"I Love" is a song written and recorded by American

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Tom T. Hall Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller," was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more ...

. It was released in October 1973 as the only single from the album ''For the People in the Last Hard Town''. The song would be Hall's most successful single and was his fourth number one on the US country singles chart, spending two weeks at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the chart. Additionally, "I Love" was Hall's sole entry on the

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, peaking at number 12.

Covers and alternative versions

*Addressing potential censorship issues, an alternative version of Hall's recording replaced the lyrics "bourbon in a glass and grass" with "old TV shows and snow". *"I Love" was used, with altered lyrics, in a popular 2003 TV commercial for Coors Light, which prominently featured the

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Soundtrack appearances

The song was used in the film ''

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Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* 1973 singles Tom T. Hall songs Songs written by Tom T. Hall Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Mercury Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub