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"'''Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)'''" is a song and [[single (music)|single]] by American [[soul (music)|soul]] singer [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] first pressed in 1965 on the [[Motown]] subsidiary label Soul.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter As The Days Go By|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do-Sweeter-As-The-Days-Go-By/release/568266|website=Discogs.com|year=1965 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref> It is Wilson's only Motown single and is a prized item among collectors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-wilson-p194259/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

==Record history==

Approximately 250 [[Demo (music)|demo]] [[45 rpm single|45s]] of the song were pressed in 1965 and scheduled for release on 23 December 1965. Owing to a combination of Wilson deciding that he would rather focus on [[record producer|producing]] and Motown's [[Berry Gordy]]'s lukewarm reception of the vocals and wish to prevent his producers from having a successful recording career, the demos were destroyed.<ref name=TDS>{{cite book|last=Nowell|first=David|title=Too Darn Soulful|year=1999|publisher=Robson Books Ltd|location=London|isbn=1-86105-270-7|pages=249–250}}</ref> At least two, and maybe as many as five,<ref name=TDS/> copies survived, one of which fetched £25,742 in MayApril 2009.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8028719.stm| title=Record price for rare Motown disc|date=May 1, 2009|work=BBC|accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref> One is rumoured to be owned by Berry Gordy.<ref name=TDS/> Due to its scarcity it remains one of the most collectable discs especially by followers of [[Northern soul]].<ref>{{cite web|title=40 most collectable records|url=http://www.djhistory.com/features/40-most-collectible-records|website=Djhistory.com|accessdate=2012-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827235014/http://www.djhistory.com/features/40-most-collectible-records|archive-date=2012-08-27|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=guardian1>{{cite news|title=Britain's got talcum: Northern Soul, the film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/31/northern-soul-elaine-constantine|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=14 October 2011|first=Bob|last=Stanley|date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> Owing to the demand caused by it being played at the famous [[England|English]] Northern soul nightclub, [[Wigan Casino]], it was first officially released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1979 on the [[Tamla-Motown]] label,<ref name=TDS/><ref name=TMG1170>{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/2571546|website=Discogs.com|date=9 November 1979 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref> and again in 2004 with a version of the same song by [[Chris Clark (singer)|Chris Clark]] on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].

On CD, the mono Frank Wilson version was issued on ''The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965'' (Hip-O Select), while the stereo version appears on the British compilation ''This Is Northern Soul: The Motown Sound Volume 1'' (Motown). The Chris Clark version (in an alternate mono mix) was issued on the British "[[A Cellarful of Motown!]]", the first volume of four double discs documenting unreleased Motown songs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson / Chris Clark (2)– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Chris-Clark-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/570632|website=Discogs.com|date=6 September 2004 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref>

==Cover versions==

* [[Bruce Springsteen]], on his 2022 LPstudio album ''[[Only the Strong Survive (Bruce Springsteen album)|Only the Strong Survive]]''. HeIt was also released it as a single.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|title=Bruce Springsteen to Release 'Only the Strong Survive,' New Album of Classic Soul Covers|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/bruce-springsteen-to-release-e2-80-98only-the-strong-survive-e2-80-99-new-album-of-classic-soul-covers/ar-AA12oirU|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022|website=MSN}}</ref>

==Certifications==

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Frank Wilson|title=Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)|award=Silver|relyear=2004|certyear=2020|id=16839-5440-1|access-date=November 13, 2020}}

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==External links==

[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/19/bruce-springsteen-cover-reignites-row-over-lost-northern-soul-classic Bruce Springsteen cover reignites row over lost northern soul classic], ''Guardian'', 9 April 2023.

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