| "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Stevie_b_because_I_love_you_US_cassette.jpg) | ||||
| Single by Stevie B | ||||
| from the album Love & Emotion | ||||
| B-side | "Love Me for Life" | |||
| Released | September 1, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length |
| |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Warren Allen Brooks | |||
| Producer(s) | Stevie B | |||
| Stevie B singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" (or simply titled "Because I Love You") is a song written by Warren Allen Brooks and performed by American singer, songwriter, and record producer Stevie B. It was released in September 1990 by LMR and RCA from his third album, Love & Emotion (1990). The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1990 and remained there for four consecutive weeks. It also spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song reached the top 10 in several countries worldwide, including Belgium and the Netherlands, where it peaked at number two. It received a gold certification in Australia and the United States. In August 2018, Billboard ranked the song the 71st-biggest hit in the history of the Hot 100.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (October 27, 2021). "The Number Ones: Stevie B's "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Stereogum. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
There's nothing overtly spiritual about "Because I Love You"... [Brooks] hid his true intentions in plain sight: "I turned it into a pop song"...There's a long history of great pop songs about sending and receiving love letters...it's hard for me to imagine anyone remembering "Because I Love You" as "The Postman Song