I Love You (Climax Blues Band song)

"I Love You"
Single by Climax Blues Band
from the album Flying the Flag
B-side "Horizontalized"[1]
Released 1980[1]
Format 7" single[1]
Genre Soft rock[2][3]
Length 4:01
Label Warner Bros. Records[1]
Writer(s) Derek Holt[1]
Producer(s) John Ryan[1]
Climax Blues Band singles chronology
"Gotta Have More Love"
(1980)		 "I Love You"
(1980)		 "Darlin'"
(1981)

"I Love You" is a song recorded by the Climax Blues Band in 1980. It was their second-biggest hit (after 1976's "Couldn't Get It Right"), entering the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1981, peaking at #12 in June, and spending 27 weeks on the chart.[4] It ended up being the 20th biggest hit of 1981.[5] On the Cash Box Top 100, "I Love You" peaked for two weeks at number 9.[6] The song also reached #20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7] The song was featured on their 1980 album, Flying the Flag.[8]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[9] 14
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [10] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 20
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 20
U.S. Cash Box [12] 46

Other versions

The song was covered by American band Lazlo Bane for their 2007 album Guilty Pleasures. It was also covered by the band Tesla for their 2011 acoustic album Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions.

Popular Culture

The song is featured at the end scene of the 2002 Robin Tunney indie-comedy film CHERISH.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 I Love You (Credits). Climax Blues Band. Warner Bros. Records. 1980.
  2. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "25 Years 1968-1993 - The Climax Chicago Blues Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  3. ↑ Pierre Perrone (2013-11-22). "Pete Haycock: Guitarist with the Climax Blues Band who went on to write film music for John Badham and Franc Roddam - Obituaries - News". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Climax Blues Band - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Top 100 Hits for 1981". Longboredsurfer.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. 1 2
  7. ↑ Climax Blues Band, "I Love You" Chart Positions Retrieved April 5, 2014
  8. ↑ Climax Blues Band, Flying the Flag Retrieved April 5, 2014
  9. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  10. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  12. ↑

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