I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing

Studio album by Barry White

Released

April 10, 1979

Recorded

1978-1979

Genre

R&B, Soul

Length

36:19

Label

20th Century-Fox Records

Producer

Barry White

Barry White chronology

The Man
(1978)

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
(1979)

The Message Is Love
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing is the self-produced ninth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1979 on the 20th Century-Fox Records label.

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing fulfilled White's 20th Century-Fox Records contract. White was increasingly dissatisfied with that label's management when Russ Regan left the label to form Millennium Records and felt that he was being ignored in terms of promotion at the time.^[2] He then left the company and signed a custom label contract with CBS Records to release future material under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, The Message Is Love, was released seven months and six days after I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing. With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing passed by largely unnoticed. It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the R&B chart, which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either.

Track listing

"I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" (White, Politi, Wilson) - 2:50
"Girl, What's Your Name" (White, Pearson, Wilson) - 4:08
"Once Upon a Time (You Were a Friend of Mine)" (Coleman) - 6:01
"Oh Me, Oh My (I'm Such a Lucky Guy)" (White, Wilson, Politi, Cooksey) - 5:04
"I Can't Leave You Alone" (White, Sepe, Wilson) - 3:25
"Call Me Baby" (Coleman) - 8:04
"How Did You Know It Was Me?" (Coleman) - 6:47

Singles

"I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" (US R&B #53)
"How Did You Know It Was Me?" (US R&B #64)

References

↑ Hogan, Ed. I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing at AllMusic
↑ Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice (February 7, 2006). "20th Century Fox Records". Retrieved March 26, 2011.

Barry White

Studio albums	I've Got So Much to Give (1973) Stone Gon' (1973) Can't Get Enough (1974) Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975) Let the Music Play (1976) Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) The Message Is Love (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White) (1981) Beware! (1981) Change (1982) Dedicated (1983) The Right Night & Barry White (1987) The Man Is Back! (1989) Put Me in Your Mix (1991) The Icon Is Love (1994) Staying Power (1999)

Compilations	Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977) Heart and Soul (1985) The Collection (1988) Just for You (1992) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) Love Songs (2003) The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White (2003) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005) Gold (2008) Number Ones (2009) Unlimited (2009) Icon (2010)

Singles	"Man Ain't Nothin" "All in the Run of a Day" "In the Ghetto" "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" "I've Got So Much to Give" "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" "Let the Music Play" "You See the Trouble with Me" "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Playing Your Game, Baby" "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" "Just the Way You Are" "Sha La La Means I Love You" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me)" "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" "How Did You Know It Was Me?" "Love Ain't Easy" "Sheet Music" "Love Makin' Music" "I Believe in Love" "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) "I Want You" (with Glodean White) "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White) "Louie Louie" "Beware" "Change" "Passion" "America" "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind" "Sho' You Right" "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)" "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix) "Super Lover" "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)" "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya" "When Will I See You Again" "Put Me in Your Mix" "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) "Practice What You Preach" "Love Is the Icon" "Come On" "I Only Want to Be with You" "There It Is" "Staying Power" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan) "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar Deluxe Remixes)

Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane) "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait) "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)

Related articles	Discography Love Unlimited The Love Unlimited Orchestra

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