I Love

"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 and was his fourth number one on the US 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]

Covers and alternate versions

Addressing potential censorship issues, an alternate version of Hall's recording replaced the lyrics "bourbon in a glass and grass" with "old TV shows and snow".
In 1975, the Shaggs recorded a cover of "I Love" which was intended for their never-finished second album. It was eventually released on the 1982 compilation album, Shaggs' Own Thing.
"I Like", a parody version by Heathen Dan, was released on the 1983 compilation album The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records.
"I Love" was used, with altered lyrics, in a popular 2003 TV commercial for Coors Light, which prominently featured the Klimaszewski Twins.^[3]
The band Low recorded a cover of "I Love" as a wedding present for two of their friends (Along with a falling-apart cover of Journey's "Open Arms"); Both covers were eventually released on Low's compilation box set, A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief.

Soundtrack appearances

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973–74)	Peak position
Australian Go-Set Chart^[4]	35
Australia KMR	28
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	7
New Zealand (Listener)^[5]	20
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	2
US Cash Box Top 100	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Australia KMR	161
Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	95
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	83

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 272.
↑ THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 1-26-03: PROCESS; How to Write a Catchy Beer Ad, Chris Ballard, The New York Times
↑ "Go-Set Australian charts - 18 May 1974".
↑ http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=929#n_view_location
↑ "Tom T. Hall – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tom T. Hall.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990, ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ "Tom T. Hall – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Tom T. Hall.
↑ Bac-lac.gc.ca
↑ Musicoutfitters.com

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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

Tom T. Hall
Studio albums	In Search of a Song (1971) Places I've Done Time (1978) Song in a Seashell (1985)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1975)
Singles	"Ballad of Forty Dollars" "A Week in a Country Jail" "Shoeshine Man" "Salute to a Switchblade" "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" "The Monkey That Became President" "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" "Ravishing Ruby" "I Love" "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" "Country Is" "I Care" "Deal" "I Like Beer" "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)" "Fox on the Run" "Your Man Loves You Honey" "It's All in the Game" "May the Force Be with You Always" "What Have You Got to Lose" "The Old Side of Town" "Song of the South" "A Bar with No Beer"
Related	Discography

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