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Single by Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull | |||||||||||||||||
from the album Euphoria | |||||||||||||||||
Released | 3 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
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Recorded | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Genre | Electropop | ||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:50 | ||||||||||||||||
Label | Universal Republic | ||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | RedOne | ||||||||||||||||
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"I Like It" is a song performed by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias taken from his first bilingual studio album, Euphoria. It features guest vocals from American rapper Pitbull. Both artists co-wrote the electropop song with RedOne, who produced it. It also interpolates Lionel Richie's 1983 single "All Night Long (All Night)". with vocals re-recorded by Richie himself. "I Like It" was released on 3 May 2010. The song was also included on the official soundtrack to MTV reality series Jersey Shore. A version of the song without Pitbull is also found on the international version of Euphoria. The song also serves as the first single from the Jersey Shore soundtrack. The song was also the official song of Airtel 2010 Champions League Twenty20. The song has sold 4 million copies in the US alone, and over 6 million copies worldwide.
The song was composed by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Lionel Richie, and RedOne. Iglesias and Pitbull wrote their lyrics, RedOne produced the music, and Richie's 1983 classic "All Night Long (All Night)" is interpolated after the first and third choruses. Richie said: "It's a song that when I wrote it and not much thought was more by sound." The song is written in the key of G Mixolydian, with the chord progression of G-F-Am-G (recorded in G# major). It is set in common time with a tempo of 129 beats per minute.