| I Love You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Climax Blues Band |
| Album: | Flying the Flag |
| B-Side: | "Horizontalized"[1] |
| Released: | February 14, 1981 |
| Genre: | Soft rock[2] [3] |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | John Ryan |
| Prev Title: | Gotta Have More Love |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Darlin' |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"I Love You" is a song by the Climax Blues Band, released as a single in 1980, from the album Flying the Flag.[4]
The song was the group second-biggest hit (after 1976's "Couldn't Get It Right"), entering the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1981, peaking at No. 12 in June, and spending 27 weeks on the chart,[5] and also reached No. 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[6]
"I Love You" was the 20th biggest hit of 1981.[7] On the Cash Box Top 100, "I Love You" peaked for two weeks at number 9.[8]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[9] | ||
| Canadian RPM Top Singles[10] | 14 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [11] | 30 | |
| 12 | ||
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 20 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 9 |
| Chart (1981) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] | 20 | |
| U.S. Cash Box [13] | 46 |
Nicky Hopkins played electric piano throughout the whole song; string arrangements were provided by David Campbell.
"I Love You" song was covered by American band Lazlo Bane for their 2007 album Guilty Pleasures.[14]
It was covered by the band Nine Days for the soundtrack album to the film The New Guy, and by the band Tesla for their 2011 acoustic album Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions.
"I Love You" was also covered by the band the H Factor, and was released as a single, from their 1989 sole eponymous album. Two members of the H Factor, Pete Haycock and Derek Holt, were members of the Climax Blues Band before forming the H Factor with Steve Hunter. Holt also recorded his own version of the song on the 1999 album After the Climax - I Love You.
The song is featured at the end scene of the 2002 Robin Tunney indie-comedy film Cherish