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[11] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 20
U.S. Cash Box [13] 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.

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