| When Will You Say I Love You | |
| Cover: | Billy Fury When Will You Say I Love You.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Billy Fury |
| B-Side: | All I Wanna Do Is Cry |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 26 September 1962[2] |
| Studio: | Decca Studios, London |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Decca |
| Producer: | Mike Smith |
| Prev Title: | Like I've Never Been Gone |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | In Summer |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
"When Will You Say I Love You" is a song by English singer Billy Fury, released as a single in May 1963. It peaked at number 3 on the Record Retailer Top 50.
"When Will You Say I Love You" was written by Alan Fielding, who had previously written another Fury hit "Last Night Was Made for Love". The B-side, "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" was written by David Battaglia and Johnny Brandon and had originally been released by America R&B singer Billy Bland in January 1962.[3]
Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that "When Will You Say I Love You" "opens as if it's going to be a fast piano concerto. But soon slides into a familiar lazy beat for another hit ballad", with Fury singing "the lyrics romantically with those undertones of Presley which seem to be doing him a lot of good commercially nowadays".[1] In New Record Mirror, it was described as "a good song with a good tune and a very good lyric. Medium tempo, with a different approach that seems fresh for a change".[4]
7": Decca / F 11655
| Chart (1963) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Disc Top 30[5] | 5 | |
| UK Melody Maker Pop 50[6] | 4 | |
| UK New Musical Express Top 30[7] | 5 | |
| UK Record Retailer Top 50[8] | 3 |