I'll Be Your Lover, Too

"I'll Be Your Lover, Too"
Song by Van Morrison
from the album His Band and the Street Choir
Released November 15, 1970
Recorded Summer 1970
Genre Folk rock
Length 3:57
Label Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s) Van Morrison
Producer(s) Van Morrison
His Band and the Street Choir track listing
  1. "Domino" – 3:06
  2. "Crazy Face" – 2:56
  3. "Give Me a Kiss (Just One Sweet Kiss)" – 2:30
  4. "I've Been Working" – 3:25
  5. "Call Me Up in Dreamland" – 3:52
  6. "I'll Be Your Lover, Too" – 3:57
  7. "Blue Money" – 3:40
  8. "Virgo Clowns" – 4:10
  9. "Gypsy Queen" – 3:16
  10. "Sweet Jannie" – 2:11
  11. "If I Ever Needed Someone" – 3:45
  12. "Street Choir" – 4:53

"I'll Be Your Lover, Too" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album His Band and the Street Choir, released in 1970.

The song was featured in two movies, Proof of Life (2000) and Moonlight Mile (2002).[1]

Composition

Some have considered the music of the song similar to that on Morrison's second studio album Astral Weeks.[2] The song is a moderate tempoed acoustic ballad in 4/4 time, with one 5/8 bar before the vocal comes in. The song is in the key of G major, with the chord progression of Em-C-Em-C-Em-C-D-D.[3][4]

Personnel on original release

Covers

Singer and actor Robert Pattinson covered the song.[5]

Singer Corey Taylor covered the song.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Van Morrison filmography". imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  2. ↑ Floman, Scott. "Review". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  3. ↑ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.122
  4. ↑ Van Morrison Anthology, p.22
  5. ↑ "Robert Pattinson: Truths and Myths". pattinsonanonymous.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  6. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (2017-12-08). "Watch Corey Taylor's stripped back performance of Slipknot's 'Snuff' live from Koko in London". NME. Retrieved 2018-09-07.

References

  • Van Morrison Anthology, Los Angeles: Alfred Music Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-7692-8967-3
  • Hinton, Brian (2000), Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-312-9
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