I Want Her

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"I Want Her" is a 1987 R&B single by Keith Sweat that became a major hit and helped define the new jack swing sound of the late 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Make It Last Forever NERFINISHED
artist Keith Sweat NERFINISHED
chartingRegion United States NERFINISHED
chartPosition US Billboard Hot 100 number 5
US Hot Black Singles number 1
US Hot Dance Club Play top 20
chronology Keith Sweat singles chronology
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1980s
follows pre-debut independent recordings by Keith Sweat
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
genre R&B
new jack swing
hasBside I Want Her (Instrumental) NERFINISHED
I Want Her (Remix) NERFINISHED
hasGenreInfluenceOn late 1980s R&B
hasInstrumentalVersion I Want Her (instrumental) NERFINISHED
hasMusicVideo I Want Her (music video) NERFINISHED
hasRadioEdit I Want Her (radio edit)
hasRemix I Want Her (extended remix) NERFINISHED
includedInAlbum Make It Last Forever NERFINISHED
influencedBy contemporary R&B of mid-1980s
hip hop production techniques
language English
length approximately 5:00
notableFor being Keith Sweat's breakthrough hit single
helping define the new jack swing sound
originalMedium CD single
cassette single
vinyl record
partOf new jack swing era
performer Keith Sweat NERFINISHED
Teddy Riley NERFINISHED
performerGender male vocalist
precedes Make It Last Forever (single) NERFINISHED
producer Keith Sweat NERFINISHED
Teddy Riley NERFINISHED
recordedIn 1987
recordLabel Elektra Records
releaseDate 1987
rhythmicStyle swingbeat
side A-side
vocalStyle contemporary R&B vocals
writer Keith Sweat NERFINISHED
Teddy Riley NERFINISHED

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Keith Sweat notableWork I Want Her