I Love You So Much It Hurts

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"
Single by Floyd Tillman
B-side"I'll Take What I Can Get"
Released1948 (1948)
GenreFolk
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman singles chronology
"Drivin' Nails in My Coffin"
(1946)
"I Love You So Much It Hurts"
(1948)
"Please Don't Pass Me By"
(1949)

"I Love You So Much It Hurts" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1948. His version reached number 6 on the Folk Best Seller charts and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.[1]

Notable cover versions

  • In 1948, Jimmy Wakely had his second number one on the Folk Best Seller chart with his version of the song. Wakely's version spent a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart and four non-consecutive weeks at the top.[2]
  • In 1949, the Mills Brothers recorded a version of the song which reached number eight on the Race Records chart and number eight on the pop chart.[3]

Other versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 349.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 367.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 402.
  4. ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.