I Love You - People / Zombies, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

I Love You (Zombies, The, 1965; People, 1968).Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-02-04. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"I Love You," written by The Zombies bassist Chris White, was People's only entry into the Billboard Hot 100 rising to no. 14 in 1968 (Whitburn, 2013). White wrote the song in 1965, the Zombies recorded the song and originally released it as the "B" side of the song "Whenever You're Ready," however, it was not released on either of the UK and US albums "Begin Here" nor "The Zombies," respectively (Whitburn, 2006). It was eventually released on their "Early Days" compilation LP in 1969 (allmusic, 2023) and other future compilation LPs. White stated that "The thing that came first was the riff. That was the root of writing that one. In actual fact I think I nicked it off Tommy Roe (songfacts, 2023). Funny, the phrase "I Love You" is sung 33 times during the song (songfacts, 2023). The People's version of the song was more popular than the Zombies'; however, the Zombies began touring again in the 2000s and started including the song in their performances. Interestingly, Colin Blunstone (the lead singer of the Zombies) stated in an interview with songfacts.com that "People! had used our version to do a cover but they changed it slightly, and we took on board a lot of what they'd done. So, in fact, we were doing a cover of a cover of a cover" (2023).

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Lyrics:

I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do but the words won't come
And i don't know what to say

I should tell you i love you, i do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
I should tell you just how i feel and i keep try-y-y-in'
But something holds me back when i try to tell you
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do-o-o
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do but the words won't come
And i don't know what to say

I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
If you could see what you mean to me
The words should explain but the words won't come
And oh, how hard i try to tell you i lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when i try to tell you
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do-o-o
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do but the words won't come
And i don't know what to say, yeah!

I should tell you i love you, i do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
And oh, how hard i try to tell you i lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when i try to tell you
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do-o-o
I love you, i love you, i love you
Yes i do but the words won't come
And i don't know what to say
I love you