| I Really Love You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Stereos |
| B-Side: | Please Come Back to Me |
| Released: | July 1961 |
| Recorded: | 1961 |
| Genre: | R&B, Doo-wop |
| Length: | 2:16 |
| Label: | Cub |
| I Really Love You | |
| Cover: | I Really Love You.jpeg |
| Caption: | The Netherlands single sleeve of the song |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | George Harrison |
| Album: | Gone Troppo |
| B-Side: | Circles |
| Released: | 9 February 1983 |
| Genre: | Rhythm and blues, doo-wop |
| Length: | 2:54 |
| Label: | Dark Horse |
| Producer: | George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald |
| Prev Title: | Wake Up My Love |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | I Don't Want to Do It |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"I Really Love You" is a song written by Leroy Swearingen,[1] and originally recorded by his Steubenville, Ohio, vocal group called The Stereos[2] in 1961.
The lead singer on the original recording was Ronnie Collins. This song featured the percussion sounds of people walking in rhythm, first heard in the introduction, as well as between the verses and the Bridge section, and finally heard in the outro before the song's fade. The bass vocal is heard singing the doo wop nonsensical syllables, as well as the Bridge section of the song.
The record, issued on Cub Records, a subsidiary of MGM Records, reached number 29 on the Billboard Top 40 chart and number 15 on the R&B chart.
| Chart (1961) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 29 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides[4] | 15 |
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. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 550.