| "Love You I Do" | |
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 "Love You I Do" cover | |
| Song byJennifer Hudson | |
| from the albumDreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| Released | December 5, 2006 |
| Recorded | The Underlab,Los Angeles |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:49 |
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| Songwriters | |
| Producer | The Underdogs |
"Love You I Do" is a song recorded by American singer and actressJennifer Hudson for thesoundtrack of the 2006musical filmDreamgirls. The music for the song was written byHenry Krieger, composer of theoriginal Broadway play, with lyrics bySiedah Garrett. It is one of the four songs featured in the film that are not present in the original Broadway play. It was nominated for the 2007Academy Award for Best Original Song, and won the 2008Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
"Love You I Do" is aR&B andsoul song inspired by the early 1960s work of female singers such asAretha Franklin andMary Wells.
In the context of the film, the song is performed in a scene set in 1963 by soul singer Effie White (Hudson), and expresses Effie's romantic feelings for her boyfriend and record label head, Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx). As do most songs in the movie version of "Dreamgirls," this song serves two purposes. Effie is performing the piece to Curtis for review, hoping it will win her a song of her own on a record instead of remaining a mere backup singer for Jimmy Early. The song also helps further illustrate Effie's feelings for Curtis, though he is clearly more interested in Deena Jones. It is highly likely that he is merely feigning love for Effie to control and manipulate her.
Produced byThe Underdogs, "Love You I Do" was one of threeDreamgirls songs nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song at the79th Academy Awards; the others were "Patience" and "Listen". At the Academy Awards ceremony, Hudson performed "Love You I Do" as a duet with her co-star,Beyoncé Knowles. All three songs lost to "I Need to Wake Up" byMelissa Etheridge from the filmAn Inconvenient Truth.American Idol finalistJessica Sanchez covered this song on the show.[citation needed]
The song entered the UK charts at 80[1] in 2011 after a contestant 'John Wilding' performed the song for his audition for X Factorseries 8.
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[1] | 80 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[2] | 24 |
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