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"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second album C'est Chic (1978). It was written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Song featuring a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson.

Lady Gaga and Nile Rodgers recorded a cover version of this song for the Tom Ford's Spring/Summer 2016 promotional video, directed by Nick Knight. Gaga's version is produced by Rene Arsenault and Billy Mohler for Riot City, mixed by Matty Green. Later the song was included on Chic's album It's About Time which was released on September 28, 2018.

Background and recording

As Tom Ford’s musical director, Rene Arsenault tasked Riot City, his production team with Billy Mohler to do a song for the Spring/Summer 2016 collection:

“At first, we were going to have a remix done, but I suggested we take it a little further and have Billy and I re-record the song in a new version. We reached out to [Chic co-founder and noted producer] Nile Rodgers, and he was super-down with it. He replayed all of his guitar parts. [...] We had a list of people we were going to try and get to sing on it, but about maybe a week before the shoot, Tom reached out to Gaga about being in the accompanying video. And since she was going to be the only recognizable celebrity in the video — the featured artist — it was pretty clear right then that we had to get her on the track. We sent it to her, and she loved it! She came down to the studio in Malibu, and she just killed it.”

Although not confirmed prior to June of 2018, "I Want Your Love" was rumored to have a full version that would be included on Chic's new album. In a post on his website, Rodgers revealed that the album It's About Time was originally scheduled for a summer 2015 release but was pushed back three years in a row. On February 2018, Nile confirmed the release for 2018. On June 12, 2018, the band announced its new album It's About Time, scheduled for release on September 7. On June 21, 2018, it was postponed to September 28. On June 27, Rodgers confirmed that Gaga is on the album.

The new version was mixed on June 26 at Abbey Road Studios. The new version of "I Want Your Love" was played at the Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2019 Fashion Show on September 5th, including new vocals, mixing, mastering and verses. Nile did an AMA on Reddit on September 17, 2018 where he revealed that Gaga insisted on redoing her vocals on the track:

"I adore Gaga. Her talent is not measurable. Her respect for the composition forced her to force me back in the studio so she could sing what I dreamt. Though I didn't even care it meant the world to her." Nile responded.

"I Want Your Love" is available on every release (CD, digital and vinyl) of It's About Time as a bonus track except the limited edition cassette, which doesn't include the song.

Trivia

  • The original Chic version of the song is featured in American Horror Story: Hotel's second episode "Chutes and Ladders". It's played during a late 70s flashback scene with Elizabeth partying at a disco club where she drinks freely on the blood of others.

Lyrics 

Tom Ford Summer/Spring 2016 Promotional Video

Do you feel like you ever want
To try my love and see how well it fits
Baby can't you see, when you look at me
I can't kick this feeling when it hits

Oh, all alone in my bed at night
I grab my pillow and squeeze it tight
I think of you
And I dream of you all of the time
What am I gonna do

I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)

I'll share my dreams
And make you see
How really bad
Your love I need
I want your love, I need your love
Just like the birds in the sky above
I'll share my dreams
And make you see
How really bad
Your love I need
I'll share my dreams
And make you see
How really bad
Your love I need

I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(You know I want your love
You know I need your love)

I want your love, I want your love

You know I want your love
You know I need your love
You know I want your love
You know I need your love
You know I want your love
You know I need your love
You know I want your love
You know I need your love
You know I want your love
You know I need your love
You know I want your love
You know I need your love

I want your love, I want your love

Album Version

Nile, Chic, Gaga

I want your love, I want your love


I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love

Do you feel like you ever want
To try my love and see how well it fits?
Baby, can't you see
When you look at me
I can't kick this feeling when it hits?
All alone
(All alone)
In my bed at night
I grab my pillow and squeeze it tight
I think of you and I dream of you
All of the time, what am I gonna do?

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I want your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

Sometime, don't you feel like you
Never really had a love that's real?
(Never really had a love that's real?)
Well, here I am and who's to say?
A better love you won't find today
Just one chance and I will show you love
Like no other
(Like no other)
Two steps above
(Like no other)
On your ladder I'll be a peg
I want your loving
Please don't make me beg
(Please don't make me beg)

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)
I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)
All I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

'Cause I want your love

I want your love, I need your love

I'll share my dreams and make you see
How really bad your love I need
I want your love, I need your love
Just like the birds need sky above
I'll share my dreams and make you see
How really bad your love I need
I'll share my dreams and make you see
How really bad your love I need

I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
You know how to love

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

I want your love

I want your love, I want your love

I want your love, I want your love
(I want your love, you know I need your love)

I want your love, I want your love

You know I need your love, you know I need your love
You know I want your love, you know I need your love
You know I want your love, you know I need your love
You know I want your love, you know I need your love
You know I want your love, you know I need your love
I want your love, need your love
(Need your love, need your love)
(Need your love, need your love)
(Need your love, need your love)

Have you ever really been in love?

I want your love, I want your love

Music video

I_Want_Your_Love
Premiere date October 2, 2015
Director(s) Nick Knight
Fashion director Carine Roitfeld
Choreographer Stephen Galloway
Director of photography Benoît Delhomme

Tom Ford told in his press release about reimagining the traditional runway setting with a video:

"Instead of having a traditional show this season, I wanted to think about how to present a collection in a cinematic way that was designed from its inception to be presented online. I have always loved "soul train" which used to be on TV in the 70’s; as it was asmuch about the clothes as the music. I asked Nile Rodgers to collaborate on a new version of one his great hits from that time, "I Want Your Love", and worked with Gaga to record the vocals. I then staged a full show in Los Angeles and filmed it [on September 20, 2015] with Gaga on the runway, Nick Knight directing and Benoît Delhomme for photography." Ford said.

Behind the Scenes

Credits

Direction Nick Knight
Photographic Direction Benoît Delhomme
Art Direction Trey Laird at Laird and Partners
Still photographer Lewis Mirrett
Set Design Gideon Ponte
Location Milk Studios, Los Angeles, CA Us
Models Lady Gaga, Xiao Wen Ju, Lexi Bowling, Adrien Galo at IMG,Valery Kaufman at Society, Aymeline Valade and Mica Arganaraz at DNA, Kayla Scott at Ford, Lida Fox and Lucky Blue Smith at Next, Alex Dustan at Select, Thomas Gibbons at Fusion, Reynolds Duck at New York Models, Eric Ramos and David Agbdji at Re:Quest, Mark K and Joe Slaughter at MSA and Marcus Mitchell and Noel Fraias at BLOC
Styling Carine Roitfeld
Choreography Stephen Galloway
Hair Sam McKnight
Make-up Stephane Marais
Nails April Foreman
Editing Dustin Robertson
Digital Post Loic Mais
Colour Grading Stefan Sonnerfeld at Company3
Production A White Label Product & North Six Productions
Executive Production Oliver Hicks at North Six
Photography Assistance Britt Lloyd, Markn Ogue, James Stopworth and James Perry
Styling Assistance Ben Perreira, Ron Hartleben and Lizzy Seguin
Set Department Jenn Lee, Shelley Borgon, Brad Zoellick
Hair Assistance Eamonn Hughes, Delcan Sheils, Valarie Benevidos, Marcia Lee, Piera Berdiccia, Helen Reavy, Nicole Walpert, Karina Vega, Esther Vasquez and Anna Lyles
Make-up Assistance Amber Dreadron, Mia Yang, Shin Tsai, Natasha Severino, Kelly Huny, Jenna Garagiola, Satya Linak, Leah Carmichael and Paul Blanch
Nail Assistance Jolene, Elisa, Syreeta, Piper and Kait
Production Assistance Lynn Zekanis, Kyd Drake, Kellie Tessear, Ali Juliano, Eric Lord, Matthew Ray, Blayke Kogan, Evan Gonzalez, Barton Bronstein and Matt MacMillion

Credits

Written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
Produced by Nile Rodgers, Rene Arsenault and Riot City
Arranged by Nile Rodgers
Managed by Merck Mercuriadis
Associate Producer Russell Graham
Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
Assisted by Michael Freeman
Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios (June 26, 2018 in London, Gb)
Guitar Nile Rodgers
Drums, programming, keyboards, bass Rene Arsenault
Engineering, editing Russell Graham
Bass, additional guitars Billy Mohler
Background vocals by Amy Keyes
Lead vocals Lady Gaga
Publisher Lady Gaga appears courtesy of Interscope Records
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