jam
Songwriter(s) Terius Nash
Producer(s) Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
The-Dream featuring Young Jeezy singles chronology
"Falsetto"
(2007)
"I Luv Your Girl"
(2008)
"Please Excuse My Hands"
(2008)

"I Luv Your Girl" is the third and final single from The-Dream's debut studio album, Love/Hate . The track is produced by The-Dream's production partner, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. The promotional and music video version contain a guest appearance from Def Jam labelmate Young Jeezy, while the album version is solo.

Contents

The song was interpolated by T-Pain for his guest verse on "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx, released the following year. [1]

Music video

The two music videos were directed by Fat Cats [2] and premiered April 28, 2008 on BET's 106 & Park. It features Young Jeezy rapping the first verse and has cameos from Chingy, Ne-Yo, Jazze Pha and Jermaine Dupri. The video also features New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora. There are two versions of the music video. The first was an edited version, the directors cut, while the second, more explicit version featured The-Dream mouthing the explicit chorus and back-up dancers making explicit hand gestures toward the camera.

Remixes

The official remix features Young Jeezy and was used for the video. An additional unofficial remix titled "I Fucked Your Girl" was released by G-Unit and featured former member Young Buck. The remix was made to diss Fat Joe. In this version, everyone except Lloyd Banks and Young Buck use the auto-tune effect. Other unofficial remixes followed from Fabolous and Jagged Edge. T-Pain sings an interpolation of the song on Jamie Foxx's hit "Blame It" on Foxx's Intuition (2008).

Chart position

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [4] 3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Airplay [5] 1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 [6] 39
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 [5] 58

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 75
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [8] 18
US Rhythmic (Billboard) [9] 13

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