"I Love You"
Single by Cliff Richard and The Shadows
B-side"'D' In Love" (Tepper-Bennett)[1]
Released25 November 1960
Recorded9 September 1960
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenrePop
Length2:02
LabelColumbia 45-DB4547[2]
Songwriter(s)Bruce Welch[2]
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[2]
Cliff Richard and The Shadows singles chronology
"Nine Times Out of Ten"
(1960)		 "I Love You"
(1960)		 "Catch Me"
(1961)

"I Love You" is the fourth UK number-one hit single (and the second of the 1960s) by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It was written by the Shadows' rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch.[2] Released in November 1960, it was a Christmas No. 1 and stayed at the chart summit for two weeks,[2] although it did not carry a traditional holiday theme. The song also reached No. 1 in New Zealand.[3] and also India (The Voice, Calcutta).

It took until 1977 before another song entitled "I Love You" entered the UK Singles Chart. It was recorded by Donna Summer.[2][4]

Track listing

  1. "I Love You" – 2:02
  2. "'D' in Love" – 2:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1960–61) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 78
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] 49
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 34
India (The Voice, Calcutta) 1
Ireland (Evening Herald)[9] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 6
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[3] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 1

References

  1. ↑ "Cliff Richard And The Shadows* - I Love You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 25 November 1960. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 54. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. 1 2 "Lever Hit Parade". flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 539. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  6. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ↑ "Irish Top Ten". Evening Herald. 29 December 1960.
  10. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ↑ "Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I Love You". VG-lista.
  12. ↑ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  13. ↑ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.


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