Produced by The Underdogs , " Love You I Do " was one of three '' Dreamgirls '' songs nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 79th Academy Awards ; the others were " Patience " and " Listen " . At the Academy Awards ceremony , Hudson performed " Love You I Do " as a duet with her co-star , Beyoncé Knowles . All three songs lost to " I Need to Wake Up " by Melissa Etheridge from the film '' An Inconvenient Truth '' . '' American Idol '' finalist Jessica Sanchez covered this song on the show
79th Academy Awards
79th Academy Awards
Love You I Do