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"I Love You Love Me Love"
Single by Gary Glitter
B-side"Hands Up! It's a Stick Up"
ReleasedNovember 1973
GenreGlam rock
Length3:15
LabelBell
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Leander
Gary Glitter singles chronology
"I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)"
(1973) 		"I Love You Love Me Love"
(1973) 		"Remember Me This Way"
(1974)

"I Love You Love Me Love" is a song by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter. Written by Glitter with Mike Leander and produced by Leander (unusually in monophonic sound), "I Love You Love Me Love" was Glitter's second number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in November 1973,[1] and establishing itself as one of the top 10 best-selling singles of 1973 in the UK. It reached No. 2 in both Ireland and Australia.

Track listing

  1. "I Love You Love Me Love" – 3:15
  2. "Hands Up! It's a Stick Up" – 3:05

Cover versions

Charts

It is Glitter's most successful entry in the UK Singles Chart (it entered the chart at number-one and had a 14-week run in the Top 40), earning him the first platinum record (which at the time certified sales of 1 million copies) awarded to a British artist. By November 2012 it had sold 1.14 million copies in the UK.[4]

Weekly Charts

Chart (1973–1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 2
Ireland 2
United Kingdom (OCC)[1] 1

Year-end Charts

Year-end chart performance for '
Chart (1974) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 19

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Platinum 1,140,000[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 294. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ I Love You Love Me Love on YouTube
  3. ^ "Joan Jett And The Blackhearts* – I Love You Love". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sedghi, Ami (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  5. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. 30 December 1974. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  6. ^ Lane, Daniel (27 June 2013). "Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  7. ^ "British single certifications – Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love". British Phonographic Industry.

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