I Love

"I Love"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album For the People in the Last Hard Town
B-side "Back When We Were Young"
Released October 29, 1973
Genre Country
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Tom T. Hall
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"Watergate Blues"
(1973)		 "I Love"
(1973)		 "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy"
(1974)

"I Love" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in October 1973 as the only single from the album, For the People in the Last Hard Town. The song would be Hall's most successful single becoming his fourth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent two weeks at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the chart.[1] "I Love" was Hall's only entry on the Top 40 peaking at number 12.[2]

References in popular culture

"I Love" was used, with altered lyrics, in a popular 2003 TV commercial for Coors Light.[3]

The song was used in the film For No Good Reason.

Chart performance

Chart (1973–1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7
Australian Go-Set Chart 35[4]

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 272.
  3. ↑ THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 1-26-03: PROCESS; How to Write a Catchy Beer Ad, Chris Ballard, The New York Times
  4. ↑ http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1974/19740518.html

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Preceded by
"If We Make It Through December"
by Merle Haggard		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
January 19-January 26, 1974 		Succeeded by
"Jolene"
by Dolly Parton
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
January 26-February 2, 1974 		Succeeded by
"Hey Loretta"
by Loretta Lynn