I Wanna Love You Forever
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"I Wanna Love You Forever" is the first single from Jessica Simpson's debut album Sweet Kisses. The song is her debut single and was released in 1999, the single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Simpson's first Top 10 single. The single also peaked at #7 in the UK. The single is generally considered to be one of her signature songs, and is her most successful single in the United States to date.
Song information
"I Wanna Love You Forever" was written and produced by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters. The track is a darkly bittersweet love ballad, showing off the powerful vocals of Simpson.
Remixes
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Remix Radio Edit]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soda Club Radio Edit]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Acapella Remix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [DJ Riff Remix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [DJ Micro Dance Remix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soda Club Radio Edit]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soda Club Radio Mix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Extended Club Vocal Version]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Extended Club Vox]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Radio Edit]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Remix Radio Edit]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Remix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Soul Solution Vonus Beatz]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [Thunderpuss 2000 Club Remix]
- I Wanna Love You Forever [ThunderPuss Club Mix]
Commercial release
The commercial single from I Wanna Love You Forever was released on the 28th of September, 1999 in the US. The song went straight to the top of the charts claiming the number one spot for six weeks on the Billboard US Single Sales Charts. The commercial release of the single also helped bring the single to the number three spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Charts. The commercial released contained the radio edit of the single and snippets from her forthcoming debut album, Sweet Kisses. A maxi single was set for release, it was to contain all the club mixes, but was later canceled. I Wanna Love You Forever, is Jessica Simpson’s biggest commercial single to date, it went to sell over one million copies in the US alone.
Music video
As her debut video, careful attention was made to make sure that Jessica's virginal image would be used as the "anti-sex appeal" to draw viewers in. Directed by Bille Woodruff, the video does not follow the dramatic story told in the song at all and instead centers on Jessica in a photo shoot. The photo shoot starts out with Ms. Simpson being photographed in front of a giant airplane as she wears a white outfit with a blue jacket. The song then shifts to a new scene in which Ms. Simpson has removed her jacket and is now in front of sunflowers.
The video seems to take things slowly, but in a dramatic turn of events, the sunflower scene is literally pushed over, to reveal the song's final scene: Simpson covered only in black on a dramatic soundstage lighted with blue lights. The video also features shots intercut with the making of the video of Jessica and her personal girlfriends. One of those girlfriends in the video is Jessica's little sister Ashlee Simpson. Although the video shoot is commonly believed to be a fake one, it appears that the video breaks the fourth wall as photos of the photographer taking photos apparently exist.
Jessica once spoke of the idea for a second video but this one was never made
Chart success
As Simpson's debut single, there was obviously pressure for the song to do well. "I Wanna Love You Forever" did not disappoint, as it peaked within the top three of the Billboard Hot 100. Its commercial sales were particularly strong, and landed the single atop the Hot 100 Singles Sales for six weeks; this in turn earned the song a platinum certification.
Internationally, the song was similarly successful, as it peaked within the top ten in most European nations and Australia.
Charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot 100 Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 25 |
| U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | 34 |
| 'Tokio Hot 100' | 3 |
| Norway Top 20 | 3 |
| Sweden Top 60 | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart | 7 |
| Switzerland Top 100 | 7 |
| Belgian Single Chart | 8 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 9 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 9 |
| Philippine Top Hits | 10 |
| Finland Top 20 | 12 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 13 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 14 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 16 |
| Netherland Mega Top 100 | 17 |
| Austria Top 75 | 25 |
| German Top 100 | 27 |
| French Top 100 | 100 |
| United World Chart | 31 |
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Wanna Love You Forever".[1]
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UK CD Single (Cat #6691272)
UK CD 2 (Cat #6691275)
European CD Single (Cat #6688532)
US CD Single(Cat #38K 79262)
Japan Promo CD Single(Cat #SRCS 2125)
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German Promo(Cat #SAMPCS 8276)
Soul Solution Remix Mexican Promo(Cat #PRCD 97956)
Australian CD Single(Cat #667803 2)
French Promo CD(Cat #SAMPCS 85151)
Spanish Promo CD(Cat #SAMPCS 8174)
Brazilian Promo CD(Cat #899.862/2-495687)
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