I Really Love You

"I Really Love You"
Single by The Stereos
B-side"Please Come Back to Me"
ReleasedJuly 1961
Recorded1961
GenreR&B, Doo-wop
Length2:16
LabelCub
Songwriter(s)Leroy Swearingen
"I Really Love You"
The Netherlands single sleeve of the song
Single by George Harrison
from the album Gone Troppo
B-side"Circles"
Released9 February 1983
GenreRhythm and blues, doo-wop
Length2:54
LabelDark Horse
Songwriter(s)Leroy Swearingen
Producer(s)George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald
George Harrison singles chronology
"Wake Up My Love"
(1982) 		"I Really Love You"
(1983) 		"I Don't Want to Do It"
(1985)
Gone Troppo track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Wake Up My Love"
  2. "That's the Way It Goes"
  3. "I Really Love You"
  4. "Greece"
  5. "Gone Troppo"
Side two
  2. "Mystical One"
  3. "Unknown Delight"
  4. "Baby Don't Run Away"
  5. "Dream Away"
  6. "Circles"

"I Really Love You" is a song written by Leroy Swearingen,[1] and originally recorded by his Steubenville, Ohio, vocal group called The Stereos[2] in 1961.

Background

The lead singer on the original recording was Ronnie Collins. This song featured the percussion sounds of people walking in rhythm, first heard in the introduction, as well as between the verses and the Bridge section, and finally heard in the outro before the song's fade. The bass vocal is heard singing the doo wop nonsensical syllables, as well as the Bridge section of the song.

Chart performance

The record, issued on Cub Records, a subsidiary of MGM Records, reached number 29 on the Billboard Top 40 chart and number 15 on the R&B chart.

Chart (1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides[4] 15

George Harrison version

  • Later on, the song was covered by former Beatle George Harrison on his 1982 studio album Gone Troppo. It was also released as the album's second single in the United States and the Netherlands, in February 1983, but failed to chart.

References

  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1961. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  2. ^ The Stereos at Allmusic
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 803.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 550.
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1970s
1970
1971
1973
  • "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" / "Miss O'Dell"
1974
  • "Dark Horse" / "I Don't Care Anymore" (US)
  • "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "I Don't Care Anymore" (UK)
  • "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "Hari's on Tour (Express)" (US)
1975
  • "Dark Horse" / "Hari's on Tour (Express)" (UK)
  • "You" / "World of Stone"
  • "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)" / "Māya Love" (US)
1976
1977
1979
1980s
1981
1982
1983
  • "I Really Love You" / "Circles"
  • "Dream Away" / "Unknown Delight" (Japan)
1985
1986
  • "Shanghai Surprise" (promo)
1987
1988
  • "When We Was Fab" / "Zig Zag"
  • "Cloud 9" (promo)
  • "This Is Love" / "Breath Away from Heaven"
1989
  • "Cheer Down" / "That's What It Takes" (US)
  • "Cheer Down" / "Poor Little Girl" (UK)
  • "Poor Little Girl" (promo)
2000s
2001
2002
2003


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