I Love You Drops (song)

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"I Love You Drops"
Single by Bill Anderson
from the album I Love You Drops
B-side "Golden Guitar"
ReleasedDecember 1965 (1965-12)
Recorded1965
Studio Bradley Studio
Genre
Length2:45
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Bill Anderson
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"Bright Lights and Country Music"
(1965)
"I Love You Drops"
(1965)
"I Get the Fever"
(1966)

"I Love You Drops" is a song written and first recorded by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released as a single in 1965 via Decca Records and became a major hit.

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Background and release

"I Love You Drops" was recorded in 1965 at the Bradley Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Owen Bradley, who would serve as Anderson's producer through most of years with Decca Records. Additional tracks were recorded at the session as well. [2]

"I Love You Drops" was released as a single by Decca Records in December 1965. [3] The song spent 24 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 4 in May 1966. "I Love You Drops" was Anderson's tenth single to reach the top ten in his career and his fifth to reach the top five. [4] It was later released on his 1966 studio album I Love You Drops . [2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single [5]

Chart performance

Chart (1965–1966)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 4

Cover versions

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References

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  2. 1 2 Anderson, Bill (August 1966). "I Love You Drops (Album Information and Liner Notes)". Decca Records .
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. ""I Love You Drops" chart history". Billboard . Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. "Bill Anderson -- "I Love You Drops" (1965, Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. "Bill Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 70.