I'm Stone in Love with You

1972 single by The Stylistics

"I'm Stone in Love with You"

Single by The Stylistics

from the album Round 2

B-side

"Make It Last"

Released

October 1972

Genre

Soul, Philly soul

Length

3:19

Label

Avco

Songwriter(s)

Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Anthony Bell

Producer(s)

Thom Bell

The Stylistics singles chronology

"People Make the World Go Round"
(1972)

"I'm Stone in Love with You"
(1972)

"Break Up to Make Up"
(1973)

"I'm Stone in Love with You" is a 1972 single by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song is noted for lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr.'s distinctive falsetto singing, which he employs through most of the record. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Anthony Bell.^[1]

It was the first track from the band's 1972 album Round 2^[2] and was released as a single which reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[1]^[3] It also climbed to number 4 in the Billboard R&B chart^[3] and went to number 9 in the UK Singles Chart, in December 1972.^[4] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies globally, earning them a gold disc^[1] The award was presented by the RIAA on December 13, 1972.^[1] It was the band's third gold disc.^[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

The Stylistics

Chart (1972–73)	Peak position
Australia	92
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	8
France^[5]	9
New Zealand	10
UK^[5]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	27
US Billboard R&B	4
US Cash Box Top 100	9

Johnny Mathis cover

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[7]	5
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	8
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)	Rank
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[10]	96

Cover versions

"I'm Stone in Love with You" has been covered in various pop circles, including in 1973 by Johnny Mathis. His version became a 1975 hit on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching number five in Canada^[11] and number 16 U.S.^[12] In the UK, Mathis's version of I'm Stone in Love with You", started its 12 weeks run there on January 25, 1975, and made it to number 10.^[9]

Jamaican reggae artists Barry Biggs and Inner Circle also covered the song in 1977.

Engelbert Humperdinck covered the song in 1973 for his album, King Of Hearts.

British easy listening and jazz pianist Ronnie Aldrich covered the song on his 1979 album, Tomorrow's Yesterdays.

English pop rock group The Beautiful South covered the song on their 2004 covers album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs.

Scottish band Primal Scream use the repeated lyric "I was stone, stone, stone in love with you" in their song "Damaged" (from the 1991 album Screamadelica).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 351. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
^ Lytle, Craig. "Round 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic - Charts & Awards
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 537. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Song artist 448 - the Stylistics".
^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-05-17. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'm Stone in Love with You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Johnny Mathis - Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
^ RPM Weekly, May 17, 1975
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 155.