I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song)

"I Do Love You"
Single by Billy Stewart
from the album I Do Love You
B-side	"Keep Loving"
Released	February 1965
Genre	Soul
Length	2:58
Label	Chess
Songwriter(s)	Billy Stewart
Billy Stewart singles chronology
"Tell It Like It Is" (1964) "I Do Love You" (1965) "Sitting in the Park" (1965)

"I Do Love You" is a song written and performed by Billy Stewart. It reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.[1] It was featured on his 1965 album, I Do Love You.[2]

Arrangement was by Phil Wright.[3]

Stewart re-released the song as a single in 1969 which reached #94 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

The sound is loosely based around the last 30 seconds of The Impressions track, "I've Been Trying" from their 1964 album "Keep On Pushing".

GQ version

GQ released a version as a single in July 1979 which reached #5 on the U.S. R&B chart and #20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] It was featured on their 1979 album, Disco Nights.[6]

The single ranked #99 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.[7]

The song is featured on 2001 film Baby Boy.

Warren G sampled GQ's version on the song "Relax Ya Mind" from his 1997 album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder.

Other versions

• Barbara Mason, on her 1968 album, Oh How It Hurts.[8]
• Jackie Edwards, as a single in 1972 in the UK, but it did not chart.[9]
• The Heptones, as a single in 1972, but it did not chart.[10]
• Janet Kay, as a single in 1980 in the UK, but it did not chart.[11]

References

1. "Billy Stewart, "I Do Love You" 1965 Chart Positions". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
2. "Billy Stewart, I Do Love You". Discogs. 1966. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
3. "Billy Stewart, "I Do Love You" Single Release". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
4. "Billy Stewart, "I Do Love You" 1969 Chart Position". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
5. "GQ, "I Do Love You" Chart Positions". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
6. "GQ, Disco Nights". Discogs. January 1979. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
7. "Billboard Top 100 - 1979". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
8. "Barbara Mason, Oh How It Hurts". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
9. "Jackie Edwards, "I Do Love You" Single Release". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
10. "The Heptones, "I Do Love You" Single Release". Retrieved November 28, 2016.
11. "Janet Kay, "I Do Love You" Single Release". Retrieved November 28, 2016.