Do I Love You (Indeed I Do): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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| Thisname single = "''''''Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)''''''"<br/>(1965)▼
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| B-side cover = Sweeter As the Days Go By
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| Name type = Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)single
| Artist artist = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
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| B-side = Sweeter As the Days Go By
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| Released released = 1965
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| Genre = [[Soul (music)|Soul]], [[northern soul]]
| Length recorded = 2:31
| Label studio = [[Motown|Soul]]
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| Writer = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]▼
| Producer genre = [[HalSoul Davis(music)|Soul]] and, [[Marcnorthern Gordonsoul]]
| Lastlength single = 2:31
| label = [[Motown]]
▲| This single = "''''''Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)''''''"<br/>(1965)
▲| Writer writer = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
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| producer = [[Hal Davis]] and [[Marc Gordon]]
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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|publisherwebsite=www.discogsDiscogs.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|publisherwebsite=www.allmusic.com[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
==Record history==
Approximately 6250 [[Demo (music)|demo]] [[45 rpm single|45s]] of the song were pressed in 1965 and scheduled for release on 23 December 1965. Two went to Motown for quality control purposes and for file copies. The same to Jobete, Motown's publishing arm. Two copies remained on file at the pressing plant, ARP in Detroit. 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 himself.<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|publisherwebsite=www.djhistoryDjhistory.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|publishernewspaper=www.guardian.co.uk[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=14 October 2011|location=London|first=Bob|last=Stanley|date=August 31, 2011-08-31}}</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|publisherwebsite=www.discogsDiscogs.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|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref>▼
▲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|publisherwebsite=www.discogsDiscogs.com|date=6 September 2004 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}</ref>
The song has also featured in an advert for [[KFC]],<ref name=guardian1/> and [[The Happy Egg Company]].<ref>http://tvadsongs.uk/happy-egg-co-advert-music-dancing-hens-lay/</ref>▼
==Cover versions==
* [[Bruce Springsteen]], on his 2022 studio album ''[[Only the Strong Survive (Bruce Springsteen album)|Only the Strong Survive]]''. It was also released 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==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)"}}
{{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}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Popular culture==
▲*The song has also featured in an advertcommercials for [[KFC]],<ref name=guardian1/> and [[The Happy Egg Company]].<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvadsongs.uk/happy-egg-co-advert-music-dancing-hens-lay/|title=The Happy Egg Co – Where happy hens lay tasty eggs – TV Advert Songs|website=Tvadsongs.uk|accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref>
==References==
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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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