I Got It Bad (Tevin Campbell song)
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| "I Got It Bad" | ||||
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| Single by Tevin Campbell | ||||
| from the album Back to the World | ||||
| Released | August 12, 1996 | |||
| Length | 5:04 | |||
| Label | Qwest | |||
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| Producer(s) | Keith Crouch | |||
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"I Got It Bad" is a song by American R&B singer Tevin Campbell. It was written by Campbell, Keith Crouch, and Kipper Jones for his Back to the World (1996), while production was overseen by Crouch. The song was released by Qwest Records as the album's second single in August 1996. It peaked at number 41 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and reached the top fifty in New Zealand.
Billboard editor Larry Flick found that "I Got It Bad" continued to "illustrate how much this young prodigy has matured [...] Campbell pulls off the song with convincing ease. His performance, matched with producer/writer Keith Crouch's insinuating old-school soul shuffle, ultimately makes this a far more viable multiformat contender than anything he has offered in recent months."[1] DRUM described the song as "a laid-back tune that grabs you the first time you hear it,"[2] while Entertainment Weekly wrote that "when the groove gets lowdown and funky on "I Got It Bad," he sounds sexier than any 19-year-old has a right to."[3] Less impressed, Elysa Gardner from The Los Angeles Times declared the song a "cliche."[4]
Commercial performance
In the United States, "I Got It Bad" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. It however peaked at number 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[5] The song also reached number 49 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and number 26 on the US Adult R&B Songs chart.[5] Elsewhere, "I Got It Bad" also peaked at number 50 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[6]
Music video
A music video for "I Got It Bad" was directed by Francis Lawrence.[7] Filming took place in the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles, California, a five-story office building that is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork.[7]
Track listings
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Got It Bad" |
| Crouch | 5:00 |
| 2. | "Back to the World" (clean remix edit) |
| 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Got It Bad" |
| Crouch | 5:03 |
| 2. | "Lately" | Stevie Wonder | Al B. Sure! | 4:24 |
| 3. | "Knocks Me Off My Feet" | Stevie Wonder | 3:29 | |
| 4. | "Back to the World" (Master Mix instrumental) |
| 6:31 |
Notes
- ^[a] denotes additional producer