Pretty Please (Love Me)

Album: Shine (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • This classic retro ode to love features Cee-Lo of Gnarls Barkley, who also has a songwriting credit. The other credited songwriters are Estelle, MC Jack Splash, John Legend and Drew Dixon. Splash, who also produced the track is Matt Kahane from the group Plantlife. Among his other credits are "Teenage Love Affair" by Alicia Keys and "All Dressed in Love" by Jennifer Hudson.
  • Splash also appears in the music video along with Aubrey O'Day from Danity Kane and the actors Jackie Long, Taraji P. Henson and Malik Yoba.

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