I'm in You (song)

"I'm in You"
Single by Peter Frampton
from the album I'm in You
B-side "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)"
Released May 1977
Format 45 RPM
Recorded 1976
Genre Soft rock
Length 4:10
Label A&M
Writer(s) Peter Frampton
Producer(s) Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton singles chronology
"Do You Feel Like We Do"
(1976)		 "I'm in You"
(1977)		 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
(1977)

"I'm in You" is the hit title song released by Peter Frampton as a single from his album I'm in You, released in 1977. It rose to No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and in Canada, becoming his most successful single. The song was kept from reaching the top spot on Billboard by Andy Gibb's I Just Want to Be Your Everything. "I'm in You" is ranked as the 42nd biggest hit of 1977.

Writing and recording

"I'm in You" was written by Peter Frampton after returning to New York City from touring to record his live album Frampton Comes Alive! in 1976.

The song is about Frampton being recently separated from his first wife, the model Mary Lovett.

The song was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Frampton demanded that bodyguards keep overzealous fans from disturbing his recording sessions.

This title song is mostly a keyboard driven number, featuring background vocals from Mick Jagger, with the sound of a Baldwin Piano, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, Gibson Les Paul, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion and vocals. It is therefore omitted from the setlist of his live performances of "Frampton's Guitar Circus," in spite of being his greatest hit.

The song was the inspiration for the song "I Have Been In You" by Frank Zappa, which appeared on his 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti. When Zappa would perform the song live he would make reference to the crowd about this record and tease Frampton and ask the audience "Is this guy kidding"?[1] A 13-minute version of the song appears on the posthumous release Hammersmith Odeon.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia KMR [2] 9
Canada RPM [3] 1
New Zealand [4] 13
UK [5] 41
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6] 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia [8] 65
Canada [9] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 42
U.S. Cash Box [11] 49

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Ben (1994). Frank Zappa: the Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play. Quartet. p. 353. ISBN 0-704-37066-2.
  2. ↑ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung (1977-03-13). "New Zealand charts portal". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ↑ "i%27m+in+you | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. 1977-07-30. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Australian-charts.com
  9. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ↑

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