I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

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Artist = Jim Croce
Album = I Got a Name
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Released = 1974
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Adult contemporary, Pop
Length = 2:28
Label = ABC Records
Writer = Jim Croce
Producer = Terry Cashman, Tommy West
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"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" is the title of a posthumously-released single by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. The song was written by Croce and was originally found on his album "I Got a Name".

Croce was killed in a small plane crash in September 1973, the same week that his studio album "I Got a Name" was released. Following the delayed release of a song from Croce's previous album ("Time in a Bottle") in late 1973, "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" was chosen as the second single released from the singer's final studio album. It peaked at #9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in April 1974, becoming Croce's fifth Top 10 hit. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)] In addition, the song went to #1 on the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart and reached #68 on the "Billboard" country music chart, Croce's only song to chart on this survey.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)]

Croce wrote the song in early 1973 when he arrived home and got into a disagreement with his wife, Ingrid. Instead of arguing with her, Ingrid has stated that Croce "went downstairs, and he started to play, like he always did when he wrote...the next morning, he came up early in the morning and sang it to me."

Country music singer Clint Black recorded a cover version of this song that is found on his 2007 album "The Love Songs".

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