"I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)" is a 1993 song by American hip hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, released as the third single from their fifth studio album, Code Red. It peaked at #79 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song samples "Tell Me If You Still Care", a song sung by The S.O.S. Band and written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

"I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)"
Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
from the album Code Red
Released	November 8, 1993
Recorded	1992-1993
Genre	Hip hop, new jack swing, R&B
Length	3:40
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Will Smith, Martin Smith, Teddy Riley, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Teddy Riley
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince singles chronology
"Boom! Shake the Room" (1993) "I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)" (1993) "Can't Wait To Be With You" (1994)
Music video
"I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)" on YouTube

Critical reception

Music writer James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary, that here, the rappers are "moving back into the more laidback groove that first brought them Top 10 success in 1991 with Summertime and although probably destined not to be as big as the last hit, it stands a chance of becoming Top 20 next week."[1] Alan Jones from Music Week described it as "a slower rap track that samples the SOS Band's Tell Me If You Still Care, and includes some nice vocoder work." He added, "The more gentle style works well, and the Fresh Prince's rap nicely disses gangsta rap. Not another number one, but strong enough to reach the Top 10."[2] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update called it a "Teddy Riley produced languid Zapp-style vocodered sinuous thigh twiner".[3]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It was published on YouTube in October 2009. the video has amassed more than 1,6 million views as of September 2021.[4]

Track listing

Charts

References