I Used to Love H.E.R.

"I Used to Love H.E.R."
Single by Common Sense
from the album Resurrection
B-side"Communism"
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1994
Recorded1994
Battery Studios[1]
(Chicago, Illinois)
GenreHip hop, jazz rap
Length4:39
LabelRelativity Records
Songwriter(s)Lonnie Lynn Jr., Dion Wilson
Producer(s)No I.D.
Common Sense singles chronology
"Soul by the Pound"
(1993)
"I Used to Love H.E.R."
(1994)
"Resurrection"
(1995)
Music video
"I Used to Love H.E.R." on YouTube

"I Used to Love H.E.R." is a hip hop song by the Chicago-born rapper Common Sense. Released in September 27, 1994 as the lead single from his second studio album Resurrection, "I Used to Love H.E.R." has since become one of Common's best known songs. Produced by No I.D., its jazzy beat samples "The Changing World" by George Benson. It is often regarded as one of the greatest hip hop recordings ever.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Insanul Ahmed, Andrew Barber, Keenan Higgins (2011-10-29). "The Making of Common's "Resurrection"". Complex. Retrieved 2019-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "100 Greatest Rap Songs at About.com". Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Greatest Hip-Hop/Rap Singles of All Time at Top40-Charts.com". Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Source's 100 Best Rap Singles at Rocklist.net". Retrieved March 25, 2007.