2010Released
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Enrique Iglesias gets down and dirty on this song; the unabridged title is "Tonight (I'm F--kin' You)." The song finds the Spanish superstar making a somewhat crude offer to a lady, as he sings: Please excuse me I don't mean to be rude But tonight I'm f--king you He admitted to MTV News: "It's a little bit dirtier and raunchier than the things I've done in the past, but I like it. That's what I feel. I felt good about it. "I thought it was a strong statement... to say in a song, but it's fun," he added. "It's probably what a lot of guys and girls think about at times, but they don't have the guts to say. It's pretty straightforward. Music has become so direct and you can say whatever you want, which is cool. At the end of the day, it's just a song — you don't have to take it seriously. You can have fun with it."

Ludacris is featured on this track, spicing it up with his signature flow. Enrique Iglesias had been getting diminishing returns since his 2001 album Escape, but his Euphoria album got him back on track with a modern EDM sound and some prominent guests. The first single from the album was "I Like It," featuring Pitbull, a huge hit. The next single, "Heartbeat," features Nicole Scherzinger. Another track, "Dirty Dancer," has contributions from Usher and Lil Wayne.

The song was written by Jacob Luttrell and Lauren Christy, with additional lyrics by Iglesias; Ludacris wrote his rap. Luttrell's credits include "Walk It Out" by Jennifer Hudson and "Gangsta" by Kehlani; Christy had a bunch of hits as part of the songwriting team The Matrix, including "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne and "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" by Jason Mraz. Iglesias' label sent him the demo of the song. "I listened to it, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is a massive song. I need to record this song now,'" he told People. "I never geel that urge, especially when it's a song that I haven't written. But to me it was a perfectly written song in the sense that when it got to the chorus, you didn't pay so much attention to the F-word.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Tonight (I'm Lovin' You).
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MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
126BPM

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Universal Music Group International
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℗ 2011 Universal International Music B.V.

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