Like I Do (For Real song)

"Like I Do"
Single by For Real
from the album Free
B-side "Free"[1]
Released August 1996 (1996-08)[2]
Format 7", cassette, CD
Recorded 1996 (1996)
Genre R&B
Length 4:06
Label Rowdy
Songwriter(s) Dallas Austin, Holland–Dozier–Holland[3]
Producer(s) Dallas Austin[3]
For Real singles chronology
"You Don't Know Nothin'"
(1995)		 "Like I Do"
(1996)		 "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"
(1997)

"You Don't Know Nothin'"
(1995)		 "Like I Do"
(1996)		 "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"
(1997)

"Like I Do" is a song by American contemporary R&B group For Real, issued as the lead single from the group's second album Free. The song samples "No One's Gonna Love You" by The S.O.S. Band,[3] and it was the group's highest chart appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #72 in 1996.[4][5]

Music video

The official music video for "Like I Do" was directed by Kevin Bray.[2]

Track listing

On the European CD single:-

  • 1. Like I Do (Original Mix) 4:08
  • 2. Like I Do (No One's Gonna Love You - Full Crew Old Skool Mix) 4:14
  • 3. Like I Do (No One's Gonna Love You - Wop Dem Dancehall Mix Mix) 5:55
  • 4. Like I Do (Junior's Full Vocal Mix) 8:47
  • 5. Like I Do (Junior's Club Dub) 8:31
  • 6. Like I Do (No One's Gonna Love You - Dallas Austin Remix) 4.15

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 45
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 72
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[9] 30
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 48

References

  1. ↑ "For Real - Like I Do at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "For Real - 'Like I do'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "For Real - Like I Do (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/302291/real/chart
  5. ↑ "For Real - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Charts.nz – For Real – Like I Do". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ↑ "For Real: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  8. ↑ "For Real Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "For Real Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "For Real Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.


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