I'd Love You to Want Me explained

I'd Love You to Want Me
Cover:	I'd_Love_You_to_Want_Me_-_Lobo.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Lobo
Album:	Of a Simple Man
B-Side:	Am I True to Myself
Released:	September 1972
Genre:	Folk rock, soft rock^[1]
Length:	4:04
Label:	Big Tree Records, UK Records
Producer:	Phil Gernhard
Prev Title:	A Simple Man
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
Next Year:	1972

"I'd Love You to Want Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lobo. It was released in September 1972 as the second single from his second album Of a Simple Man.

The song was Lobo's highest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it spent two weeks at No. 2 in November.^{[2] [3]} The single was the second of four of his songs to hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a one-week stay at that top spot in December 1972.^[4] It became a gold record.

When released in the United Kingdom in 1972, the song failed to reach the UK Singles Chart; however, a re-release of the single in 1974, on the UK record label, peaked at No. 5.^[5]

The song also topped the music charts in at least seven nations, including Australia (Kent Music Report, two weeks), Canada (RPM Magazine, one week), and Germany (Media Control Charts, 13 weeks in 1973–1974).

Cover versions

Many artists have covered the song. Among the most notable are the following:

• Dutch singer Dennis Jones (born Casper Janssen), covered it with Dutch lyrics titled "De Zon Die Zal Schijnen"; it stayed five weeks on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart in 2008, peaking at No. 48. The CD single also included a German version, "Du Bist Nicht Alleine", and the original English version "I'd Love You To Want Me".
• Brazilian pop trio KLB released a Portuguese version of the song in 2000, titled "Ela Não Está Aqui".
• Dutch-Spanish singer Tony Ronald released a cover and also a spanish version of the song, titled "Tú Sabes Que Te Amo".

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–74)	Peak position
Australia (KMR)	1
Brazil (IBOPE)^[6]	3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[7]	1
Denmark Singles Chart^[8]	5
France (IFOP)^[9]	10
Hong Kong (Radio Hong Kong)^[10]	1
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[11]	8
Malaysia (Rediffusion)^[12]	6
Mexico (Billboard)^[13]	7
New Zealand (Listener)^[14]	1
Puerto Rico (Billboard)^[15]	35
Singapore (Rediffusion)^[16]	1
South Africa Top 20^[17]	1
Spain (AFYVE)^[18]	6
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)^[19]	16
US Cash Box Top 100 ^[20]	1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)^[21]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Australia ^[22]	8
South Africa ^[23]	4

See also

• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1970s
• List of RPM number-one singles of 1972
• List of number-one hits of 1973 and 1974 (Germany)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny . Lobo | Biography . AllMusic . 1943-07-31 . 2014-03-04.
2. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
3. [Fred Bronson|Bronson, Fred]
4. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
5. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 326.
6. Hits of the World. Billboard. 89. 17 February 1973. 16 August 2024.
7. RPM. RPM100 Singles. 9 December 1972. 12 April 2020.
8. Web site: Danskehitlister.dk | Velkommen . Danskehitlister.dk.
9. Web site: Le Détail par Artiste . InfoDisc . 16 August 2024. Select "Lobo" from the artist drop-down menu . fr.
10. Hits of the World. Billboard. 60. 20 January 1973. 16 August 2024.
11. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 16 August 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Lobo".
12. Hits of the World. Billboard. 50. 3 February 1973. 16 August 2024.
13. Hits of the World. Billboard. 70. 4 November 1973. 16 August 2024.
14. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener . Flavourofnz.co.nz . 2016-10-07.
15. Hits of the World. Billboard. 70. 4 November 1973. 16 August 2024.
16. Hits of the World. Billboard. 60. 20 January 1973. 16 August 2024.
17. Web site: SA Top 20 Charts - Tag Archives: I'd Love You To Want Me . 22 February 2017 . 2017-04-28.
18. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 84-8048-639-2.
19. Book: Hallberg, Eric. Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. 1993. 130. 9163021404.
20. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 12/02/72. tropicalglen.com.
21. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
22. Web site: Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . 2016-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 . 2016-06-02 .
23. Web site: Top 20 Hit Singles of 1973. 2 September 2018.
24. Web site: Swiss Year-End Charts 1974 - swisscharts.com. swisscharts.com.