I'd Love You to Want Me

"I'd Love You to Want Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lobo. It was released in September 1972 as the second single from his second album Of a Simple Man.

"I'd Love You to Want Me"
Single by Lobo
from the album Of a Simple Man
B-side"Am I True to Myself"
ReleasedSeptember 1972
GenreFolk rock, soft rock[1]
Length4:04
LabelBig Tree Records, UK Records
Songwriter(s)Roland Kent LaVoie (Lobo)
Producer(s)Phil Gernhard
Lobo singles chronology
"A Simple Man"
(1972)		 "I'd Love You to Want Me"
(1972)		 "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"
(1972)

The song was Lobo's highest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it spent two weeks at No. 2 in November.[2][3] The single was the second of four of his songs to hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a one-week stay at that top spot in December 1972.[4] It became a gold record.

When released in the United Kingdom in 1972, the song failed to reach the UK Singles Chart; however, a re-release of the single in 1974, on the UK record label, peaked at No. 5.[5]

The song also topped the music charts in at least seven nations, including Australia (Kent Music Report, two weeks), Canada (RPM Magazine, one week), and Germany (Media Control Charts, 13 weeks in 1973–1974).

Cover versions

Many artists have covered the song. Among the most notable are the following:

  • Dutch singer Dennis Jones (born Casper Janssen), covered it with Dutch lyrics titled "De Zon Die Zal Schijnen"; it stayed five weeks on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart in 2008, peaking at No. 48. The CD single also included a German version, "Du Bist Nicht Alleine", and the original English version "I'd Love You To Want Me".
  • Brazilian pop trio KLB released a Portuguese version of the song in 2000, titled "Ela Não Está Aqui".
  • Dutch-Spanish singer Tony Ronald released a cover and also a spanish version of the song, titled "Tú Sabes Que Te Amo".

Chart performance

See also

References
  1. Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny (1943-07-31). "Lobo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 326. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. "Lobo – I'd Love You to Want Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  7. "RPM100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. 9 December 1972. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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  12. "Lobo – I'd Love You to Want Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  13. "Lobo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  14. "Lobo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  15. "Lobo Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  16. "Cash Box Top 100 12/02/72". tropicalglen.com.
  17. "Offiziellecharts.de – Lobo – I'd Love You to Want Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 7, 2020. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Lobo"
  18. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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