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DeBarge

I Like It

1982 · via LL Cool J

DeBarge’s 1982 recording of “I Like It” is the earliest release on file. Bunny DeBarge, El DeBarge and Randy DeBarge are credited as its writers. LL Cool J’s “Make It Hot” (1995) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

DeBarge – I Like It
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Flip "Make It Hot" over and you find DeBarge's "I Like It" underneath, with Bunny, El and Randy DeBarge all on the writing credit. Hear the 1982 record and the LL track starts to sound like a love letter to it.

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Credited writers: Bunny DeBarge, El DeBarge and Randy DeBarge.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

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LL Cool J’s “Make It Hot” (1995) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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