"I Need You Tonight" is the second single released from Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s debut album, Conspiracy. The album version featured Faith Evans singing the chorus, while the single version featured Aaliyah singing instead.

Background

The track was produced by DJ Clark Kent, who sampled the Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song "I Wonder If I Take You Home" and the Patrice Rushen song "Remind Me".

Music video

The music video featured the members and Aaliyah holding a pool party at Kim's house while she flies to Colombia to negotiate a deal with a drug lord. Actor Thomas Mikal Ford of the sitcom Martin also makes a cameo appearance.

Reception

Though "I Need You Tonight" did not find the success of the album's other two singles, it did become a minor hit on three different Billboard charts, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, charting there for twelve weeks.^[1]

Single track listing

A-side

"I Need You Tonight" (extended radio mix) - 4:27
"I Need You Tonight" (extended dirty version) - 4:27
"I Need You Tonight" (instrumental) - 4:27

B-side

"Murder Onze" (radio version) - 4:21
"Murder Onze" (original version) - 4:21
"Murder Onze" (instrumental) - 4:21

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Need You Tonight"
Chart (1995-1996)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	66
UK Dance (OCC)^[3]	13
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[4]	3
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)^[5]	5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[6]	43
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)^[7]	12

References

^ devops (2013-01-02). "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
^ "Aaliyah Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
^ "Aaliyah Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
^ "Aaliyah Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
^ "Aaliyah Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2023.

v t e Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Lil' Cease Blake C (Trife) Banger (Larceny) Nino Brown Mr. Bristal Lil' Kim Chico Del Vec MC Klepto Capone Bugsy The Notorious B.I.G.
Studio albums	Conspiracy (1995) Riot Musik (2005)
Songs	"Player's Anthem" "I Need You Tonight" "Get Money"

v t e Aaliyah
Discography Songs Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Age Ain't Nothing but a Number One in a Million Aaliyah
Compilation albums	I Care 4 U Ultimate Aaliyah
Singles	"Back & Forth" "At Your Best (You Are Love)" "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" "Down with the Clique" "The Thing I Like" "Are You Ready?" "If Your Girl Only Knew" "Got to Give It Up" "One in a Million" "4 Page Letter" "The One I Gave My Heart To" "Hot Like Fire" "Journey to the Past" "Are You That Somebody?" "I Don't Wanna" "Try Again" "Come Back in One Piece" "We Need a Resolution" "Rock the Boat" "More Than a Woman" "Miss You" "I Care 4 U" "Don't Know What to Tell Ya" "Come Over" "Enough Said" "Poison"
Featured singles	"I Need You Tonight" "Live and Die for Hip Hop" "Up Jumps da Boogie" "Don't Think They Know"
Other songs	"Summer Bunnies (Summer Bunnies Contest Extended Remix)" "Your Body's Callin' (His & Hers Extended Remix)" "No One Knows How to Love Me Quite Like You Do" "Choosey Lover"
Related topics	R. Kelly Barry Hankerson Rashad Haughton Gladys Knight Death of Aaliyah Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
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