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"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name.^[1] At the 29th Academy Awards, Friendly Persuasion was nominated for the Best Music – Song but lost out to "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)".

The title is an obvious play on words, since the film centers on a Quaker family, a religion known as the "Society of Friends". Thus, they are said to be of the "Friendly" persuasion.

• The best-known version of the song was recorded by Pat Boone^[2] and it reached the No. 5 position in the USA charts and No. 3 in the UK.^[3]
• Another recording by The Four Aces followed Boone's in 1956^[4] and reached number 45 peak position on Billboard's pop music chart.^[5]

• Johnny Mathis included the song in his 1963 album Romantically.
• Bing Crosby recorded the song for his album Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version).
• Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her album Soft and Beautiful (1969).^[6]

• The Four Aces version of the song was used in the 2013 BBC television series, Call the Midwife.

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