| "Baby I Love You" | ||||
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| Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| from the album Aretha Arrives | ||||
| B-side | "Going Down Slow" | |||
| Released | July 1, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Studios (New York, NY) [1] | |||
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| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ronnie Shannon | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby I Love You" is a popular song by R&B singer Aretha Franklin. [4] The only single release from her Aretha Arrives album in 1967, the song was a huge hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and spending two weeks at number-one on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. In the UK, the song rose to number 39 in August 1967, spending four weeks on the chart. [5] It was featured in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas . [6] A live performance appears on the album Aretha in Paris (1968).
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Georgian songwriter Ronnie Shannon, newly arrived in Detroit, met Franklin's husband and manager Ted White by chance at a barbershop. [7] White requested Shannon write some songs specifically for Franklin. Shannon delivered "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Baby I Love You"—two tremendous successes. [8]
Billboard described the single as a "driving rocker" that is "brought to life in this electric performance by Miss Franklin." [2]
