| "I Love You" | ||||
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 British single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Climax Blues Band | ||||
| from the album Flying the Flag | ||||
| B-side | "Horizontalized" [1] | |||
| Released | February 14, 1981 [1] | |||
| Genre | Soft rock [2] [3] | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records [1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Derek Holt [1] | |||
| Producer(s) | John Ryan [1] | |||
| Climax Blues Band singles chronology | ||||
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"I Love You" is a song by the Climax Blues Band, released as a single in 1980, from the album Flying the Flag. [4]
The song was the group second-biggest hit (after 1976's "Couldn't Get It Right"), entering the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1981, peaking at No. 12 in June, and spending 27 weeks on the chart, [5] and also reached No. 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [6]
"I Love You" was the 20th biggest hit of 1981. [7] On the Cash Box Top 100, "I Love You" peaked for two weeks at number 9. [8]
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Nicky Hopkins played electric piano throughout the whole song; string arrangements were provided by David Campbell.
"I Love You" song was covered by American band Lazlo Bane for their 2007 album Guilty Pleasures . [14]
It was covered by the band Nine Days for the soundtrack album to the film The New Guy , and by the band Tesla for their 2011 acoustic album Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions .
"I Love You" was also covered by the band the H Factor, and was released as a single, from their 1989 sole eponymous album. Two members of the H Factor, Pete Haycock and Derek Holt, were members of the Climax Blues Band before forming the H Factor with Steve Hunter. Holt also recorded his own version of the song on the 1999 album After the Climax - I Love You.
The song is featured at the end scene of the 2002 Robin Tunney indie-comedy film Cherish
The song is featured in the closing credits of the 2008 Kevin Smith comedy film Zac and Miri Make a Porno
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