Hey Lover

Infobox Single
Name = Hey Lover

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Artist = LL Cool J and Boyz II Men
from Album = Mr. Smith and The Remix Collection
B-side = I Shot Ya
Released = October 31, 1995
Format = CD Single, Cassette Single
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 4:46
Label = Def Jam
Writer = James Todd Smith, Rod Temperton
Producer = Trackmasters, LL Cool J
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = LL Cool J
Type = singles
Last single = "Stand By Your Man" (1993)
This single = "Hey Lover" (1995)
Next single = "Doin' It" (1996)Extra chronology
Artist = Boyz II Men
Type = singles
Last single = "Brokenhearted"
(1995)
This single = Hey Lover
(1995)
Next single = "4 Seasons of Loneliness""
(1996)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Loungin'"
prev_no = 15
this_track = "Hey Lover"
track_no = 16

"Hey Lover" is the first single released from LL Cool J's sixth album, Mr. Smith, it featured Boyz II Men. It was released on October 31, 1995 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by The Trackmasters and LL Cool J. Hey Lover would prove to be the most successful single from the album, making it to 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs charts, as well as 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The song sampled Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life" from the Thriller album, thus Rod Temperton, the writer of that song, was given credit as a writer of this song. On the B-side was the I Shot Ya remix.

Track listing

A-Side

#"Hey Lover" (Radio Edit)- 4:03 (Featuring Boyz II Men)
#"Hey Lover" (instrumental)- 4:03

B-side

#"I Shot Ya" (Remix)- 5:06 (Featuring Prodigy, Keith Murray, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown)
#"Hey Lover" (LP Version)- 4:46