# Song lyrics that actually say those three little words--"I LOVE YOU" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249 "2010-05-21T13:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/21 "2010-05-21T17:52:45Z")
“But You Know I Love You” – the First Edition “I’ll Have to Say I Love You In a Song” – Jim Croce “Blue” – Joni Mitchell And then there’s _Isle of View,_ the debut LP by Jimmie Spheeris… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/22 "2010-05-21T18:00:38Z")
[I and Love and You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqZZlL0l5Uk) - The Avett Brothers (Damn fine song) (Though technically, the singer is lamenting _not_ being able to say those words and mean them.) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/23 "2010-05-21T18:18:39Z")
Just remembered: _Just Remember I Love You_, Firefall ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/24 "2010-05-21T19:08:58Z")
_Lovesong_, The Cure ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/25 "2010-05-21T19:11:27Z")
Poor Meatloaf, it’s the one thing he can’t do in “Two out of Three Aint Bad” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/26 "2010-05-21T20:01:04Z")
La la la la la la la la la means I love you - _The Delfonics._ ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Resu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Eman\_Resu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Resu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/27 "2010-05-21T20:07:26Z")
Simple answer, Cole Porter style: [“I Love You”](http://popup.lala.com/popup/3098758070534936815) (link plays the song in a pop-up window). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/28 "2010-05-21T20:41:33Z")
Barenaked Ladies - “I Love You” \* “I love you And you love me I love you So let’s make a family tree”\* ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/29 "2010-05-21T20:55:24Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Barenaked Ladies - “I Love You” > \* > “I love you > And you love me > I love you > So let’s make a family tree”\* You quoted the wrong part! _I like soup. And I like ice cream sandwiches too. I like fishsticks. But I love you._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/30 "2010-05-21T20:59:42Z")
_Fly Me To The Moon_ Fill my heart with song And let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words, please be true In other words, I love you ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/31 "2010-05-21T21:13:07Z")
L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore and … ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/32 "2010-05-21T22:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Poor Meatloaf, it’s the one thing he can’t do in “Two out of Three Aint Bad” Maybe it’s just as well. He said “I love you” in _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ and look how that turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/33 "2010-05-21T22:06:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe it’s just as well. He said “I love you” in _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ and look how that turned out. And of course, he says he lies because “I love you” ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/34 "2010-05-21T22:27:49Z")
[Michael Franti and Spearhead–Say Hey (I Love You)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYVUM583JL0) Always makes me happy when I hear this song. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/35 "2010-05-21T22:27:56Z")
Moody Blues, _It’s Up To You_: When the breeze between us calls, Love comes and lingers into our lives And the leaves begin to fall, You point your finger at me– I love you, yeah…I love you… ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/36 "2010-05-22T01:23:14Z")
P.S. I Love You (Beatles) Angel Baby - “Oo oo I Love You” (Rosie and the Originals) Sixteen Reasons (Why I Love You) (Connie Somebody or Other) I think I Love You - (Partridge Family) I Want You I Need You I Love You (Elvis) Why yes, I am old. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/37 "2010-05-22T02:23:02Z")
John Lennon - “Woman” The Moody Blues - “Nights in White Satin” Stevie Wonder - “These Three Words” Styx - “Babe” ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/38 "2010-05-22T02:27:29Z")
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons ~Sam Cooke What do I win? 😃 (That’s really pretty song, too. [Link clickage is strongly advised.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NUswGTGdU)) ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/39 "2010-05-22T02:28:20Z")
The Carpenters, “Superstar” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/40 "2010-05-22T02:41:16Z")
Two none-too-popular songs that I thought deserved more air play than they ever got: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sq8VLC6vLLE/hqdefault.jpg "Mashmakhan-As The Years Go By") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq8VLC6vLLE) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ibs-ynGPpN0/hqdefault.jpg "People! - I Love You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibs-ynGPpN0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249.md?page=3)