I Love You (Cliff Richard song)

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"I Love You"
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Single by Cliff Richard and The Shadows
B-side "'D' In Love" (Tepper-Bennett) [1]
Released25 November 1960
Recorded9 September 1960
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop
Length2:02
Label Columbia 45-DB4547 [2]
Songwriter Bruce Welch [2]
Producer Norrie Paramor [2]
Cliff Richard and The Shadows singles chronology
"Nine Times Out of Ten"
(1960)		"I Love You"
(1960)		"Catch Me"
(1961)

"I Love You" is the fourth UK number-one hit single (and the second of the 1960s) by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It was written by the Shadows' rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch. [2]

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Released in November 1960, it was a Christmas No. 1 and stayed at the chart summit for two weeks, [2] although unlike Richard's later Christmas No. 1 singles ("Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day"), it did not carry a traditional holiday theme. The song also reached No. 1 in New Zealand. [3] and also India (The Voice, Calcutta).

It took until 1977 before another song entitled "I Love You" entered the UK Singles Chart. It was recorded by Donna Summer. [2] [4]

Track listing

  1. "I Love You" – 2:02
  2. "'D' in Love" – 2:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1960–61)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 78
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] 49
Germany (GfK) [8] 34
India (The Voice, Calcutta)1
Ireland (Evening Herald) [9] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 6
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) [3] 1
Norway (VG-lista) [11] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 20
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 1

References

  1. ↑ "Cliff Richard And The Shadows* - I Love You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 25 November 1960. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 54. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  3. 1 2 "Lever Hit Parade". flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 539. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-44439-5.
  6. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name.
  9. ↑ "Irish Top Ten". Evening Herald . 29 December 1960.
  10. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You". VG-lista.
  12. ↑ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  13. ↑ "Cliff Richard Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.


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