I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song)
1961 song by Chris Kenner, covered by the Dave Clark Five
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"I Like It Like That" is a song written by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint,[1] and first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.[2] It was kept from the No. 1 spot by Bobby Lewis' "Tossin' and Turnin'".[3] This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'".[4] The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".
| "I Like It Like That" | ||||
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| Single by The Dave Clark Five | ||||
| from the album I Like It Like That | ||||
| B-side | "Hurting Inside" | |||
| Released | 1965 (Chris Kenner version released in June 1961) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 1:40 | |||
| Label | Epic 9811 | |||
| Songwriters | Chris Kenner, Allen Toussaint | |||
| Producers | Adrian Clark (pseudonym of Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge) | |||
| The Dave Clark Five singles chronology | ||||
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Cover versions
- In the Dave Clark Five's 1965 version, all the lyrics are sung. It charted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] Cash Box said that the Dave Clark Five play "the pulsating teen-angled terpsichorean-themed affair in a contagious warm-hearted bluesy style".[6] Record World called it a "very tough rendition."[7]