I'm Gonna Love You Too

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"I'm Gonna Love You Too"
I'm Gonna Love You Too by Buddy Holly US vinyl Side-A.png
Side A of US vinyl single
Single by Buddy Holly
B-side "Listen to Me"
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1958 (1958-02-05) [1]
RecordedJuly 12, 1957 [2]
Genre Rockabilly
Length2:13
Label Coral
Songwriter(s) Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty
Producer(s) Norman Petty
Buddy Holly singles chronology
"Love Me"
(1958)
"I'm Gonna Love You Too"
(1958)
"Rave On"
(1958)

"I'm Gonna Love You Too" is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957 [3] and released as a single in 1958. [4] It was covered 20 years later by American new wave band Blondie and released as the lead single in the U.S. from their multi-platinum 1978 album Parallel Lines . [5]

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Song history

There is controversy about the authorship of the song. Jerry Allison has stated that Buddy Holly was the actual author of the song. William Ruhlmann [6] noted:

The song is credited to Joe B. Mauldin, Holly's bass player; Norman Petty, his producer; and Nikki Sullivan, his sometime rhythm guitarist (who was not heard on the recording). There have long been questions about the songwriting credits assigned to the original songs Holly recorded, and Jerry Allison, his drummer, has gone on record stating that "I'm Gonna Love You Too" actually was written primarily by Holly, with Allison composing the bridge. Certainly the song sounds characteristic of the man who wrote "That'll Be the Day." It is another up-tempo number with an infectious tune and boastful lyrics that only thinly veil heartbreak.

Of the song's credited authors, two (Mauldin and Sullivan) were members of Holly's band The Crickets; the third, Petty, was Holly's first manager and also his recording engineer.

Holly included the song on his self-titled second album. [7] It was released as a single on Coral Records, but failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100. Holly continued to sell regionally in the upper midwest USA after his death and when rereleased, "I'm Gonna Love You Too" was a substantial 'regional' hit in Minneapolis and surrounding markets in 1964. When the song was recorded an actual cricket was in the studio. As the song is ending and fading out, you can hear the cricket chirp a couple of times.

Blondie version

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"I'm Gonna Love You Too"
Blondie - I'm Gonna Love You Too.jpg
Side A of US vinyl single of Blondie recording
Single by Blondie
from the album Parallel Lines
B-side
  • Just Go Away (US)
  • Fan Mail (Holland)
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded1978
Genre Rock and roll [8]
Length2:03
Label Chrysalis (US)
Songwriter(s) Joe B. Mauldin
Niki Sullivan
Norman Petty
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
"Picture This"
(1978)
"I'm Gonna Love You Too"
(1978)
"Hanging on the Telephone"
(1978)
Audio sample
I'm Gonna Love You Too