You (Lloyd song)

"You"
Single by Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne
from the album Street Love
Released	October 23, 2006
Recorded	2005–06
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	4:33
Label	The Inc., Sho'nuff, Universal
Songwriter(s)	Lloyd Polite, Dwayne Carter, Jasper Cameron, Gary Kemp, Maurice Sinclair, J. Pilkington
Producer(s)	Big Reese, Jasper Cameron
Lloyd singles chronology
"Southside (Remix)" (2004) "You" (2006) "Get It Shawty" (2007)
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"You Know What" (2006) "You" (2006) "Make It Rain (Remix)" (2006)

"You" is a song by American R&B singer Lloyd, featuring rapper Lil Wayne. It was the lead single from Lloyd's sophomore studio album, Street Love (2007). "You" was produced by Big Reese and Jasper Cameron, and recorded in their basement. Lloyd himself reportedly leaked the track to an Atlanta radio station with the intention to receive airplay.^[2] Originally, the single featured Atlanta rapper Tango Redd, who was replaced with Lil Wayne before the official release.^[3] Notably, the chorus of "You" features an interpolation of Spandau Ballet's "True" (1983).

On February 17, 2007, "You" became Lloyd's first, and Lil Wayne's second, Top 10 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, charting at No. 9 and becoming a radio favorite. The song also reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming both Lloyd and Lil Wayne's first number-one single on that chart. On the UK Singles Chart, the single debuted on May 28, 2007, at No. 66 on download sales alone, before rising to the No. 45 position.