I Love You So Much It Hurts

This article is about the song by Floyd Tillman. For the album by Ernst Reijseger and Franco D'Andrea, see I Love You So Much It Hurts (album). For the song by Kali Uchis, see ILYSMIH.

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Single by Floyd Tillman
B-side	"I'll Take What I Can Get"
Released	c. July 1948 [1]
Genre	Folk
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman singles chronology
"Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" (1946) "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (1948) "Please Don't Pass Me By" (1949)

"I Love You So Much It Hurts" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1948. His version reached number 6 on the Folk Best Seller charts and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the chart. ^[2]

Notable cover versions

• In 1948, Jimmy Wakely had his second number one on the Folk Best Seller chart with his version of the song. Wakely's version spent a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart and four non-consecutive weeks at the top. ^[3]
• In 1949, the Mills Brothers recorded a version of the song which reached number eight on the Race Records chart and number eight on the pop chart. ^[4]

Other versions

• Charlie Gracie in 1957
• Patsy Ann Noble in 1960
• Bob Luman in 1960, on the album Let's Think About Livin'
• Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1961, on the album Tennessee Ernie Ford Looks At Love
• Patsy Cline in 1961, on the album Patsy Cline Showcase
• Ray Charles in 1962, on the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
• George Morgan/Marion Worth in 1964, on the album Slippin' Around
• Kid Thomas Valentine in 1968 on his album At Kohlman's Tavern, Algiers, La.
• Don Gibson in 1968 for his album I Love You So Much It Hurts. ^[5]
• Andy Williams in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind
• R. Stevie Moore in 1986 on his album, Glad Music
• John Prine in 1995, on the album Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
• Merle Haggard in 2002, on the album The Peer Sessions
• Madeleine Peyroux in 2013, on the album The Blue Room

References

1. "Best Selling Retail Folk Records". Billboard: 28. July 10, 1948.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 349.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 367.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 402.
5. "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.