I'm Still in Love with You (Al Green song)

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"I'm Still in Love with You"
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Single by Al Green
from the album I'm Still in Love with You
B-side "Old Time Lovin'"
ReleasedJuly 1972 [1]
Genre Soul
Length3:16
Label Hi Records
Songwriter(s) Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr, Willie Mitchell
Al Green singles chronology
"Look What You Done for Me"
(1972)
"I'm Still in Love with You"
(1972)
"Guilty"
(1972)

"I'm Still in Love with You" is a song originally recorded by Al Green. Released from the album of the same title, the single spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in August 1972. It also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart that same year. It would eventually sell over one million copies and is considered one of his most popular songs. [2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 59 song for 1972. [3]

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Chart positions

Charts (1973)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1

Cover versions

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References

  1. "New Radio Action and Billboard Picks Singles". Billboard. July 1, 1972. p. 54.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 237.
  3. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 414.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 182.