I'll Make Love to You

"I'll Make Love to You"
Single by Boyz II Men
from the album  II
Released	July 26, 1994
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1994
Genre	R&B
Length	4:04
Label	Motown Records
Writer(s)	Babyface
Producer	Babyface
Certification	Platinum
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"Let It Snow" (1993) "I'll Make Love to You" (1994) "On Bended Knee" (1994)

"I'll Make Love to You" is a 1994 number-one hit single by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. The song, which was written by Babyface, was the lead single from their second album II. It was at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, from August 27 to November 26, 1994. The song set a record for the most weeks at number one at the time (tied with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from late 1992 to early 1993). This record was later broken by "One Sweet Day", a collaboration between Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey, which remained at #1 on the Hot 100 for 16 weeks. "I'll Make Love To You" also topped the U.S. R&B and adult contemporary charts in 1994, and the single went Top 5 in the United Kingdom.

A platinum-selling single, "I'll Make Love to You" won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and two American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Single and Favorite Soul/R&B Single.

The song is featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2.

The song ranks at #17 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1]

Music video

The music video features a woman and a man. The man, whose name is Dwayne, installs a security system in the woman's house. She later invites him to have a drink, but he's busy. It turns out that she really likes him, likewise as he likes her too. In the end, he writes her a letter, she receives it and reads it: it is a love letter, with the song lyrics.

Throughout the video, Boyz II Men appear in two sets of white and beige clothes, white shorts and pastels over white muscle shirts, shorts and track jackets over t-shirts with green canvas shoes and no socks, dress pants and chest-bearing open dress shirts, colorful suits with muscle shirts underneath, all in different areas and landscapes.

Charts

Track listing

European CD Single

1. "I'll Make Love To You (Pop Edit)" (3:49)
2. "I'll Make Love To You (Instrumental)" (5:39)

Parodies and Pop Culture

• Main characters, Shawn and Gus of USA Network's Psych, played by James Roday and Dulé Hill respectively, perform the song during the end credits of the episode "Shawn vs. The Red Phantom" with Juliet (Maggie Lawson) on background vocals.
• The lyrics "I'll make love to you like you want me to / And I'll hold you tight, baby, all" are sung by a group of penguins in the animated film "Happy Feet" (2006).
• It was also a hit of popular acapella group, The UNC Clefhangers, with American Idol Season 8 Contestant, Anoop Desai, on lead vocals.

External links

• "I'll Make Love To You" music videoat YouTube