I Forgot

2001 single by Lionel Richie

"I Forgot"

Single by Lionel Richie

from the album Renaissance

Released

11 June 2001 (UK) ^[1]

Length

4:58

Label

Island Def Jam

Songwriter(s)

Lionel Richie
Patrice Guirao
Pascal Obispo

Lionel Richie singles chronology

"Tender Heart"
(2001)

"I Forgot"
(2001)

"Cinderella"
(2001)

"I Forgot" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. An English language version of the French song "L'important c'est d'aimer" (1999), originally written and performed by Pascal Obispo, it was adpated by Richie and Patrice Guirao for his sixth studio album Renaissance (2000) and appeared on several selected versions of the album. The song was released as the album's third single in Belgium and France, also serving as Renaissance's fourth single in United Kingdom. It peaked at number 18 in the Wallonian region of Belgium and reached the top forty of the UK Singles Chart.^[2]^[3]

Track listings

CD maxi single^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Forgot" (Radio Edit)	Lionel Richie Patrice Guirao Pascal Obispo	Richie	3:16
2.	"Still" (Live)	Richie	James Anthony Carmichael Wolfe^[a]	5:16
3.	"Don't Stop the Music" (Extended Album Version)	Richie Paul Barry Mark Taylor	Taylor Brian Rawling	6:12

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Patrice Guirao – writer
Pascal Obispo – writer
Lionel Richie – vocals, writer

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[2]	18
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	34

References

^ "Lionel Richie singles".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lionel Richie – I Forgot" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Lionel Richie: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
^ Renaissance (booklet). Lionel Richie. Island Def Jam. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)