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"I Love You's" is a song by American singer Hailee Steinfeld, released on March 26, 2020, by Republic Records. The song samples "No More I Love You's" by Annie Lennox, thus David Freeman and Joseph Hughes are credited as songwriters.[2] The song was produced by co-writer David Stewart (not to be confused with Dave Stewart of Lennox's former music group Eurythmics) and serves as the second single from Steinfeld's second EP Half Written Story (2020).[3]
| "I Love You's" | ||||
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| Single by Hailee Steinfeld | ||||
| from the EP Half Written Story | ||||
| Released | March 26, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Republic | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | David Stewart | |||
| Hailee Steinfeld singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "I Love You's" on YouTube | ||||
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Steinfeld released an album cover, as well as dropping the name for the song on Instagram on March 24, 2020, with the caption "i love you's • march 26th".[4][5] According to Rolling Stone, the song was inspired by Annie Lennox's "No More 'I Love You's" (1995).[6] Steinfeld spoke to EW about what inspired the song:[7]
"I went through a breakup and did not give myself enough time to heal from that before getting into another relationship. When that second relationship ended it became clear that I needed time and space to heal — I hadn't given myself that to begin with that first time around. I didn't realize the importance of that."
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The song features "floaty synths" and "peppy beats".[8] Lyrically, it is about self-love and hope and is composed in the key of E♭major with a tempo of 107 beats per minute.[8]
A lyric video, created by Katia Temkin, accompanied the song's release.[9] Steinfeld co-directed the song's official music video with Sarah McColgan,[7] which premiered via YouTube on March 31, 2020.[10] The music video shot in black-and-white featuring Steinfeld wearing see-through clothing while embedded with white background in studio.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Steinfeld performed the song in an at-home edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 1, 2020.[11]
Song credits adapted from Tidal.[12]
- Hailee Steinfeld – vocals
- David Stewart – songwriting, production, programming
- David Freeman – songwriting
- Jessica Agombar – songwriting
- Joseph Hughes – songwriting
- Sarah "Griff" Griffiths – songwriting
- John Hanes – engineering, studio personnel
- Randy Merrill – mastering, studio personnel
- Serban Ghenea – mixing, studio personnel
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor)[13] | 37 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[14] | 14 |
| US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] | 48 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | 26 March 2020 | Republic | [16] | |
| Australia | 27 March 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [17] |
| United Kingdom | 13 June 2020 | Adult contemporary radio | Republic | [18] |
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