I Love You So (song)

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"I Love You So"
Single by the Walters
from the EP Songs for Dads
ReleasedNovember 28, 2014 (2014-11-28)
Length2:40
Label
Producer(s) The Walters, Charles Ekhaus
The Walters singles chronology
"I Love You So"
(2014)		"Hunk Beach / I Wanna Be Good"
(2015)
Music video
"I Love You So" on YouTube

"I Love You So" is a song by American indie-pop band the Walters. It was released on November 28, 2014 from the band's debut EP Songs for Dads. In 2021, it went viral on video sharing app TikTok, where it has over half a million views, and gained over 1 billion streams on Spotify. [1] The song was included in the band's first EP after their 2021 reunion, Try Again, released in May 2022.

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Background

In 2017, the band performed in Lollapalooza, hereafter they announced the band temporarily disbanded. In mid-2021, the song started to become popular on TikTok, at that time the band's members reconnected together, and signed with Warner Records. In a press release, the band said: "'I Love You So'. This song kicked off our career and now it's the song that got the band back together". [2] About the internet meme on TikTok, the band told magazine Variety : "It was a sign from the universe, There's a reason why this song keeps coming back into our lives, and the TikTok virality was definitely the extra kick we needed to be like, 'Okay, let's give this another shot and let's try to make the most of it.'". [1]

Content

Warner Records CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck stated in an interview with Billboard : "I Love You So" is "a perfect and modern example of a great song, [...] The song is memorable upon first listen and timeless in its production so no surprise it has risen above the clutter to identify itself as a hit song". [3]

Remix

In January 2022, the band released a new remix version with King Henry. [4]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [5]

The Walters
Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "I Love You So"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] 2× Platinum160,000‡
France (SNEP) [24] Gold100,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [25] Gold10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [26] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [28] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "I Love You So"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 28, 2014
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 [29]
ItalyNovember 23, 2021 Contemporary hit radio Warner [30]
United StatesJanuary 18, 2022 [31]

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