"Into You" | ||||
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Single by Fabolous featuring Tamia | ||||
from the album Street Dreams (both versions) and More (version with Tamia only) | ||||
Released | July 15, 2003 | |||
Format | CD single, 12" single | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
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Length |
4:18 (radio edit) 4:54 (main mix) 4:34 (album version) |
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Label | Desert Storm Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Fabolous, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Lionel Richie, Ronald LaPread, Tamia | |||
Producer(s) | DJ Clue, DURO, Eric E-Bass Johnson | |||
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"Into You" is the third single by American rapper Fabolous from his second studio album Street Dreams. It is also on Tamia's album More. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the second single from the album to reach the top 10 after top 10 single, "Can't Let You Go". The song stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart throughout 2003, and finished at number 23.
"Into You" samples the chorus of Tamia's 1998 single "So Into You", produced by Tim & Bob and samples the Commodores' song "Say Yeah". While Ashanti provided vocals for the original version of the song, the commercial version (radio edit) sees a reworked version with Tamia as the featured artists for the single release.
While many songs that Fabolous produces portray women as objects for men, this single was for his female fans. In the single he lets the woman know that she isn't just another woman to him and that he actually wants to be with her, and that she wants to be with him, even after she sees his past faults as a woman.
The music video for the single is 4 minutes and 20 seconds long and was originally supposed to have Ashanti in it, but because of scheduling conflicts, Fabolous and his record label were forced to go with Tamia for the video instead. The video itself has a very early 2000s vibe with Fabolous wearing a lot of jewelry and attire that was considered stylish in the early 2000s (baggy pants and shirt, with fitted cap facing backwards). Tamia wears minimal clothes and acts like she loves Fabolous. The video was shot primarily on a beach, for a summer vibe to keep the single hot and make it a summer hit, even though the song itself was released in March. K. D. Aubert also makes a cameo in the video as his love interest.