I Love You More Today

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"I Love You More Today"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album I Love You More Today
B-side "Bad Girl"
ReleasedApril 14, 1969
Genre Country
Length2:33
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) L. E. White
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie"
(1968)
"I Love You More Today"
(1969)
"To See My Angel Cry"
(1969)

"I Love You More Today" is a song written by L. E. White, [1] and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in April 1969 as the first single and title track from the album I Love You More Today. The song was Twitty's second number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the country chart. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

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References

  1. "Cover versions of I Love You More Today by Conway Twitty | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 360.
  3. "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.