The Partridge Family version
Background and release
The single was produced by Wes Farrell and issued on Bell Records a month before the debut of the network television musical sitcom The Partridge Family. During the show's first season the song was featured on the show twice as it was climbing the actual Billboard charts. The single hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and in Canada on the RPM 100 national Top Singles chart in November of that year[1] and number 1 in Australia in 1971.
The only cast members of the television show to actually sing on the recording of the song were David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. The music on the song was played by veteran studio musicians such as Mike Melvoin, Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborne, Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco, and other L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.[2][3] Background vocals on this, and all other Partridge Family recordings, were provided by veteran session singers: Ron Hicklin, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, and Jackie Ward.
The Partridge Family won a NARM award for the best-selling single of the year in 1970 for their hit "I Think I Love You".[4]
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Year-end charts
Chart (1971) |
Rank |
Australia[5] |
14 |
Chart (1972) |
Rank |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] |
7 |
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Other versions
- Andy Williams released his version on 1971's Love Story. It was also released on the import The Very Best of Andy Williams in 2009.
- In 1971, a French-language cover by Georges Guétary was released, entitled "Papa Je T'aime" ("Papa, I Love You"); unlike the original version, this version is a salute to a child's father.[19]
- Florida-based band Less Than Jake covered the song, and their version was included on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Scream 2.
- American pop singer Kaci Battaglia released her version as a single in 2002, it hit number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
- On July 16, 2002, Katie Cassidy recorded a cover of her father's hit that was released by E-Squared Records on iTunes as her only song she released. She was 15 at the time (five years younger than her father when he recorded his version). The extended dance remix is the B-side of the digital download.
- Paul Westerberg covered it in 2004, and in 2005, as did Constantine Maroulis. A section of the song appears towards the end of Westerberg's 2008 release 49:00.[20]
- David Cassidy himself did two solo remakes, with the first being featured on his 1998 album "Old Trick New Dog", and a soul remake of the song in 2003 for the album Touch of Blue.
- Declan Galbraith covered it in 2007 on his album, You and Me.
References
- 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ liner notes from The Partridge Family Album, Razor and Tie Music Corporation, CD, 1993
- ↑ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
- ↑ C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 92
- 1 2 3 "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Think I Love You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006).British Hit Singles & Albums(19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 419.
ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 12/05/70". Web.archive.org. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1972" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1971" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 588. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p.330.
ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ Georges Guétary, Papa je t'aime on YouTube Retrieved November 29, 2011
- ↑ David Lewis (2008-07-24). "Paul Westerberg – '49:00′". Variety. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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