I Love (Tom T. Hall song)

"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, spending two weeks at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the chart.^[1] Additionally, "I Love" was Hall's sole entry on the Top 40, peaking at number 12.^[2]

Covers and alternative versions

Addressing potential censorship issues, an alternative version of Hall's recording replaced the lyrics "bourbon in a glass and grass" with "old TV shows and snow".
"I Love" was used, with altered lyrics, in a popular 2003 TV commercial for Coors Light, which prominently featured the Klimaszewski Twins.^[3]

Soundtrack appearances

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973–1974)	Peak position
Australian Go-Set Chart^[4]	35
Australia KMR	28
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[5] (2wks@#1)	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[6]	13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks^[7]	7
New Zealand (Listener)^[8]	20
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[11]	2
US Cash Box Top 100	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Australia KMR	161
Canada RPM Top Singles^[12]	95
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	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". Poparchives.com.au.
^ "RPM Country Playlist - January 26, 1974" (PDF).
^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 16, 1974" (PDF).
^ "RPM AC Playlist - March 2, 1974" (PDF).
^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990, ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

External links

Tom T. Hall - I Love on YouTube

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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"
Songwriting	"Hello Vietnam" "Harper Valley PTA" "Little Bitty"
Related	Discography

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