I Wanna B with U
1995 single by Fun Factory
"I Wanna B with U" is a song by German Eurodance band Fun Factory, released on 18 April 1995, by various labels, as the first single from the band's second album, Fun-Tastic (1995). The song was written by Zoltan Bender, Toni Cottura and Rodney Hardison. It was a top-10 hit in Canada, while in Europe, it was a top-20 hit in Austria (18), Finland (12) and Germany (11). In the US, "I Wanna B with U" peaked at numbers 45 and 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It remains one of their most successful songs and their biggest hit in the US. The track was released with remixes by Mousse T, Sequential One and Simon Harris.
Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard magazine felt that songs like "I Wanna B with U" "are dance music in its purest and celebratory form." A reviewer from Music Week gave it a score of four out of five, writing, "A reggae-flavoured, summery song with the oft-repeated title line providing a great hook. Certain to make radio playlists, with big sales to follow." Rupert Howe from NME was less enthustiastic, saying, "Fun Factory may look like yet another instant melting-pot-noodle of a Eurobeat combo along the lines of Clock/Corona/The Real McCoy etc, but in a trick of Faustian proportions turn out to be merely a horrible tuneless facsimile of the already horrible and tuneless Ace of Base." James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "plaintive girl chanted and gruff chaps rapped Euro reggae lurcher" in his weekly dance column.
Music video
The accompanying music video for "I Wanna B with U" was directed by Frank Paul Husmann-Labusga, featuring the band performing at a garden party in a suburban area, and produced by Music In Motion GmbH. It also has a storyline of an elderly couple working in their garden who are disturbed by the music from their neighbor's party with Fun Factory. Eventually, the wife begins to dance to the music, much to her husband's annoyance. But by the time the video ends, they both dances to the music from the garden party.
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