I Love You (Faith Evans song)

"I Love You"
Single by Faith Evans
from the album Faithfully
Released	February 19, 2002
Length	4:27
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Best Faith Evans Isaac Hayes Michael Jamison Jennifer Lopez Bobby Springsteen
Producer(s)	Buckwild Mario Winans P. Diddy
Faith Evans singles chronology
"You Gets No Love" (2001) "I Love You" (2002) "Burnin' Up" (2002)

"I Love You" is a song by American recording artist Faith Evans. It was written by Anthony Best, Michael Jamison, Bobby Springsteen, and Jennifer Lopez and recorded by Evans for her third studio album Faithfully (2001). Production on the song was overseen by Buckwild, Mario Winans and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. Initially written for Lopez's second studio J.Lo (2001), the contemporary R&B ballad samples singer Isaac Hayes' 1976 record "Make a Little Love to Me" and finds Evans, as the protagonist, confessing her love and dignity to a man who has yet to find a heart for her.

The song was released as the second single from the album on February 19, 2002, in the United States. "I Love You" peaked at number fourteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, marking Evans' highest-charting single on the latter chart since "Never Gonna Let You Go" (1999) as well as Faithfully's highest single peak. An accompanying music video for "I Love You" was directed by Matthew Rolston and Evans and her lover in a lavishly decorated Japanese Buddhist house during winter time.