"I Like It Like That" | ||||
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Single by The Dave Clark Five | ||||
from the album I Like It Like That | ||||
B-side | "Hurting Inside" | |||
Released | 1965 (Chris Kenner version June 1961) | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Epic 9811 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Kenner, Allen Toussaint | |||
Producer(s) | Adrian Clark (pseudonym of Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge) | |||
The Dave Clark Five singles chronology | ||||
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"I Like It Like That" is a song by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint, [1] first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. [2] It was kept from the No.1 spot by "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis. [3] This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'". [4] The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".
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