Paradise (LL Cool J song)

"Paradise"
UK CD single cover
Single by LL Cool J featuring Amerie
from the album 10
B-side	"After School" "LL Cool J Megamix"
Released	December 14, 2002
Recorded	2002
Studio	Sony Music, New York City
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	4:35
Label	Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	James Todd Smith Curtis Jackson Jean-Claude Olivier Samuel Barnes Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Kenneth Burke Allan Felder Norma Jean Wright
Producer(s)	Poke & Tone
LL Cool J singles chronology
"All I Have" (2002) "Paradise" (2002) "Amazin'" (2003)
Amerie singles chronology
"Talkin' to Me" (2002) "Paradise" (2003) "1 Thing" (2005)
Music video
"Paradise" on YouTube

"Paradise" is a song by American rapper LL Cool J featuring American singer Amerie. The song was released on December 14, 2002, as the second single from LL Cool J's ninth studio album, 10 (2002). It also appears on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Deliver Us from Eva, in which LL Cool J stars alongside Gabrielle Union. Singer Tweet was originally slated to provide vocals but Amerie was eventually chosen instead. "Paradise" embodies portions of Keni Burke's 1982 song "Risin' to the Top", penned by Burke, Allan Felder, and Norma Jean Wright.