"Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") is a 1990 song by the German singer

Matthias Reim Matthias Reim (born 26 November 1957) is a German pop and Schlager singer. His 1990 single " Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") was a hit in several European countries and spent 16 consecutive weeks at the number 1 spot in the Germ ...

from his first album ''Reim''. The song was Reim's first single, and remains his biggest hit, reaching the number-one spot in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. In Germany, it spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, equalling the record set by

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". In 2021, Reim recorded an English version with actor

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, access-date=27 September 2009 1990 debut singles German songs Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Germany Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Number-one singles in Switzerland 1990 songs