| "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | ||||
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| Single by Jim Croce | ||||
| from the album I Got a Name | ||||
| B-side | Salon and Saloon | |||
| Released | March 1974 | |||
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Country folk Folk–Pop |
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| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | ABC Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Jim Croce | |||
| Producer | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
| Jim Croce singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" is the title of a posthumously released single by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. The song was written by Croce and was originally found on his album I Got a Name.
Croce was killed in a small-plane crash in September 1973, the same week that his studio album I Got a Name was released. Following the delayed release of a song from Croce's previous album ("Time in a Bottle") in late 1973, "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" was chosen as the second single released from the singer's final studio album. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974, becoming Croce's fifth Top 10 hit.[1] In addition, the song went to #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached #68 on the Billboard country music chart, Croce's only song to chart on this survey.[2]
Croce wrote the song in early 1973 when he arrived home and got into a disagreement with his wife, Ingrid. Instead of arguing with her, Ingrid has stated that Croce "went downstairs, and he started to play, like he always did when he wrote...the next morning, he came up early in the morning and sang it to me."[2]
This song is noted for the use of male backup singers, as well as a string section, that plays a counterpoint melody during the concluding instrumental.
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7" Single (ABC-11424)[3]
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Year-end charts
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| Preceded by "Keep On Singing" by Helen Reddy |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single April 27, - May 3, 1974 |
Succeeded by "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB featuring The Three Degrees |
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