"I Love You" is a song by the Climax Blues Band, released as a single in 1980, from the album Flying the Flag.[4]
| "I Love You" | ||||
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 British single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Climax Blues Band | ||||
| from the album Flying the Flag | ||||
| B-side | "Horizontalized"[1] | |||
| Released | February 14, 1981[1] | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[2][3] | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Derek Holt[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | John Ryan[1] | |||
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Chart performance edit
The song was the group second-biggest hit (after 1976's "Couldn't Get It Right"), entering the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1981, peaking at No. 12 in June, and spending 27 weeks on the chart,[5] and also reached No. 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[6]
"I Love You" was the 20th biggest hit of 1981.[7] On the Cash Box Top 100, "I Love You" peaked for two weeks at number 9.[8]
Weekly singles charts edit
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Credits edit
Nicky Hopkins played electric piano throughout the whole song; string arrangements were provided by David Campbell.
Other versions edit
"I Love You" song was covered by American band Lazlo Bane for their 2007 album Guilty Pleasures.[14]
It was covered by the band Nine Days for the soundtrack album to the film The New Guy, and by the band Tesla for their 2011 acoustic album Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions.
"I Love You" was also covered by the band the H Factor, and was released as a single, from their 1989 sole eponymous album. Two members of the H Factor, Pete Haycock and Derek Holt, were members of the Climax Blues Band before forming the H Factor with Steve Hunter. Holt also recorded his own version of the song on the 1999 album After the Climax - I Love You.
In popular culture edit
The song is featured at the end scene of the 2002 Robin Tunney indie-comedy film Cherish
The song is featured in the closing credits of the 2008 Kevin Smith comedy film Zac and Miri Make a Porno
References edit
- ^ a b c d e I Love You (Credits). Climax Blues Band. Warner Bros. Records. 1980.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "25 Years 1968-1993 - The Climax Chicago Blues Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ Pierre Perrone (2013-11-22). "Pete Haycock: Guitarist with the Climax Blues Band who went on to write film music for John Badham and Franc Roddam - Obituaries - News". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ Climax Blues Band, Flying the Flag Retrieved April 5, 2014
- ^ "Climax Blues Band - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ Climax Blues Band, "I Love You" Chart Positions Retrieved April 5, 2014
- ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1981". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 6/20/81". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 66. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1981". Cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Lazlo Bane's Guilty Pleasures". cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
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