"I Want You" is a single from Common's album ''

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''. It is produced by

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, and has samples from

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's "Baby, This Love I Have", and Bob James' version of "Feel Like Makin' Love" which was written by Eugene McDaniels. It peaked at #112 in the US Bubbling Under chart and serviced to radio.

Track listing

UK CD: # "I Want You" # "Drivin' Me Wild" (featuring

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) (live) # "I Used to Love H.E.R." (live) # "Break My Heart" (live) * Live tracks courtesy of Nissan Live sets on Yahoo Music, 2007.

Music video

The video was directed by Sanji and actress

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, who also co-starred in the video. It features

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(who was the executive producer of the album),

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and

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...

. The music video premiered on the internet on October 23, 2007. The video can be watched on Common's official website.

Personnel

*Produced by

*Recorded by will.i.am and Padriac Kerin at Record Plant *Mixed by Dylan Dresdow at Chalice Studio in

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*Chorus vocals by will.i.am *Background vocals by Rhea Williams *Keys and synth by Omar Edwards

Notes

*Common and Alicia Keys also appear in the 2006 movie ''

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'' together, in which their characters eventually become attracted to one another. *Common and Alicia Keys also play lovers in her video for "

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," which appears on her 2007 album '' As I Am''. *Common makes a lyrical reference to Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's hit single " They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)".

Chart positions

External links

Billboard.com

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