“I Like You (Two)” and So Does Barbados
Grateful Co’s first official release for 2025, I Like You (Two) arrived on April 25 with a simple, effective hook and a layered sense of wit—“I like you, and you and you, and you and you and you and you, I like you two.”
The phrasing does more than loop affection. Phonetically, it mirrors the inclusive phrase “I like you, too,” while visually nodding to something more complex—two, as in multiple, even conflicting, affections. It’s a clever double entendre that plays directly into the song’s theme of love, temptation, and the games we all hate to play but can’t help watching.
Written by Shana “Pull De Trigga” Hinds and produced by Barry Hill, the song features additional vocals by Indra and artwork by Danny Reid. One of its standout refrains—“many many many many many many many woman”—echoes Baby Cham’s iconic line from Slam (“Many many, many many many”), tying the song to a familiar sonic lineage while reworking it into something more tongue-in-cheek and reflective.
Grateful Co’s I Like You (Two) began with a quiet debut but quickly proved it had staying power. The track first entered the Apple Music (World) chart in Barbados at number 150 on April 26. Within three days, it had climbed to number 20. Through much of May, it held a firm position inside the chart’s top 15. Then, as temperatures rose in June, so did the track’s momentum. On June 23, it reached a new peak—landing at number 3 on the Barbados Apple Music (World) chart. That same day, it also broke into the country’s overall Apple Music Top 200, where it remains today.
Its rise reflects more than short-term curiosity; it suggests growing listener connection and repeat engagement on the island. In a sense, the chart trajectory itself can be read as Barbados responding in kind: we like you, too.
Outside of Barbados, the track has made modest appearances on Apple Music World charts in Saint Lucia, St. Vincent, Bermuda, and Guyana. In Canada, it has begun to earn radio airplay—a promising signal that with the right marketing and distribution push, I Like You (Two) may have the ingredients to travel even further.
Since the release of I Like You (Two), Grateful Co has followed up with five additional songs this season—bringing his 2025 output to six—but none have matched the resonance of this first entry. For now, it stands as a clear standout in a season full of new entries. A memorable hook, a knowing wink at genre tradition, and just enough cleverness to keep listeners engaged—sometimes that’s all it takes to rise above the noise.
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