From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Baby I Love You (Aretha Franklin song)
Baby I Love You (Aretha Franklin song)
Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues 1 (2 weeks)
Preceded by Billboard’s Hot Rhythm & Blues number one Succeeded by
"I Was Made to Love Her" by Ste- single "Cold Sweat" by James Brown
vie Wonder August 26 - September 2, 1967
"Baby I Love You" "Respect" Baby
"Baby I "(You Make Me Feel Like) A
(1967) You"
Love You Natural Woman"
(1967) (1967)
Baby You"
"Baby I Love You is a popular song by R&B singer Aretha
Franklin. It was the only single release from her Aretha
Arrives album in 1967, the song was a huge hit. It peaked
at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and spent
two weeks at number-one on the Hot Rhythm & Blues
Singles chart. It was featured in Martin Scorsese’s 1990
film Goodfellas.[1] A live recording featured on the album
"Aretha in Paris" (1968). There have been several other
famous musicians who have covered Aretha Franklin’s
"Baby I Love You", such as; Lisa Marie Presley in 1989,
Jimmy Holiday in 1966-1972, Donny Hathaway, Roberta
Single by Aretha Franklin Flack in 1972, B.B. King, The Bar-Kays in 1971, Erma
Franklin in 1969, Irma Thomas in 1988, and Otis Rush in
from the album Aretha Arrives
1969, and various other musicians.
B-side Goin’ Down Slow
Released 1967 Chart positions
Format 7" single
Genre Soul References
Length 2:44 [1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles:
1942-2004. Record Research. p. 215.
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Jimmy Holiday, Ronnie Shannon
Producer Jerry Wexler
Certification Gold
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
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Categories:
• 1967 singles
• Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
• Aretha Franklin songs
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