I Wanna Love You

"I Wanna Love You" (also known by its first title I Wanna Fuck You) is the second single off of American singer Akon's second studio album Konvicted. The song was released on October 5, 2006. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg. It also appears as the second single on Snoop's second studio album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

The song was able to make it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Rhythmic, #3 on the Mainstream Top 40, #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and #16 on the Hot Latin Songs charts. It was also certified Platinum and the mastertone was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards but lost to "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z.

In the song, Akon and Snoop rap about meeting a girl pole dancing at a nightclub and wanting to have sex with her.

A music video for the song was released. In the video, many women dance in front of Akon and Snoop. A woman takes a selfie with Snoop on a couch. Akon and Snoop rap in an all white room. Akon then raps while lying on a couch while a video of a woman plays on the wall behind him.

In an interview, Akon said that the song was first supposed to be for rapper Trick Daddy but when he emailed it out, another rapper Plies ended up recording it. Akon later took Plies off the song after Plies and his crew were arrested for shooting at the audience in a nightclub and injuring 5 people.

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Category:2006 songs
Category:Akon songs
Category:Snoop Dogg songs
Category:Hip hop songs