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1995 single by Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring Aaliyah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I Need You Tonight" is the second single released from Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s debut album, Conspiracy. The album version featured Faith Evans singing the chorus, while the single version featured Aaliyah singing instead.
"I Need You Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring Aaliyah | ||||
from the album Conspiracy | ||||
B-side | "Murder Onze" | |||
Released | August 9, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
Genre | Hip hop soul | |||
Length | 4:27 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Christopher Wallace
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Producer(s) | Clark Kent | |||
Junior M.A.F.I.A. singles chronology | ||||
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Aaliyah singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Need You Tonight" on YouTube |
The track was produced by DJ Clark Kent, who sampled the Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song "I Wonder If I Take You Home" and the Patrice Rushen song "Remind Me".
The music video featured the members and Aaliyah holding a pool party at Kim's house while she flies to Colombia to negotiate a deal with a drug lord. Actor Thomas Mikal Ford of the sitcom Martin also makes a cameo appearance.
Though "I Need You Tonight" did not find the success of the album's other two singles, it did become a minor hit on three different Billboard charts, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, charting there for twelve weeks.[1]
Chart (1995-1996) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[2] | 66 |
UK Dance (OCC)[3] | 13 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] | 3 |
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] | 5 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 43 |
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[7] | 12 |
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