Baby I Love You (Aretha Franklin song)

"Baby I Love You" is a popular song by R&B singer Aretha Franklin.^[4] The only single release from her Aretha Arrives album in 1967, the song was a huge hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and spending two weeks at number-one on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. In the UK, the song rose to number 39 in August 1967, spending four weeks on the chart.^[5] It was featured in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas.^[6] A live performance appears on the album Aretha in Paris (1968).

B-side"Going Down Slow"

ReleasedJuly 1, 1967

StudioAtlantic Studios (New York, NY)^[1]

Genre

• Rock^[2]
• soul^[3]

Quick facts Single by Aretha Franklin, from the album Aretha Arrives ...

"Baby I Love You"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Aretha Arrives
B-side	"Going Down Slow"
Released	July 1, 1967
Studio	Atlantic Studios (New York, NY)[1]
Genre	Rock[2] soul[3]
Length	2:44
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter	Ronnie Shannon
Producer	Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Respect" (1967) "Baby I Love You" (1967) "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (1967)

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Georgian songwriter Ronnie Shannon, newly arrived in Detroit, met Franklin's husband and manager Ted White by chance at a barbershop.^[7] White requested Shannon write some songs specifically for Franklin. Shannon delivered "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Baby I Love You"—two tremendous successes.^[8]

Billboard described the single as a "driving rocker" that is "brought to life in this electric performance by Miss Franklin."^[2]