I Do (Lisa Loeb song)

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]

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

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).

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

Studios

• Recorded at various studios in New York City and Los Angeles with Pro Tools 4.0
• Mixed at Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Personnel