I Do (Lisa Loeb song)

"I Do"
Single by Lisa Loeb
from the album Firecracker
ReleasedOctober 14, 1997 (1997-10-14)
StudioVarious (New York City, Los Angeles)
GenrePop
Length3:41
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Lisa Loeb
Producer(s)Juan Patiño
Lisa Loeb singles chronology
"Waiting for Wednesday"
(1996) 		"I Do"
(1997) 		"Let's Forget About It"
(1997)
Music video
"I Do" on YouTube

"I Do" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb. Released on October 14, 1997, as the lead single from her second album, Firecracker (1997), "I Do" peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loeb's second-highest charting single after her number-one debut single, "Stay (I Missed You)" (1994). In Canada, "I Do" gave Loeb her second number-one hit, after "Stay". This song was her last top-20 single in both countries.

Lyrics and composition

On the surface, the song seems to be about "the realization that a person isn't right for you, that the relationship has gone bad".[1] However, the real intention of the song is different according to the liner notes for The Very Best of Lisa Loeb: "We were almost finished recording the album, Firecracker, and the record company told us that we still needed a single. I decided to write a song that sounded like a song about a relationship but was actually about the record company not 'hearing' a single on the record already. You can hear it in the lyrics, 'You can't hear it, but I do.' The song ended up being an expression of strength and power even when someone's not treating you right."[2]

Reception

The song was warmly greeted by Billboard magazine, which called the melody and chorus "nothing short of pure pop bliss."[3]

Music video

In the music video, directed by Phil Harder in Minneapolis,[4] it shows scenes of Lisa Loeb in black and white singing on an upside-down microphone and also lying down on the feather floor (like in the album's cover) then singing and playing guitar in a psychedelic room with several dancers around her. It also features paintings of her as well as the lyrics in some scenes (during Pop-up Video, the words would pop up in the same font as the words in the drawings, and the "I will" parts have the percentages).

Track listings

US CD and cassette single, UK cassette single[5][6][7]

  1. "I Do"
  2. "Jake" (alternative version)

European CD single[8]

  1. "I Do" (LP version)
  2. "Do You Sleep?" (live)

UK, Australian, and Japanese CD single[9][10][11]

  1. "I Do" (LP version) – 3:41
  2. "Do You Sleep?" (live) – 3:35
  3. "Jake" (alternative version) – 3:00

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Firecracker album booklet.[12]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States October 14, 1997 CD Geffen [31]
Japan October 28, 1997 [32]
United States October 30, 1997
[1]
United Kingdom February 2, 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
 [33]

References

  1. ^ a b Bessman, Jim (October 4, 1997). "Loeb Makes Noise with 'Firecracker' Set on Geffen" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 40. p. 24. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. ^ The Very Best of Lisa Loeb (US CD album liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 2006. B0006083-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Flick, Larry (October 25, 1997). "Reviews & Previews – Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 43. p. 79. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Production Notes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 2. January 10, 1998. p. 80. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  5. ^ I Do (US CD single liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. GEFDS-19416.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ I Do (US cassette single sleeve). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. GEFCS-19416.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ I Do (UK cassette single sleeve). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1998. GFSC 22286.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ I Do (European CD single liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. GED 22321.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ I Do (UK CD single liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1998. GFSTD-22286.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ I Do (Australian CD single liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. GEFDM-22286.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ I Do (Japanese CD single liner notes). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. MVCF-12004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Firecracker (US CD album booklet). Lisa Loeb. Geffen Records. 1997. GEFD-25141.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 170.
  14. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3426." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
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  16. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3463." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
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  24. ^ "European Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 14. April 4, 1998. p. 19. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  25. ^ "RPM's Top 100 Hit Tracks of '98" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 63, no. 12. December 14, 1998. p. 20. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  26. ^ "RPM's Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of '98". RPM. Retrieved April 7, 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  27. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1998". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  28. ^ "The Year in Music 1998: Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-96.
  29. ^ "Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1998". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 6, no. 52. December 25, 1998. p. 45.
  30. ^ "Best of '98: Most Played Triple-A Songs". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 6, no. 52. December 25, 1998. p. 35.
  31. ^ "I Do / Jake". Amazon. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  32. ^ "アイ・ドゥ | リサ・ローブ" [I Do | Lisa Loeb] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  33. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. January 31, 1998. p. 31. Retrieved July 4, 2021.