When Will You Say I Love You
| "When Will You Say I Love You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Billy Fury | ||||
| B-side | "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" | |||
| Released | 10 May 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | 26 September 1962[2] | |||
| Studio | Decca Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Alan Fielding | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Smith | |||
| Billy Fury singles chronology | ||||
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"When Will You Say I Love You" is a song by English singer Billy Fury, released as a single in May 1963. It peaked at number 3 on the Record Retailer Top 50.[3]
Release and reception
[edit]"When Will You Say I Love You" was written by Alan Fielding, who had previously written another Fury hit "Last Night Was Made for Love". The B-side, "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" was written by David Battaglia and Johnny Brandon and had originally been released by America R&B singer Billy Bland in January 1962.[4]
Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that "When Will You Say I Love You" "opens as if it's going to be a fast piano concerto. But soon slides into a familiar lazy beat for another hit ballad", with Fury singing "the lyrics romantically with those undertones of Presley which seem to be doing him a lot of good commercially nowadays".[1] In New Record Mirror, it was described as "a good song with a good tune and a very good lyric. Medium tempo, with a different approach that seems fresh for a change".[5]
Track listing
[edit]7": Decca / F 11655
- "When Will You Say I Love You" – 2:24
- "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" – 2:15
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1963) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 4 |
| UK Disc Top 30[7] | 5 |
| UK Melody Maker Pop 50[8] | 4 |
| UK New Musical Express Top 30[9] | 5 |
| UK Record Retailer Top 50[3] | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fury – three TV spots / Disc Date" (PDF). Disc. 11 May 1963. pp. 7, 8. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "When Will You Say I Love You". www.nic.fi. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Billy Fury | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Billy Bland - All I Wanna Do Is Cry". 45cat. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Grand piano backs Billy" (PDF). Record Mirror. 11 May 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – When Will You Say I Love You". Irish Singles Chart.
- ^ "Top 30" (PDF). Disc. 8 June 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Pop Fifty". Melody Maker. 8 June 1963.
- ^ "NME Top Thirty". New Musical Express. 7 June 1963.