I Want Her

"I Want Her"
Single by Keith Sweat
from the album Make It Last Forever
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1987
Genre
Length5:59 (album version)
3:39 (single version)
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Keith Sweat
  • Teddy Riley
Keith Sweat singles chronology
"My Mind Is Made Up"
(1985)
"I Want Her"
(1987)
"Something Just Ain't Right"
(1988)

"I Want Her" is a song by American R&B singer Keith Sweat. As the first single from his debut album, Make It Last Forever, it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for three weeks.[3] and became the most successful number one single of 1988 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. "I Want Her" also peaked at number 38 on the dance chart.[4] The song topped the R&B Billboard Year-End chart for 1988. It was ranked number 6 on complex.com's list of 25 best new jack swing songs of all time.[5]

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  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (September 27, 2019). "State of the World Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 560.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 251.
  5. ^ Josephs, Brian. "The 25 Best New Jack Swing Songs". Complex. Retrieved June 26, 2023.