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Released in 1977

I'm Gonna Love You Too

Written by Norman Petty • Joe B. Mauldin • Niki Sullivan

Last updated on June 19, 2024

Album This song officially appears on the Holly Days Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1977

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

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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.) […]

In 1974, while filming the “One Hand Clapping” documentary, Paul McCartney recorded an acoustic guitar version of “I’m Gonna Love You Too” in the backyard of the EMI Studios at Abbey Road. This version was released in 2024 on a special edition of the “One Hand Clapping” album, which includes a 7″ disc with six acoustic tracks.

Paul McCartney and Denny Laine recorded the song for Denny’s 1977 cover album of Buddy 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 the DVD “The McCartney Years.”

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

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Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

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