I Like It, I Love It

"I Like It, I Love It" is a song written by Jeb Stuart Anderson, Steve Dukes, and Mark Hall, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from his album All I Want. The song is McGraw's ninth single overall, and it became his third number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Content

"I Like It, I Love It" is an up-tempo, guitar-driven song in which the narrator describes how deeply in love he is with his female lover.

In popular culture

The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country and was also almost invariably played during the halftime of ABCs Monday Night Football. It is also a part of the goal song for the NHL's Nashville Predators; McGraw re-recorded the chorus, replacing "'bout that little gal's lovin'" with "'bout the Predators scorin'."

When McGraw performs the song live, he often substitutes "Braves" in the first verse with the name of a sports team that plays in the arena, stadium, or nearest city in which he is performing. For example, when he performs at Staples Center in Los Angeles, he may sing, "I ain't seen the Kings play a game all year."

During the 1995 Seattle Mariners season, many Seattle radio stations played the song which was intertwined with calls by Dave Niehaus during their games. The team had an excellent summer that year and won the American League West in a one-game playoff against the California Angels on October 2, 1995. They advanced to the first ever American League Division Series where they defeated the New York Yankees to reach the American League Championship Series which they lost to the Cleveland Indians.

Music video

The music video was directed by Sherman Halsey, his usual director of choice, and was filmed during his touring.

Track listing

Vinyl, 7"

A I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More Of It (Album Version) 3:25
B I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More Of It (Club Mix) 3:54

Chart performance

"I Like It, I Love It" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 12, 1995.^[1]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	7
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	3

Preceded by "Someone Else's Star" by Bryan White	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single September 16-October 14, 1995	Succeeded by "She's Every Woman" by Garth Brooks
Preceded by "One Emotion" by Clint Black	RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 25-October 2, 1995	Succeeded by "(I Do It) For the Money" by Charlie Major

References

↑ Billboard, August 12, 1995
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8536." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 25, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Southern Girl"

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind" "How I'll Always Be"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney) "Lovin' Lately" (with Big & Rich) "May We All" (with Florida Georgia Line)

Other songs	"City Lights" "The Ride"

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