I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song) explained

I Like It Like That
Cover:	I Like It Like That cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The Dave Clark Five
Album:	I Like It Like That
B-Side:	Hurting Inside
Released:	1965 (Chris Kenner version June 1961)
Genre:	Pop rock
Label:	Epic 9811
Producer:	Adrian Clark (pseudonym of Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge)
Prev Title:	Reelin' and Rockin'
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Catch Us If You Can
Next Year:	1965

"I Like It Like That" is a song by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint,^[1] first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.^[2] It was kept from the No.1 spot by "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis.^[3] This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'".^[4] The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".

Cover versions

• In The Dave Clark Five's 1965 version, all the lyrics are sung. It charted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[5] Cash Box said that the Dave Clark Five play "the pulsating teen-angled terpsichorean-themed affair in a contagious warm-hearted bluesy style".^[6] Record World called it a "very tough rendition."^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=634274&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID "I Like It Like That," BMI Repertoire
2. Web site: Chris Kenner Billboard Singles . . December 20, 2010.
3. The Hot 100 Chart. .
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 320.
5. Web site: The Dave Clark Five Billboard Singles . . December 20, 2010.
6. CashBox Record Reviews . June 19, 1965 . 12 . 2022-01-12 . Cash Box.
7. Singles Reviews. Record World. June 19, 1965. 8. 2023-07-21.