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"Loving You Baby"
"Loving You Baby"
	Side A of the US retail single
Single by Wednesday
B-side	"Here's to the Next Time" (Canada); "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" (U.S.);
Released	March 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Pop
Length	3:22
Label	Skyline (Canada); Celebration (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)	John Dee Driscoll
Wednesday singles chronology

"I've Been Loving You"
"I've Been Loving You"
	Portuguese EP release; The above file's purpose is being discussed and/or is being considered for deletion. See files for discussion to help reach a consensus on what to do.
Single by Elton John
B-side	"Here's to the Next Time"
Released	1 March 1968
Recorded	February 1968
Genre	Pop
Label	Philips (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)	Caleb Quaye
Elton John singles chronology

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"I've Been Loving You" is the 1968 debut single by English musician Elton John with lyrics credited to Bernie Taupin (although John later admitted that he wrote the song by himself, giving Taupin credit as an effort to earn Taupin his first publishing royalties). The B-side is "Here's to the Next Time", an Elton John composition. "I've Been Loving You" was not originally included on any album and the single was withdrawn shortly after its release. Neither side appeared on any official album release until the 1992 Rare Masters box set (which featured previously unreleased stereo mixes of both).

The single is extremely rare.^[1] An even rarer 4-song EP, released only in Portugal, contained two additional songs: "Thank You for All Your Loving" (written by John and then bandmate Caleb Quaye) and "Angel Tree" (the first true release of a John/Taupin composition).

According to John's YouTube channel, the single's B-side, "Here's to the Next Time", was recorded at DJM studios in late 1967.^[2]

Wednesday cover version[edit]

In 1976, Canadian band Wednesday covered the song under the title "Loving You Baby". It was a substantial hit in their native country, peaking at No. 6 for two weeks on the Canadian singles chart.^[3] It is ranked as the 78th biggest Canadian hit of 1976.^[4]

Chart history[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	6

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada^[6]	78

Other cover versions[edit]

On 24 May 1968 (shortly after John's release), Edwin Bee released it as a single, marking the first cover version of an Elton John composition.

Jack Bedient & the Chessmen, a popular party band based in and around California, Nevada, and the Pacific northwest in the 1960s, released a version of the song in 1969. Bedient & the Chessmen recorded and released numerous singles and albums during that time, and disbanded in the early '70s.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "The Tapestry of Delights". alextsu.narod.ru. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Elton John – Here's To The Next Time" – via YouTube.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 6 March 1976. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 6 March 1976. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ "Jack Bedient & the Chessmen - "I've Been Loving You" (Elton John cover song)". YouTube.

External links[edit]

[1] "The Tapestry of Delights". alextsu.narod.ru. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Elton John – Here's To The Next Time" – via YouTube.

[3] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 6 March 1976. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[4] "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[5] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 6 March 1976. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[6] "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[7] "Jack Bedient & the Chessmen - "I've Been Loving You" (Elton John cover song)". YouTube.

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-{{Infobox single
+{{EngvarB|date=June 2022}}
-| Name = I've Been Loving You
+{{distinguish|I've Been Loving You Too Long}}
-| Cover = I've_Been_Loving_You_-_Elton_John.jpg
+{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
-| Artist = [[Elton John]]
+{{Infobox song
-| B-side = "Here's to the Next Time"
+| name       = I've Been Loving You
-| Released = 1 March 1968
+| cover      = I've_Been_Loving_You_-_Elton_John.jpg
-| Recorded = December 1967
+| alt        =
-| Format = [[Gramophone record|Vinyl record]] (7")
+| caption    = Portuguese EP release{{ffdc|1=I've Been Loving You - Elton John.jpg|log=2024 June 23}}
-| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
+| type       = single
-| Label = [[Philips Records|Philips]] (UK)
-| Writer = [[Elton John]], [[Bernie Taupin]]
+| artist     = [[Elton John]]
+| album      =
-| This single = "'''I've Been Loving You'''"<br>(1968)
+| B-side     = Here's to the Next Time
-| Next single = "[[Lady Samantha]]"<br>(1969)
+| released   = 1 March 1968
+| recorded   = February 1968
+| studio     =
+| venue      =
+| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
+| length     =
+| label      = [[Philips Records|Philips]] (UK)
+| writer     = [[Elton John]], [[Bernie Taupin]]
+| producer   = [[Caleb Quaye]]
+| prev_title =
+| prev_year  =
+| next_title = [[Lady Samantha]]
+| next_year  = 1969
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-"'''I've Been Loving You'''" is the 1968 debut single by [[Elton John]] with lyrics credited to [[Bernie Taupin]] (although John later admitted that he wrote the song by himself, giving Taupin credit as an effort to earn Taupin his first publishing royalties). The [[B-side]] is "Here's to the Next Time", an Elton John composition. "I've Been Loving You" was not originally included on any album and the single was withdrawn shortly after its release.  Neither side appeared on any official album release until the 1992 "[[Rare Masters]]" [[box set]] (which featured previously unreleased stereo mixes of both).
+"'''I've Been Loving You'''" is the 1968 debut single by English musician [[Elton John]] with lyrics credited to [[Bernie Taupin]] (although John later admitted that he wrote the song by himself, giving Taupin credit as an effort to earn Taupin his first publishing royalties). The [[B-side]] is "Here's to the Next Time", an Elton John composition. "I've Been Loving You" was not originally included on any album and the single was withdrawn shortly after its release.  Neither side appeared on any official album release until the 1992 ''[[Rare Masters]]'' [[box set]] (which featured previously unreleased stereo mixes of both).
-The single is extremely rare.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070317055644/http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/uk6070s/index.html ]</ref>  An even rarer 4-song EP, released only in Portugal, contained two additional songs: "Thank You For All Of Your Loving" (written by John and then bandmate [[Caleb Quaye]]) and "The Angel Tree" (the first true release of a John/Taupin composition).
+The single is extremely rare.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/uk6070s/index.html |title=The Tapestry of Delights |website=alextsu.narod.ru |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317055644/http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/uk6070s/index.html |archive-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> An even rarer 4-song EP, released only in Portugal, contained two additional songs: "Thank You for All Your Loving" (written by John and then bandmate [[Caleb Quaye]]) and "Angel Tree" (the first true release of a John/Taupin composition).
+According to John's YouTube channel, the single's B-side, "Here's to the Next Time", was recorded at DJM studios in late 1967.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/iJ0A75pjnOg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201019163657/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ0A75pjnOg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ0A75pjnOg| title = Elton John – Here's To The Next Time | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
-==Cover versions==
-* On May 24, 1968 (shortly after Elton's release), Edwin Bee released it as a single, marking the first cover version of an Elton John composition.
+==Wednesday cover version==
-* In 1976, the Canadian band [[Wednesday (band)|Wednesday]] covered the song under the title "Loving You Baby"".  It was a substantial hit in their native country, peaking at #6 on the Canadian singles charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4093a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4093a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4093a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-03-06 |accessdate=2018-10-23}}</ref>
+{{Infobox song
+| name       = Loving You Baby
+| image      = Loving you baby by wednesday US retail single side-A.png
+| alt        = side-A label
+| caption    = Side A of the US retail single
+| type       = single
+| artist     = [[Wednesday (Canadian band)|Wednesday]]
+| album      =
+| B-side     = {{ubl|"Here's to the Next Time" <small>(Canada)</small>|"Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" <small>(U.S.)</small>}}
+| released   = March 1976
+| recorded   = 1975
+| studio     =
+| venue      =
+| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
+| length     = 3:22
+| label      = Skyline <small>(Canada)</small><br />Celebration <small>(U.S.)</small>
+| writer     = [[Elton John]], [[Bernie Taupin]]
+| producer   = John Dee Driscoll
+| prev_title = Here Today Gone Tomorrow
+| prev_year  = 1975
+| next_title = Doing the Best That I Can
+| next_year  = 1976
+}}
+In 1976, Canadian band [[Wednesday (Canadian band)|Wednesday]] covered the song under the title "Loving You Baby".  It was a substantial hit in their native country, peaking at No. 6 for two weeks on the Canadian singles chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4093a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4093a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4093a |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=6 March 1976 |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> It is ranked as the 78th biggest Canadian hit of 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title= Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date= 6 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160319222559/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |archive-date= 19 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
+===Chart history===
+{{col-begin|width=67%}}
+{{col-2}}
+====Weekly charts====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!align="left"|Chart (1976)
+!align="left"|Peak<br />position
+|-
+|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4093a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4093a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4093a |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=6 March 1976 |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"|6
+|-
+|}
+{{col-2}}
+====Year-end charts====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!align="left"|Chart (1976)
+!align="left"|Rank
+|-
+|Canada<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title= Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date= 6 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160319222559/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |archive-date= 19 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"|78
+|-
+|}
+{{col-end}}
+==Other cover versions==
+* On 24 May 1968 (shortly after John's release), Edwin Bee released it as a single, marking the first cover version of an Elton John composition.
+* Jack Bedient & the Chessmen, a popular party band based in and around California, Nevada, and the Pacific northwest in the 1960s, released a version of the song in 1969. Bedient & the Chessmen recorded and released numerous singles and albums during that time, and disbanded in the early '70s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExnHIU4TS3I | title=Jack Bedient & the Chessmen - "I've Been Loving You" (Elton John cover song) | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+* {{YouTube|XOhKYp_2sDE|Wednesday – Loving You Baby}}
-* {{MetroLyrics song|elton-john|ive-been-loving-you}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
-* {{YouTube|gYfMxsFBUBg|Listen to "I've Been Loving You"}} (Elton John)
+* {{YouTube|AN3mZV9TXZQ|Elton John – I've Been Loving You}}
-* {{YouTube|XOhKYp_2sDE|Listen to "Loving You Baby"}} (Wednesday)
 {{Elton John songs}}
+{{authority control}}
-[[Category:1968 singles]]
-[[Category:Debut singles]]
+[[Category:1968 songs]]
+[[Category:1968 debut singles]]
+[[Category:1968 debut EPs]]
+[[Category:1976 singles]]
 [[Category:Elton John songs]]
 [[Category:Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin]]
 [[Category:Songs with music by Elton John]]
-[[Category:1968 songs]]
 [[Category:Philips Records singles]]
+[[Category:Wednesday (Canadian band) songs]]

v t e Elton John songs
Discography
1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Through the Storm" (1989) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)
1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s	"Someday Out of the Blue" (2000) "I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)
2010s	"All of the Lights" (2010) "Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
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