| "Into You" | ||||
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| Single by Fabolous featuring Tamia | ||||
| from the album Street Dreams and More | ||||
| Released | June 16, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Right Track Recording (New York City) | |||
| Length | 4:54 | |||
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| "Into You" (featuring Ashanti) on YouTube | ||||
| "Into You" (featuring Tamia) on YouTube | ||||
"Into You" is the a song by American rapper Fabolous,taken from his second album, Street Dreams (2003).
"Into You" was written by Fabolous for his second album Street Dreams (2003),while production on the song was helmed by DJ Clue and DURO. [1] The song is based on Canadian singer Tamia's 1998 single "So Into You," which in turn samples the Commodores' song "Say Yeah." [1] Due to this,original writers Tamia and Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson from Tim &Bob as well as Lionel Richie and Ronald LaPread are also credited as songwriters on "Into You." [1] Singer Ashanti was consulted by Fabolous' team to appear as guest vocalist on the song. [1] After Irv Gotti of Murder Inc. Records refused to let her film a music video to promote the single,Fabolous reached out to Elektra label mate Tamia to re-record a commercial version. [2]
"Into You" was released as the album's second single through Elektra Records and DJ Clue's Desert Storm Records. [1] Both the song's album version and the single version received heavy radio play,resulting in all three artists being credited on the charts. [3] It eventually peaked at reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, [3] becoming the second single from the album to reach the top 10,after "Can't Let You Go" (2003). [3] The song stayed on the Hot 100 throughout 2003,finishing at number 23 on the chart's year-end edition. [4] Into You" also reached number four in Australia,becoming Fabolous highest-charting single by then,and entered the top 40 in Ireland,the Netherlands,and the United Kingdom. [5]
A music video for the single version of "Into You" was directed by Erik White. [6] While Ashanti was expected to film visuals for the song along with Fabolous,Murder Inc. Records head Irv Gotti felt she was becoming "oversaturated" and withdraw her from the song,resulting into Tamia replacing her on the single version and in the video. [2] Primarily shot on a Malibu beach,the weather conditions on the day of filming were marked by persistent cloudiness and rain. [6] White later commented on the visuals:"Expecting to shoot a beautiful day on the beach in Malibu and waking up to clouds [and] rain. Made lemonade with my [cinematographer] and I think the look turned out much better than the typical sunny beach video." [6] K. D. Aubert appears throughout the video as Fabolous's love interest.
US 12-inch single [7]
Australian CD single [8]
European CD single [9]
| UK CD single [10]
UK 12-inch single [11]
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Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [31] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) [32] featuring Ashanti | Gold | 15,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) [32] featuring Tamia | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [33] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | June 16, 2003 | [34] | ||
| July 7, 2003 | Contemporary hit radio | [35] | ||
| Australia | September 8, 2003 | CD | [36] | |
| United Kingdom | October 20, 2003 |
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