Loading AI tools
2002 single by Eve From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Gangsta Lovin'" is the lead single from Eve's third studio album, Eve-Olution (2002). The song features R&B-soul singer Alicia Keys. Released in July 2002, "Gangsta Lovin'" became Eve's second consecutive number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (stalled behind "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) as well as her third consecutive top-10 hit in the United Kingdom.
"Gangsta Lovin'" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Eve featuring Alicia Keys | ||||
from the album Eve-Olution | ||||
B-side |
| |||
Released | July 1, 2002 | |||
Studio | The Hit Factory (New York City) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:59 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Producer(s) | ||||
Eve singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Alicia Keys singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Gangsta Lovin'" on YouTube |
When being asked in an interview why she chose Keys to be on the song, Eve said, "I love Alicia, I mean I think she's incredibly talented, and I needed a girl on the song, and why not Alicia Keys?". The chorus contains re-sung elements from Yarbrough and Peoples' 1981 song "Don't Stop the Music", which were also used on Common's 1997 song "All Night Long" featuring Erykah Badu.
The video for "Gangsta Lovin'", directed by Little X, starts with girls putting food on their plates from a buffet table with shirts on that say "Eve", "&", "Alicia", "In", and "Gangsta Love". It then goes to a swimming pool where Eve and Keys are sitting in beach chairs. Eve is glancing at a man she is clearly interested in. The video then switches off showing the pool scene, a scene in a room where Eve is rapping by herself, and a room where Keys is singing by herself. For the second verse, Eve walks into a party where the man she is interested in is. The man catches Eve's eye, and they smile at each other. In the chorus, it shows them talking and exchanging phone numbers. At the beginning of the third verse, Keys and Eve are in the same room. The man is shown calling Eve, and Eve goes to the beach and sits down with him. Keys stands at the beach singing by herself. Eve and the man walk down the beach together. At the end, Eve and Keys are shown wearing "Gangsta Love" shirts.
US CD and 12-inch single[1][2]
Australasian CD single[3]
|
European CD single[4]
UK CD and cassette single[5][6]
UK 12-inch single[7]
|
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA)[47] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.