"I Do Love You" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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"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 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.