"Lovin' You" | ||||
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Single by Batti Baas | ||||
Released | 7 January 2001 (JP) | |||
Format | CD, (HD013) [1] | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
Genre | R&B, hip hop | |||
Label | Handcuts Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Batti Baas, Aaron Blackmon | |||
Batti Baas singles chronology | ||||
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"Lovin' You" (stylized as LOVIN' YOU) is Batti Baas' debut single. The song featured rapper Aaron Blackmon.
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Lovin' You was released as 12" vinyl and contained different versions of the song on each side. The single was produced by Aki Hisakawa, with the lyrics written by both Yoshika and Tsugumi of Batti Baas and Aaron Blackmon. [2]
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