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To Know You Is to Love You (song)

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"To Know You Is to Love You"
Single by B.B. King
from the album To Know You Is to Love You
B-side"I Can't Leave"
ReleasedJune 1973 (1973-06)
Recorded1973
GenreR&B, soul blues
Length
  • 3:54 (single version)
  • 8:35 (album version)
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder[1]
Producer(s)Dave Crawford
B.B. King singles chronology
"Summer in the City"
(1972)
"To Know You Is to Love You"
(1973)
"I Like to Live the Love"
(1973)
Official audio
"To Know You Is to Love You" (album version) on YouTube

"To Know You Is to Love You" is a song written by Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder in 1972.[2]

The duet was first released on Syreeta Wright's debut album (Syreeta, MW 113) by MoWest Records (a Motown company) in 1972.

B.B. King recording

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It is also a single and an album by B.B. King, released by ABC Records in 1973, with the title song co-interpreted with Stevie Wonder (track B1 on the album To Know You Is to Love You). In the US, this version went to #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #38 on the Hot 100.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 325.
  2. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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