On the R&B chart (“Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs” a/k/a “Hot Black Singles” at the time), it reached #22.
La La (La Forrest Cope) had already been a songwriter, writing songs for other artists (including Whitney Houston via Kashif) before she was signed as a recording artist. That background likely influenced how “If You Love Me Just a Little” was conceived — she had experience in melody, lyric, structure.

- Matt Stringer, Former Executive VP of Marketing at Island, Arista, and Sony Records