I Wanna Love You (Akon song)

"I Wanna Love You"
Single by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg
from the album Konvicted and Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
B-side	"Struggle Everyday"
Released	October 5, 2006
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	4:07 2:59 (short version)
Label	SRC Universal Konvict UpFront Geffen Doggystyle
Songwriter(s)	Cordozar Broadus Aliaune 'Akon' Thiam
Producer(s)	Akon
Akon singles chronology
"Smack That" (2006) "I Wanna Love You" (2006) "The Sweet Escape" (2006)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"That's That" (2006) "I Wanna Love You" (2006) "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" (2006)
Music video
"I Wanna Love You" on YouTube

"I Wanna Love You" (originally titled "I Wanna Fuck You")^[1] is a song written and recorded by Senegalese-American singer Akon featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released in October 2006 as the second single from his second studio album, Konvicted. It is also featured on Snoop Dogg's eighth album, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. This song was Akon's first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also Snoop's second #1 on the same chart. It also reached a peak of #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The track originally had Akon as a featured artist and was performed by rapper Plies from Fort Myers, Florida, but his verse was replaced by Snoop's and his name has been left out from the writers' credits. This song was #88 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.^[2] The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008.

In the edited version of the song, the word "fuck" is replaced with "love", and a line in the chorus ("I see you winding and grinding, up on that pole") is rewritten as "up on the floor". "Pussy" and "nigga" are played backwards, and "dick" and "titties" are blanked out. However, despite the self-censorship, a Parental Advisory label was still printed on the cover.