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Line 1: {{Infobox single | alt = | B-side = Sweeter As the Days Go By▼ | | Name = Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) | Artist = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] | Cover = | from Album = ▲| B-side = Sweeter As the Days Go By | Released = 1965 | Genre = [[Soul (music)|Soul]], [[northern soul]] | Length = 2 | Label = [[Motown|Soul]] | Writer = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] Line 19 ⟶ 21: ==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 May 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|publisher=www.djhistory.com|accessdate=2012-09-28}}</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|publisher=www.guardian.co.uk|accessdate=14 October 2011|location=London|first=Bob|last=Stanley|date=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|publisher=www.discogs.com|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| 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 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> | |||