| "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" | ||||
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| Single byT-Pain featuringMike Jones | ||||
| from the albumRappa Ternt Sanga | ||||
| Released | December 13, 2005[citation needed] | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
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| Label | Konvict/Jive/Zomba | |||
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| Producer | T-Pain | |||
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"I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" (censored as "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Dancer)") is a song written and performed by American singerT-Pain featuring American rapperMike Jones. Produced by the former, it was released on December 13, 2005, and was released as the second single from his debut album,Rappa Ternt Sanga. It peaked at number five on theBillboard Hot 100 chart, making it T-Pain's second top ten single, and Mike Jones's first. The track is T-Pain's third most successful single on the chart, tying with "Bartender". "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" is alsoMike Jones's highest charting single. The official remix of the song featuresTwista,Pimp C,R. Kelly,Too Short,Paul Wall andMJG, and was accompanied with its own music video.[2]
T-Pain said during aUSA Today interview that "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" was inspired by a night when the singer took his friend to a strip club for the first time. "We got one girl to dance on him and he was just automatically trying to take her out of the club, pay for her tuition and do everything. The next couple days in the studio, everybody was still laughing about it. I started playing with GarageBand on my Mac and singing, 'I'm in love with a stripper,' and everybody was like, 'Yo, lay that down and we'll give it to (him) as a joke.' Then the label came in and we were going through some songs I had recorded. They heard the 'joke' and were like, 'This is the furthest thing from a joke. We're putting this out next week.' " The fact that it became a hit "threw me off. I was literally trying to make a bad song but it didn't work."[3]
"I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" is a hip-hop influenced R&B song.[1] The song centers around a man who goes to astrip club and wants to take a certain girl over to his place to spend the night. T-Pain produced the song using Apple'sGarageBand music software. It utilizes asteel string acoustic guitar, hip hopdrum machine, and achiptune synthesizer known as "Future Flute". The singer on the track uses theAuto-Tune vocal effect.[1]
Acensored version of the song was made, called "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Dancer)", to eliminate the sexual references.[4]
The original version of themusic video appeared onMTV but was quickly removed due to strong sexual content. A new music video was made with less explicit sexual content.
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[17] Mastertone | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
A remix had been made featuringTwista,Akon,Pimp C,Paul Wall,R. Kelly,MJG andToo Short titled "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper) 2 – Tha Remix". A video was also released for this remix, which is on iTunes.
An additional remix with the various artists includes verses byBusta Rhymes andPitbull. Moreover, in theiTunes' Triple Play single, it includes areggaeton remix.
Another remix featuresKeak da Sneak titled "I'm 'n Luv wit a Ripper".
The song is parodied by"Weird Al" Yankovic with "I'm 'n Luv witthe Skipper" during hisStraight Outta Lynwood Tour.A Lighter Shade of Brown made a parody of the song called "I'm 'n Luv (wit Your Sister)".[18]
Jeremy Jordan and Jonathan Groff sang this song in the movieJoyful Noise.