"I Love You" Oldies Song Identification

February 21, 2006 2:31 PM

There is an oldies song, probably from the 50's, and I would consider it a makeout song. There is a male solo singer with backup harmonies. The main lyric is "I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you" The first "I" begins as a pick-up note to even triplets. I|love you I|love you I|love you I|love you I|love you I|love you I|love you And that last love you is duple. 6|565|532|121|161|232|161|32 The 6 in measures 4 and 6 is low, below the tonic. HELP!
posted by abbyladybug to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

Is it "Never Never Never" which has the line "I love you, hate you, love you, hate you ..."
posted by essexjan at 2:39 PM on February 21, 2006

Sam Cooke - For Sentimental Reasons
posted by DirtyCreature at 2:49 PM on February 21, 2006

I second DirtyCreature
posted by adamrice at 2:54 PM on February 21, 2006

Third Sam Cooke. Here is a yousendit link to the song.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 3:29 PM on February 21, 2006

Also, if it is Sam Cooke you're thinking of, I can't recommend Portrait of a Legend and Live at the Harlem Square Club highly enough.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 3:37 PM on February 21, 2006

Sam Cooke!! And thank you SOOOO much for the yousendit link. Listening to it now! :D
posted by abbyladybug at 4:12 PM on February 21, 2006

I love that song. I think I remember reading in the liner notes of the CD I first heard it on that it was originally performed by Nat King Cole.
posted by MonkeyMeat at 4:26 PM on February 21, 2006

Also remade by Rod Stewart recently. Only Sam Cooke did the "I love you I love you I love you"s though.
posted by DirtyCreature at 7:06 PM on February 21, 2006