Love Me (Lil Wayne song)

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"[Kanye] said, you know, man, let me do your cover. I saw the cover and I approved it…He had an explanation behind it - he said, he chose the moth butterfly thing because it has so many different stages of life, and it goes through so many forms and changes, and no one can figure it out, and it's always beautiful." [4]

On January 30, 2013, an animated version of the cover was released. [5]

On December 23, 2013, the songs producer, Mike WiLL Made It released the original version on his mixtape, #MikeWillBeenTrill, which omitted Wayne and was only performed by Future and Drake—the former of whom replaced Wayne's two verses. [6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis [7] and shot on January 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. The teaser trailer was released on February 12, 2013. [8] The music video premiered on February 14, 2013, on MTV Jams. [9] It currently has over 508 million views on YouTube.

Charts

"Love Me"
Lil Wayne - Love Me.jpg
Single by Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future
from the album I Am Not a Human Being II
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2013 (2013-01-18)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Hello"
(2012)
"Love Me"
(2013)
"All That (Lady)"
(2013)
Drake singles chronology
"Poetic Justice"
(2012)
"Love Me"
(2013)
"Right Here"
(2013)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Gold35,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [29] Diamond10,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United StatesJanuary 18, 2013 [30] Digital download Cash Money
United KingdomJanuary 30, 2013 [31]

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