"Love Like This" | |||||||||||||||||||
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Single by Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston | |||||||||||||||||||
from the album Pocketful of Sunshine | |||||||||||||||||||
B-side | "Stepping Stone" | ||||||||||||||||||
Released | 20 September 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Recorded | 2006–2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Length | 3:42 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | The Runawayz | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Love Like This" is a song performed by British singer Natasha Bedingfield. It was included on Bedingfield's second North American album, Pocketful of Sunshine, and features vocals from reggae singer Sean Kingston. The song was written by Bedingfield, Kingston, Louis Biancaniello, Rico Love, Ryan Tedder, Sam Watters, and Wayne Wilkins, while production was handled by Biancaniello, Love, Tedder, and Watters under their production group, The Runawayz. Its lyrics discuss finding love with a person who has "been there all your life and has always loved you, but you've never noticed it until now". The official remix features vocals from rapper Lil Wayne and a slightly different beat, produced by Jim Jonsin.
The song was released in North America on 2 October 2007 to mixed reviews from critics. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 7 April 2008. The song was a commercial success, reaching the top 20 on the majority of the charts it entered, and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States. On 12 March 2008, "Love Like This" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In 2007, Bedingfield began writing and recording new material for her second North American album Pocketful of Sunshine. Producer J. R. Rotem had been working with Bedingfield on the album. Rotem introduced Bedingfield to reggae pop singer/rapper Sean Kingston, who was also recording with Rotem. Bedingfield decided to work with Kingston because she "just Liked his thing". In an interview with Digital Spy, she said that she respected rappers and seemed to "have a little thing with rappers" since she had previously worked with Estelle, Eve and Bizarre from D12.