"I Like" is a song by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 singer Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson

Keri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...

. It was written and produced by German musicians David Jost & Robin Grubert and recorded by Hilson for the soundtrack for the German film Zweiohrküken

Zweiohrküken

Zweiohrküken is a 2009 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger...

(2009). The track was featured on a re-released edition of Hilson's 2009 studio album In a Perfect World...

In a Perfect World...

In a Perfect World... is the debut studio album of American singer-songwriter Keri Hilson, released March 24, 2009 on Zone 4. Originally planned for a 2007 release, it was pushed back numerous times into 2009, amid her label's budget issues and minor single releases...

. It debuted at Number 1 on the official German Top 100 Singles chart and was certified Gold after only one month. After its success in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, the song entered other charts in Mainland Europe.

Commercial use

In April 2010, The song was used in a commercial for the broadcasting of U.S. show 90210

90210 (TV series)

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 on the UK channel E4.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "I Like" was shot in October 2009 by Aaron Platt

Aaron Platt

Aaron Platt, , is an American film director and cinematographer residing in Los Angeles, California.Platt's body of work consists of cinematography for music videos, feature films and commercials and directing commercials and music videos....

. It premiered online on November 20, 2009, and shows Hilson dancing in front of different scenes, featuring incorporated clips from the Zweiohrküken film. Later, on December 24, 2009 it premiered another version of the video, the main difference was that the video didn't feature incorporated clips from the Zweiohrküken film.

Tracklistings and formats

German single

1. "I Like" (Jost & Grubert Radio Mix) - 3:38
2. "I Like" (Manhattan Clique
   Manhattan Clique
   The Manhattan Clique are producers, remixers and writers Philip Larsen and Chris Smith. Regular visitors to the higher reaches of the Music Week Club and Pop charts in the UK, plus the Billboard dance chart in the US, Manhattan Clique are equally at home with their more underground MHC guise as...
   
    Remix)

Australian & UK Digital Download

1. "I Like" (Jost & Grubert Radio Edit) - 3:38

Chart performance

On 21 December 2009 Media Control announced that the single had debuted at number 1 on the German Singles Chart. To date, it is her most successful single in Germany, peaking at number 1 for three non-consecutive weeks. It was certified Platinum there, selling over 300,000 copies. The single debuted on 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 ...

 at number 68 on 23 May 2010, and peaked at number 34.
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Chart (2009/2010)	Peak Position
Poland (Dance Top 50 Polish Dance Club Singles Chart The Polish Dance Club Singles Chart is a chart compiled by ZPAV from the most popular songs in the clubs. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the DJ Promotion and ZPAV website.... )	26
Poland (ZPAV Polish Music Charts The Polish Music Charts are two official album charts and seven singles charts in Poland, provided by ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . The first, the Top 100, is a monthly chart based on data received from the album companies... )	1
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	34
UK R&B Chart UK R&B Chart The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week...	15

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
European Hot 100 Singles	32
German Singles Chart	9
German Airplay Chart	2
Swiss Singles Chart	34
Austrian Singles Chart Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	17

Certifications

Country	Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
Germany IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	Platinum
Switzerland IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	Platinum

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Germany	December 11, 2009	CD single, Digital download	Interscope Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
United Kingdom	May 17, 2010	Digital download

See also

• List of number-one hits of 2009 and 2010 (Germany)