I Do (Lisa Loeb Song)

I Do (Lisa Loeb Song)

"I Do" is a song by Lisa Loeb from her album Firecracker, recorded in 1997. The song is also featured on The Very Best of Lisa Loeb.

On the surface, the song seems to be about "the realization that a person isn't right for you, that the relationship has gone bad". However, the real intention of the song is quite different according to the liner notes for The Very Best of Lisa Loeb: "We were almost finished recording the album, Firecracker, and the record company told us that we still needed a single. I decided to write a song that sounded like a song about a relationship but was actually about the record company not 'hearing' a single on the record already. You can hear it in the lyrics, 'You can't hear it, but I do.' The song ended up being an expression of strength and power even when someone's not treating you right."

The song was warmly greeted by Billboard who called the melody and chorus "nothing short of pure pop bliss." The single is Loeb's second most successful single in the U.S. to date, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single also peaked at #3 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart, #11 on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart, #8 on Billboard's Top 40 Adult Recurrents chart, and #22 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.