He Loves U Not

Infobox Single
Name = He Loves U Not


Artist = Dream
from Album = It Was All a Dream
Released = September 12 2000 (U.S.)
Format = CD single
Recorded = Sony Studios, California, United States
Genre = R&B, Pop, Urban Contemporary
Label = Bad Boy Records
Writer = Steve Kipner, David Frank, Pamela Sheyne
Producer = David Frank, Steve Kipner
Chart position =

• #2 (U.S.)
• #17 (U.K.)
• #35 (Australia)

Last single = none
This single = "He Loves U Not"
(2000)
Next single = "This Is Me"
(2001)

"He Loves U Not" was girl group Dream's debut single released in 2000.

The song

Upon Dream's signing to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the quartet recorded "He Loves U Not" as their breakthrough single, setting aside previously recorded songs "Do U Wanna Dance," "Baby," and "Miss You" that they had done with prior management.

Lead vocals are performed by Holly Arnstein with synthesized speaking breaks by Melissa Schuman. Diana Ortiz can be heard saying a few Spanish phrases. An early version of the song opened with a young girl's voice saying "He loves me, he loves you not," though this opening was removed on the album and single versions, although the phrase "he loves you not" is heard at the end of the album version. This version can be found on most AMVs.

The music video

The music video for "He Loves U Not" was shot June 28–30, 2000 and directed by Marcus Raboy. It featured three settings: in the first, the girls, clad in pink outfits, danced in a white room with the Dream logo flashing behind them; in the second, the girls danced on stage in a California desert; in the third, the girls moved around a rotating white room.

The video debuted at #9 on MTV's "Total Request Live" ("TRL") on December 11, 2000. The video peaked at #2; on March 29, 2001, it was retired after spending 65 days on the countdown. It was the first video by an all-female group to be retired on "TRL".

The song is sung from the point of view of a girl confronting another girl who is trying to steal her boyfriend, to which she tells the girl "He loves me, He loves u not."

Chart performance

"He Loves U Not" was a United States chart hit, having a peak position of #1 on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart, and at #7 on the Hot 100 Airplay. Despite impressive sales, the single couldn't get pass the massive airplay "Independent Women Part I" received, thus as a result, "He Loves U Not" peaked at an impressive #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It was ranked #28 on the Top 40 year-end chart of 2001. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 2, 2001.

This single was also released in the United Kingdom, peaking at #17 on the UK Singles Chart on March 17, 2001, and staying on the chart for seven weeks. In Australia, the song entered the ARIA Singles Chart on March 11, 2001, and stayed on for three weeks, peaking at #35.

External links

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=408179&model.vnuAlbumId=522470 Billboard.com information page]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:lxdxlfdekcqp~T51 AMG information page] http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS