"I Luv Your Girl" is the third and final single from The-Dream's debut studio album, Love/Hate. The track is produced by The-Dream's production partner, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. The promotional and music video version contain a guest appearance from Def Jam labelmate Young Jeezy, while the album version is solo.
The song was interpolated by T-Pain for his guest verse on "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx, released the following year. https://www.whosampled.com/sample/4148/Jamie-Foxx-T-Pain-Blame-It-The-Dream-I-Luv-Your-Girl/
Music video The two music videos were directed by Fat Cats and premiered April 28, 2008 on BET's 106 & Park. It features Young Jeezy rapping the first verse and has cameos from Chingy, Ne-Yo, Jazze Pha and Jermaine Dupri. The video also features New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora. There are two versions of the music video. The first was an edited version, the directors cut, while the second, more explicit version featured The-Dream mouthing the explicit chorus and back-up dancers making explicit hand gestures toward the camera.
Remixes The official remix features Young Jeezy and was used for the video. An additional unofficial remix titled "I Fucked Your Girl" was released by G-Unit and featured former member Young Buck. The remix was made to diss Fat Joe. In this version, everyone except Lloyd Banks and Young Buck use the auto-tune effect. Other unofficial remixes followed from Fabolous and Jagged Edge. T-Pain sings an interpolation of the song on Jamie Foxx's hit "Blame It" on Foxx's Intuition (2008).
Chart position
Weekly charts Chart (2008)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard Hot 10020U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs3U.S. Billboard Rhythmic AirplayThe-Dream | Awards | AllMusic1U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 4039U.S. Billboard Pop 10058
Year-end charts Chart (2008)PositionUS Billboard Hot 10075US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)18US Rhythmic (Billboard)13
Release history +Release dates and formats for "I Luv Your Girl" Region Date Format Label(s) United States June 17, 2008 Mainstream airplay Def Jam
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