Step in the Name of Love

"Step in the Name of Love (Remix)" is a song by American R&B singer R. Kelly. Taken from the fifth studio album, Chocolate Factory (2003), the song became the 10th single from Kelly (and the final one as of 2026) to reach number one on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and it also peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song was issued as a double A-side with "Thoia Thoing".

B-side"Thoia Thoing"

ReleasedSeptember 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)

Length

• 5:42 (album version)
• 7:12 (remix)
• 4:29 (radio edit)
• 5:09 (remix edit)

Label

• Jive
• Tavdash

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"Step in the Name of Love" (remix)
Single by R. Kelly
from the album Chocolate Factory
B-side	"Thoia Thoing"
Released	September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)
Length	5:42 (album version) 7:12 (remix) 4:29 (radio edit) 5:09 (remix edit)
Label	Jive Tavdash
Songwriter	Robert Kelly
Producer	R. Kelly
R. Kelly singles chronology
"Hotel" (2003) "Step in the Name of Love" (remix) (2003) "Gigolo" (2003)

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The original "Step in the Name of Love", which is on the unreleased 2002 album Loveland as well as the Chocolate Factory album, describes a dance style initially created in Chicago called "stepping". The dance, and the music associated with it, was heavily featured on disc one of his 2004 double album, Happy People/U Saved Me. The song became an impromptu "anthem" for steppers and the dance.