Like I Do (Nancy Sinatra song)

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"Like I Do"
Single by Nancy Sinatra
B-side "To Know Him Is to Love Him"
Released 1962
Genre Pop
Length2:09
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Nancy Sinatra singles chronology
"Cuff Links and a Tie Clip"
(1961)
"Like I Do"
(1962)
"June, July, and August"
(1962)

"Like I Do" is a song that was first released in 1962 by Nancy Sinatra. The melody is an adaptation, by Dick Manning, of Amilcare Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda . [1] The song reached No. 2 in Italy, [2] No. 4 in the Netherlands, [3] No. 6 in Japan, [4] and No. 8 in South Africa. [5]

Later in 1962, Maureen Evans released a version of "Like I Do", which spent 18 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3, [6] while reaching No. 5 in Ireland, [7] and No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade". [8]

In December 1962, Japanese pop duo The Peanuts released a version of the song, which was titled in Japanese "Lemon No Kiss". [9] The song retained a small portion of the song's original English language lyrics, but the Japanese lyrics, written by Minami Kazumi, were completely different. [9]

Teresa Brewer released a version of the song titled "She'll Never, Never Love You (Like I Do)" in 1963. Brewer's version reached No. 122 on Billboard 's "Bubbling Under the Hot 100" [10] and No. 13 on Cash Box 's "Looking Ahead" chart of singles with potential of entering the Cash Box Top 100. [11]

Chart performance

Nancy Sinatra version
Chart (196263)Peak
position
Italy Musica e dischi [2] 2
Netherlands4
Japan6
South Africa8
Maureen Evans version
Chart (1963)Peak
position
UK Record Retailer3
Ireland – The Irish Times [7] 5
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade7

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