I Like It (Overweight Pooch song)

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"I Like It"
CCP Single ILI cover.JPG
Artwork for UK single release
Single by Overweight Pooch
featuring CeCe Peniston
from the album Female Preacher
B-side "Remix"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1991 (1991-10-29)
Recorded1991 (1991)
Genre
Length5:43(Album version)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
CeCe Penistonsingles chronology
"Finally"
(1991)
"I Like It'"
(1991)
"We Got a Love Thang"
(1992)

"I Like It" is a 1991 song by Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston, who contributed vocals on the record. The single was written by E.L. Linnear and Felipe Delgado (both later involved also in recording the Peniston's debut album Finally ), and reached number sixteen in the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and number fifty-eight in the UK Singles Chart

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Track listings and formats

7", UK, #AM 847/390 847-7 [1]
  1. "I Like It" (Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
  2. "I Like It" (LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
MCD, UK, #AMCD 847/390 847-2 [2]
  1. "I Like It" (Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
  2. "I Like It" (Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
  3. "I Like It" (Remix Version) - 5:31
  4. "I Like It" (LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
12", UK, #AMY 847/390 847-1 [3]
12", UK, Promo, #AMYDJ 847 [4]
  1. "I Like It" (Def Party Radio Mix Edit) - 3:53
  2. "I Like It" (Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
  3. "I Like It" (Spaced Out Dub) -
  4. "I Like It" (Remix Instrumental) - 5:48
  5. "I Like It" (LP Radio Mix Edit) - 3:40
  6. "I Like It" (Remix Version) - 5:31
  7. "I Like It" (Factory Mix) - 5:33
12", US, #75021 2393 1 [5]
12", US, Promo, #75021 2393 1 [6]
  1. "I Like It" (Def Party Mix 12") - 7:51
  2. "I Like It" (Factory Mix) - 5:33
  3. "I Like It" (Red Zone Dub) - 5:23
  4. "I Like It" (Def Party Radio Mix) - 4:37
  5. "I Like It" (Remix Version) - 5:31
  6. "I Like It" (Remix Instrumental) - 5:48
  7. "I Like It" (LP Radio Mix) - 4:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
UK Top 75 Singles [7] 58
US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play [8] 16

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  8. "Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston - US Dance - "I Like It". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. March 11, 1995. billboard.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015. I Like It #16