| Whatever I Say Means I Love You | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Donna Fargo |
| Cover: | Donna Fargo-Whatever I Say Means I Love You.jpg |
| Released: | July 1975 |
| Recorded: | June – October 1974 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Dot |
| Producer: | Stan Silver |
| Prev Title: | Miss Donna Fargo |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | On the Move |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
Whatever I Say Means I Love You is the fifth studio album released by American country artist Donna Fargo. The album was released in July 1975 on Dot Records and was produced by Stan Silver. It was Fargo's final album for the Dot label and produced four singles between 1975 and 1976 that each charted on the Billboard country music chart.
Whatever I Say Means I Love You was recorded in a series of sessions between April and October 1974. The first session in April recorded the song "What Will the New Year Bring". The sessions in June and October of that year produced the album's final tracks. Whatever I Say Means I Love You was recorded at the Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, Fargo's first release to be recorded at this particular studio.[1] The album consisted of eleven tracks of material, all of which were written by Fargo herself. The album's themes related to that of optimism and happiness, with tracks such as "Hello Little Bluebird", "Sing, Sing, Sing", and "Hip on Happiness". Whatever I Say Means I Love You was released as an LP record with six songs on the album's "A" side of the record and five songs on the album's "B" side. It has not been reissued on a compact disc since its original release.[2]
Whatever I Say Means I Love You spawned its first single "Hello Little Bluebird" in June 1975. The song became the album's only major hit, reaching #14 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart[3] and #8 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart.[4] The title track was the album's second single and peaked at #38 on the Billboard country chart, followed by the album's eighth track "What Will the New Year Bring" in September 1975, which peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart. It spawned its fourth and final single "You're Not Charlie Brown" in February 1976, which reached #60 on the country chart, becoming Fargo's lowest charting single up to that point.[3] The album was officially released in July 1975 and peaked at #28 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart, Fargo's first album to peak outside of the country Top 10.[5]
The album was reviewed retrospectively by Allmusic and received two and a half out of five stars, Fargo's lowest rating from the website.
All songs composed by Donna Fargo.
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1975 | "Hello Little Bluebird" | 14 | 8 |
| "Whatever I Say (Means I Love You)" | 38 | — | |
| "What Will the New Year Bring" | 58 | — | |
| 1976 | "You're Not Charlie Brown" | 60 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||