I Wanna Love You (Akon song)

The track originally had Akon as a featured artist and was performed by rapper Plies from Fort Myers, Florida, but his verse was replaced by Snoop's and his name has been left out from the writers' credits.

In the edited version of the song, the word "fuck" is replaced with "love", and a line in the chorus ("I see you winding and grinding, up on that pole") is rewritten as "up on the floor".

Florida rapper Plies was the original performer on this song, but Akon replaced his verses with those of Snoop Dogg's for commercial reasons.

Plies was arrested on July 2, 2006, for illegal gun possession while two of his people were charged with attempted murder after a shooting broke out at 238 West Nightclub in Gainesville, Florida.

In response, Plies' entourage started to fire at the crowd, resulting in the injury of five people with non-life-threatening wounds.

[3] Akon wished to continue to promote his song, but remained worried that the recent incident involving Plies would reflect poorly on his label.

The official remix features Tego Calderón and Snoop Dogg and is included in the album as an iTunes album-only bonus track.