I Love Me Some Him

{{Infobox song | name = I Love Me Some Him | cover = Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To - I Love Me Some Him.jpg | alt = | caption = US CD maxi-single; US standard CD single uses different background color | type = single | artist = [[Toni Braxton]] | album = [[Secrets (Toni Braxton album)|Secrets]] | A-side = [[I Don't Want To]] | B-side = "[[Un-Break My Heart]]" ([[Billboard Music Award|Billboard Award]] Show Version) | released = March 11, 1997 | recorded = 1996 | studio = Middle Ear Studio (Miami Beach, FL)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Secrets |type=liner notes |others=[[Toni Braxton]] |publisher=[[LaFace Records]] |year=1996 |id=73008-26020-2}}</ref> | venue = | genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] | length = 5:09 | label = [[LaFace Records|LaFace]] | writer = [[Andrea Martin (musician)|Andrea Martin]], Gloria Stewart, [[Kenneth Karlin]], [[Carsten Schack]] | producer = [[Soulshock & Karlin]] | prev_title = [[Un-Break My Heart]] | prev_year = 1996 | title = [[I Don't Want To]] | title2 = I Love Me Some Him | next_title = [[How Could an Angel Break My Heart]] | next_year = 1997 }}

"'''I Love Me Some Him'''" is a song by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Toni Braxton]] from her second studio album, ''[[Secrets (Toni Braxton album)|Secrets]]'' (1996). Written by [[Andrea Martin (musician)|Andrea Martin]] and Gloria Stewart and produced by the Danish duo [[Soulshock & Karlin]], the song was released as the [[A-side and B-side|flipside]] to the album's third [[single (music)|single]], "[[I Don't Want To]]", solely in the United States, while international versions of "I Don't Want To" did not include "I Love Me Some Him".

"I Love Me Some Him" was a major R&B [[airplay (radio)|airplay]] hit during the course of 1997, reaching the top position of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and while there was no [[music video]] filmed for it, it has become one of Braxton's most requested singles. As such, it was included on her 2003 singles collection ''[[Ultimate Toni Braxton]]''.

==Track listings and formats== ;U.S. double A-side CD single with "I Don't Want To" / Cassette Single #"[[I Don't Want To]]" (Album Version) – 4:17 #"I Love Me Some Him" (Album Version) – 5:09

;U.S. double A-side CD maxi single with "I Don't Want To" #"I Don't Want To" (Album Version) – 4:17 #"I Don't Want To" ([[Frankie Knuckles]] Club Mix) – 10:57 #"I Don't Want To" (Instrumental) – 4:19 #"I Love Me Some Him" (Album Version) – 5:09 #"[[Un-Break My Heart]]" ([[Billboard Music Award|Billboard Award]] Show Version) – 4:12

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+Weekly chart performance for "I Love Me Some Him" !scope="col"| Chart (1997) !scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|19|artist=Toni Braxton|rowheader=true|note=with "I Don't Want To"|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} |- {{singlechart|Billboarddancesales|2|artist=Toni Braxton|rowheader=true|note=with "I Don't Want To"|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|9|artist=Toni Braxton|rowheader=true|note=with "I Don't Want To"|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|28|artist=Toni Braxton|rowheader=true|note=with "I Don't Want To"|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrhythmic|33|artist=Toni Braxton|rowheader=true|note=with I Don't Want To"|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} |} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for "I Love Me Some Him" !scope="col"| Chart (1997) !align="center"|Position |- ! scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1997 |access-date=2010-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611194337/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997 |archive-date=2009-06-11 }}</ref> |align="center"|59 |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:1996 songs]] [[Category:1997 singles]] [[Category:Toni Braxton songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Andrea Martin (musician)]] [[Category:Songs written by Soulshock]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Soulshock and Karlin]] [[Category:Songs written by Kenneth Karlin]] [[Category:LaFace Records singles]] [[Category:Contemporary R&B ballads]] [[Category:1990s ballads]]