- Album This song officially appears on the Holly Days Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Aug 30, 1974
Summer 1976
Nov 30, 1980
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Song facts
From Wikipedia:
“I’m Gonna Love You Too” is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957. […]
There is controversy about the authorship of the song. Jerry Allison has stated that Buddy Holly was the actual author of the song. William Ruhlmann noted:
The song is credited to Joe B. Mauldin, Holly’s bass player; Norman Petty, his producer; and Nikki Sullivan, his sometime rhythm guitarist (who was not heard on the recording). There have long been questions about the songwriting credits assigned to the original songs Holly recorded, and Jerry Allison, his drummer, has gone on record stating that “I’m Gonna Love You Too” actually was written primarily by Holly, with Allison composing the bridge. Certainly the song sounds characteristic of the man who wrote “That’ll Be the Day.” It is another up-tempo number with an infectious tune and boastful lyrics that only thinly veil heartbreak.
Of the song’s credited authors, two (Mauldin and Sullivan) were members of Holly’s band The Crickets; the third, Petty, was Holly’s first manager and also his recording engineer.
Holly included the song on his self-titled second album, Buddy Holly. It was released as a single on Coral Records, but failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100. (Buddy Holly continued to sell regionally in the upper midwest after his death and when it rereleased, “I’m Gonna Love You Too” was a substantial ‘regional’ hit in Minneapolis and surrounding markets in 1964.) […]
Paul McCartney and Denny Laine recorded the song for Denny’s 1977 cover album of Holly’s songs, “Holly Days“. In 2007, a home video of Paul McCartney singing an acoustic version of this song was put on the chronology menu of the first disc of his DVD, The McCartney Years.
Last updated on March 3, 2020
Lyrics
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ah ha ha ha ah
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ha ha ha ha
You're gonna say you've missed me
You're gonna say you'll kiss me
Yes you're gonna say you'll love me
'Cause I'm a-gonna love you too
I don't care what you told me
You're gonna say you'll hold me
Yes you're gonna say you'll love me
'Cause I'm gonna love you too
After all another fella took ya
But I still can't overlook ya
I'm a-gonna do my best to hook ya
After all is said and done
You're gonna say you've missed me
You're gonna say you'll a kiss me
You're gonna say you'll a love me
'Cause I'm a-gonna love you too
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ah ha ha ha ah
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ha ha ha ha
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ah ha ha ha ah
Ah ha ha ha ah ha
Ha ha ha ha
It's a gonna happen some day
You're gonna see things my way
Yes you're gonna say you'll a love me
'Cause I'm a-gonna love you too
You're gonna tell me sweet things
You're gonna make my heart sing
Yes, you're gonna hear those bells ring
'Cause I'm gonna love you too
After all another fella took ya
But I still can't overlook ya
I'm a-gonna do my best to hook ya
After all is said and done
You're gonna say you've missed me
You're gonna say you'll a kiss me
Yes you're gonna say you'll love me
'Cause I'm a-gonna love you too
I'm a-gonna love you too
I'm a-gonna love you too
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1977
2:18 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Background vocals, Bass (?), Drum machine (?), Drums (?), Guitar (?), Keyboard (?), Organ (?), Piano (?), Producer, Synthesizer (?), Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Keyboards (?)
- Denny Laine :
- Background vocals, Guitar (?), Vocals
- Session Recording:
- Summer 1976
- Studio :
- Rude Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Bootlegs
Unofficial album
2:44 • Studio rehearsal • Medley with "Great Day"
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Vocals
- Session Recording:
- Aug 30, 1974
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Unofficial album • Released in 1990
Let 'Em Out Vol. 5 - Rehearsals & Outtakes
Unofficial album • Released in 2010
3:37 • Studio rehearsal • From Wings' last rehearsal, 1981 (concl.)
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Going further
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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