Love Is Me, Love Is You

Love Is Me, Love Is You is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and first recorded by Connie Francis.

After Petula Clark had made her sensational # 1 US singles debut in early 1965 with Downtown and scored a # 2 follow-up with I Know a Place, Connie Francis was eager to work with Clark's main composer and producer Tony Hatch. They met on May 26, 1965 at Philips Studios Stanhope Place in London for a three song session which produced a cover version of Connie Smith's 1964 smash Once a Day, the song Roundabout (previously recorded by Petula Clark but unreleased at the time) and Love Is Me, Love Is You.

The session notes list two versions of the song, referred to as "US version" and "UK version". Both versions share a very similar orchestral arrangement with only slight differences, but make decidedly different use of the background choir. On the US version, the choir doo-wops during the chorus while on the UK version the choire sings the lyrics along with Connie Francis.

In the UK, Love Is Me, Love Is You failed to chart despite being featured on two different single releases, and in the US, it stalled at # 66 on the Hot 100. Nevertheless, it became one of Francis' best selling songs in the second half of the 1960 with subsequent cover versions in

• German as Er ist mein (unreleased until 1988)
• Italian as Cosa c'è che non va (B-Side of her Italian # 1 smash Dove non so)
• Japanese as 恋はみんなのもの (Koi Wa Minna No Mono)
• Spanish as Amor soy yo, amor eres tú, a. k. a. El sabor del amor.

After the Francis success, Love Is Me, Love Is You became one of the most recorded songs of 1966 with cover versions in several different languages, among others in

• Chinese (Mandarin) by Rita Chao (Love Is Me, Love Is You)
• English by Jackie Trent
• Finnish by Kristiina Hautala (Kenen syy, kenen syy)
• French as L'amour vient, l'amour va by Chantal Pary (for the French Market)
• French as Moi, je t'aime – toi, tu m'aimes by Fernande Dauth (for the Canadian Market)
• German as Ein mal eins (1 x 1) by Wenche Myhre and by Gaby Vesper
• Dutch as Liefde smeult, liefde groeit, liefde bloeit, liefde stoeit by Milly Scott
• Swedish as Rött är rött, svart på vitt by Lill-Babs.

References

• Feddersen, Jan: Connie Francis, companion book to 5 CD retrospective "Lass mir die bunten Träume", Bear Family Records BCD 15 786 EI, Hambergen 1994
• Francis, Connie and others: Souvenirs, companion book to 4 CD retrospective "Souvenirs", Polydor (New York) 1995, Kat.-Nr. 314 533 382-2
• Roberts, Ron: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1973, Fan club project from 1973, revised editions 1979 und 1983
• Weize, Richard: Connie Francis, companion book to 8 LP retrospective "Connie Francis in Deutschland", Bear Family Records BFX 15 305, Hambergen/Vollersode 1988
• Connie Francis discography (Fan Project)