"Because I Love You" is a song recorded by Stevie B

Stevie B

Stevie B is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was influential in the Latin freestyle and High-Energy, mostly from Miami dance music scene of the late 1980s...

. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart in December, 1990 spending four weeks at number one and spending two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, as well. It reached number six in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 and number eight in the Australian Singles Chart.

The song listed at number 55 on Billboard magazines Top 100 songs for the 50th Anniversary of the Hot 100 chart.

Track listings

CD single

1. "Because I Love You (the Postman Song)" (radio edit) — 3:46
2. "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) — 3:06

CD maxi

1. "Because I Love You (the Postman Song)" (radio edit) — 3:46
2. "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) — 3:06
3. "Because I Love You (the Postman Song)" — 5:00
4. "Love Me for Life" — 5:16

7" single

1. "Because I Love You (the Postman Song)" (radio edit) — 3:46
2. "Love Me for Life" (radio edit) — 3:06

12" maxi

1. "Because I Love You (the Postman Song)" — 5:00
2. "Love Me for Life" — 5:16

Peak positions

Chart (1990/91)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	8
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...	2
Canadian RPM Singles Chart RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...	7
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	3
French SNEP Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	7
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	9
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	22
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	49
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	31
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	70
Dutch Top 40	39
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	72

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
U.S.	Gold	April 12, 1990	500,000

Chart successions

Groove Coverage version

"Because I Love You" is the first single from German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 group Groove Coverage

Groove Coverage

Groove Coverage is a German Euro-dance band. The Groove Coverage project consists of Axel Konrad, DJ Novus, Melanie Munch, better known as Mell , and Verena Rehm . The band has had hits around the world, especially in Germany, and have had radio play in North America, notably with the song, "Poison"...

's Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Groove Coverage album)

Greatest Hits is the fourth album by German trance group Groove Coverage and their first Greatest Hits album released in Germany. The first single from the album was "Because I Love You".-CD 1:# "Because I Love You" – 3:08# "7 Years and 50 Days" – 3:44...

album. Like most of Groove Coverage's songs it is sung by Mell, with Verena providing vocals during the songs bridge.

Versions

1. Because I Love You (Radio Version) 3:09
2. Because I Love You (Radio Version With Synth) 3:37
3. Because I Love You (Pop Mix) 3:08
4. Because I Love You (Club Mix Short) 3:45
5. Because I Love You (Extended Mix) 6:19
6. Because I Love You (Club Mix) 5:22
7. Because I Love You (Bootleg Mix Short) 3:20
8. Because I Love You (Bootleg Mix) 5:37
9. Because I Love You (Elektrofachgeschäft Mix Short) 3:11
10. Because I Love You (Elektrofachgeschäft Mix) 5:10
11. Because I Love You (Rocco & Bass T's Jump Mix) 5:12
12. Because I Love You (DJ Kaya Remix) 6:16
13. Because I Love You (Flip & Fill Remix) 5.28

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	58
German Singles Chart	72
German Dance Chart	1

Other versions

In 1992, saxophonist Richard Elliot

Richard Elliot

Richard Elliot is a Scottish-born saxophone player.He was a member of the funk band Tower of Power playing tenor sax for 5 years during the 1980s. He also worked on Stacy Lattisaw's 1986 album "Take Me All The Way". His solo career took off when he remade the Percy Sledge classic "When a Man...

 covered the song from his album "Soul Embrace."

In 2002, German disc jockey and electronic music producer Marko Albrecht

Marko Albrecht

Marko Albrecht known most notably by his DJ pseudonym Mark 'Oh, is a German disc jockey and electronic music producer who burst onto the German music scene with his hit single "Randy - Never Stop That Feeling", which remained in the German charts for a long time. His next release "Love Song" went...

(mostly known as Mark 'Oh) covered this song in his single album "Because I Love You [Mark'Oh meets Digital Rockers]".