Baby I Love You
KIM ANDY Lyrics

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Have I ever told you
How good it feels to hold you
It isn't easy to explain

And though I'm merely trying
I think I may start crying
My heart can't wait another day
When you touch me I just got to say

Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Come on baby na na na na na
Come on baby na na na na na

I can't live without you
I love everything about you
I can't help it if I feel this way

And I'm so glad I found you
I want my arms around you
I want to hear you call my name
Tell me baby that you feel the same.

Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Come on baby na na na na na
Come on baby na na na na na

My heart can't wait another day
When you touch me I just got to say

Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Come on baby na na na na na
Come on baby na na na na na

Baby I love you
Baby I love you
Baby I love you

Come on baby na na na na na
Come on baby na na na na na

Overall Meaning

In KIM ANDY's song BABY I LOVE YOU, the lyrics express a deep love and affection for the person being addressed. He starts off by acknowledging the difficulty in conveying just how good it feels to hold this person and how much they mean to him. He feels so strongly that he may just start crying. The lyrics convey the urgency of this love - the heart can't wait another day. The chorus emphasizes this, with the repeated phrase "Baby I love you" and the invitation to come closer, to be together with the person he loves.

The verses express the singer's inability to live without the person he loves, and an appreciation for everything about them. He feels grateful to have found this person and wants nothing more than to hold them, hear them call his name, and feel their touch. He even asks for reassurance that the feeling is mutual: "Tell me baby that you feel the same." As the song progresses, the intensity of the feeling only grows stronger.

Overall, the lyrics to BABY I LOVE YOU convey a deep, urgent, and impassioned love for the person being addressed, with a sense of vulnerability and longing.

Line by Line Meaning

Have I ever told you
Have I expressed to you with words the depth of my emotion

How good it feels to hold you
The physical sensation of being close to you brings me joy and comfort

It isn't easy to explain
My feelings for you are complex and difficult to put into words

And though I'm merely trying
Despite my efforts to articulate my emotions

I think I may start crying
My feelings overflow and I may become emotional

My heart can't wait another day
I am eager to express the intensity of my love for you

When you touch me I just got to say
The physical connection we share compels me to speak aloud my love for you

I can't live without you
My existence depends on having you in my life

I love everything about you
I appreciate every aspect of your personality and appearance

I can't help it if I feel this way
My feelings for you are natural and beyond my control

And I'm so glad I found you
I feel grateful to have met you and to share my life with you

I want my arms around you
I long to physically embrace you and feel our connection

I want to hear you call my name
Your voice brings me joy and I desire to hear you say my name

Tell me baby that you feel the same
Please confirm that you reciprocate my emotions and love for you

My heart can't wait another day
The intensity of my emotions compel me to express my love for you immediately

When you touch me I just got to say
The physical connection we share compels me to speak aloud my love for you

Baby I love you
I am deeply in love with you

Come on baby na na na na na
An expression of excitement and joy with the repetition of sounds

Baby I love you
I am deeply in love with you

Come on baby na na na na na
An expression of excitement and joy with the repetition of sounds

Baby I love you
I am deeply in love with you

Come on baby na na na na na
An expression of excitement and joy with the repetition of sounds

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music Inc.
Written by: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phillip Spector

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Comments from YouTube:

Jennie Cupertino

8y↑183

Mine and my deceased husband's song. We were married one month of 41 years. For you babe

carolinafan2016

7y↑4

God Bless You Jennie

Colleen Jeffries

6y↑1

Sorry for your loss, jennie.

charles glendenmeyer

5y↑1

That’s so sweet. God bless.

sprotteshj

5y↑2

My Mom and my Dad lived together 43 years, until she passed in 2007, suffering cancer.
R.i.P., beloved Mom, we still miss you, forever your love shines on us.

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David Blitch

5y↑31

This is totally the very best version of this song. No other version holds a candle to this one!

RazzleDazz72

Agreed

Jean Sanderson

3y↑25

One year into the pandemic. I listen to this song a whole lot. After 27 years of being together, my love and I tied the knot on August 14, 2020. A very beautiful, quiet wedding. We are in our golden years... hope we have many more years together. 💙❤️

TheLeen61

9y↑38

This is my all-time favorite version of this song. Classic. Andy was a favorite underrated singer of the late 60's and early 70's.

Kelly Mark

9y↑2

TheLeen61 So glad that you enjoyed it :)

Fairnorth

5y↑5

THIS IS A FANTASTIC MASTERPIECE !! I LOVE IT MORE NOW THAN I DID BACK IN 1969 !! YES, THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT ANDY KIM'S VERSION !! IT BRINGS BACK ALL OF THE GREAT MEMORIES OF THE FUN TIMES !! THANK YOU Kelly Mark FOR POSTING THIS CLASSIC GEM !! THANK YOU YOU/TUBE !!

Eli Terry

3y↑12

As a kid I was in love with the background singers. My imagination had them looking like Veronica & Betty of the Archies.

Brent Gartside

52w↑2

That's how I see it too.😅

Music Stewart

38w

Bingo. He co-wrote “Sugar, sugar “. The background on that was by Toni Wine, who wrote “Knock three times” for Tony Orlando, with whom she still sings.

Michael Picardi

8y↑53

LOVE this version!!! the drums are wonderful.. and the background singers add more depth.. and Na naa's are perfect!!

jane oughton

5y↑1

michael picardi i love this ..its rather romantic , the blokes voice is lovely lol long live love xx

Fk67Lg

5y↑1

I like the castanets when they kick in at 01:18. But it needs more cowbell.

Jan Lewis

6y↑88

I just started crying when I heard this. The beautiful memories of innocent love in the 60's.

Dan VanLandingham

5y↑3

It brings back the same memories for me and the girl who was two years behind me in high school.She came back to haunt me twenty five years later.I never really got over her.

Debbie Wilkins

5y↑5

I know exactly how you feel Jan. We don’t understand when we are young, exactly how precious those innocent years are and how fast they pass you by. I wish quite often that I could go back and live those times over again. I miss how close our family was then, while my Grandparents and Parents were alive. My heart breaks for those days gone by!

Debra Flores

And these feelings, emotions aren't something we can explain (properly) to our children & grandchildren, so they won't have the same thing happen. Because to convey it, it seems silly & ridiculous, just as when my parents use to try & talk to me about this. My dad would say, "Don't wish your life away.", when I'd say something like, I can't wait until I'm 16 & I can drive, or 21 & drink, etc. My dad would say, "Your life is going to be gone before you know it and you can't get it back." I totally dismissed what he'd say, hey, I had my whole life ahead. Now at 67, thankfully, I have little regrets, but do wish I'd savored some of those times a bit longer.
Mostly, I miss friends I've somehow lost track of over the years & wish I could connect with again.

7959225

8y↑10

I love this song...My husband was in Vietnam when it came out, and I nearly wore the record out..Thank you so much for posting it!!

Kelly Mark

+7959225 You are most welcome! Glad that you enjoyed it once again! Great song :)

Nicole Smith

7y↑29

By far the best version of this song!!!!

Ray Hawkins

3y↑6

The first album I ever had as a kid. Still love it!

Karol M

2y↑4

What a Magnificent voice Any Kim has! Still listening and loving this song in September, 2022!🤗

Kim Kelly

6y↑5

I was all of nine years old when I first heard this song. Remember saving my allowance to get this record, this song still sounds great to this day! Thanks for posting this!

Denise Martinez

6y↑10

Best version EVER! Good times, love this song.

caroline n

4y↑6

Love this version of this tune ❤️

USMC Veteran

I agree love to return to 1969 and be 14 yrs old again when this was a hit. So in love with my cute girlfriend

Colleen Jeffries

6y↑2

I love his voice. Wow, he sure can sing!

Terry Clancy

1y↑2

Best song by Andy Kim , love this song . I also play it for my Wife and she loves it also . Especially good to play it for her when I’m in the Doghouse for messing something up .

Shawn Little

4y↑11

Yes I am a millennial but I am more old-school by heart This song is awesome.

Rose Szégh

4y↑5

linda demais

Michael Beauparlant

5y↑6

I love this song! I was 15 years when this song hit the charts in1969.

Sherry Lindsey

Me too!!

Mary Alves

Me too and I was only 9

Trace67

His Voice Is So addicting..I am 53 years old and everytime i hear his songs i feel so young again.:)

Lucy Barone

6y↑30

My favorite as a child in the 1960s ♥️

Martin Detienne

10y↑21

this version is wonderful

Kelly Mark

10y↑2

so glad that you enjoyed it :)

Monica Miguez

3y↑2

Amo esta canción!!

jerzaw

8y↑7

Great song and a soulful remake. Thank you Kelly for posting!

Kelly Mark

8y↑1

+jerzaw You are most welcome :) Glad that you enjoyed it!

Sonia Kaskanlian

37w↑1

Amooooo❤

John Pripusich

2y↑1

"Baby, I Love You"! A great song, first of all. Andy Kim's version a superb track of 1969. The Ronettes' original four stars too.
But something very spectacular about this Andy Kim rendition. Really takes me back. Wow.

sunny

I can't live without Andy's songs🎶

Elizabeth Kennedy

3y↑1

Andy Kim was my favorite singer. I bought all of his records and my bedroom wall was covered with his pictures. Oh the awesome memories.

Rose Szégh

showwww de bolaa esta musica

Pete's Taint

Remember this as a kid and loved it! Still do. 👍

sauquoit13456

5y↑3

On this day in 1969 {August 21st} Andy Kim was a guest on the nationally syndicated weekday-afternoon television program, 'The Mike Douglas Show'...
At the time his covered version of "Baby, I Love You"* was at position #13 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #9 {for 2 weeks} and it spent sixteen weeks on the Top 100...
And his native Canada it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on the RPM Singles chart...
Five years earlier on January 26th, 1964 the Ronettes' original version of "Baby, I Love You" was peaking at #24 {for 1 week} on the Top 100...
Between 1968 and 1974 Andy Kim had twelve records on the Top 100 chart, two made the Top 10, besides the above "Baby, I Love You", his other Top 10 record was "Rock Me Gently", it peaked at #1 for 1 week on September 22nd, 1974...
* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, "Baby, I Love You" was the second of his four charted records that had 'Baby' in it's title, the other three were "Shoot'Em Up, Baby" {#31 in 1968}, "Be My Baby" {#17 in 1970}, and "Fire, Baby I'm On Fire" {#28 in 1974}...

lcozzarelli

8y↑36

Interesting tidbit that made me visit this video: Andy had a string of hits on the Steed label, most notably "How'd We Ever Get This Way", "So Good Together" and remakes of The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You". Jeff Barry (writer and producer of this and many other songs) breathed new life into these two "baby" songs with fresh and fantastic arrangements, such as a heavy percussive sound he effected in the latter by playing one component of the drum kit at a time (to prevent sound leakage), layering each one on the track like the petals of a flower.

Jeff Barry could make a great "Wall of Sound"!

Rob Minderman

8y↑6

Jeff Barry and his Brill Building songwriter wife Ellie Greenwich wrote many girl group hits with Producer Phil Spector, who invented the wall of sound techniques. He produced Andy from Montreal, Canada of Lebanese decent and they wrote and Andy sang the leads for Sugar Sugar by The Archies - love the tidbit about recording each drum part of the kit separately, so as to get complete sound separation, and it also allowed that great Thwack! at the beginning to not rattle the snares on the kit...ingenius -

Kathleen Nelson

8y↑3

I've always wondered who sang 'SUGAR SUGAR'! Thank you for that 'little tidbit' Rob!

Rob Minderman

8y↑2

Andy K sang it and wrote it too with Jeff Barry - I'm a huge fan of both of these guys

lcozzarelli

8y↑4

Jeff Barry and Andy Kim wrote "Sugar Sugar", but session singer Ron Dante sang the lead for "Sugar Sugar" as popularized by the Archies. Ron Dante is also known as the lead singer of the Cuff Links ("Tracy").

Rob Minderman

When you find the LP credits for that , let me know - I`d love to see them . I know he`s imitating how Andy sang the original demo track. Many studio guys sang those bubblegum songs back then, and The Archies are a Saturday Morning cartoon band - It`s a fun show.
I know Ron Dante produced Barry Manilow for years after The Cufflinks stuff ...not my cuppa

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Larry McIntyre

This song describes how I feel about my girl better than I could ever put into words

Julie Cloninger

They just don't make em like that anymore. Beautiful song ❤️

Foxy Peach

8y↑8

Great sound & song!!! Thanks for the posting!!!

Kelly Mark

8y↑1

No problem!! glad that you enjoyed it :)

Macy S

31w

Played it in a cover band , it went over huge 😎🎸

Thelma Thompson

Great song I love the way he sings it.

Ruth B.

5y↑29

September 2019 and still listening to this gem.

African Mermaid 🧜‍♀️

4y↑1

Ruth Benzaquen still listening 3/2020!

Gerry Dooley

4y↑1

wow that's great

Keith Reeves

👍👍

Christopher Rath

6y↑29

Perfect version
Of the perfect song.

orsie200

7y↑7

LOVE THIS SONG! Thanks for posting!

Kelly Mark

7y↑1

You Are Most Welcome :)

Craig Benson

10y↑4

brill version ......love it

John Murphy

9y↑34

Brings me back to seeing my parents slow dancing to this song in our living room in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Kelly Mark

Well glad that you enjoyed it :)

Suraya

Always loved this version, as a teen.
Cambridge native here 😄, we used to visit my Mom's sister, who lived in Lex. Though never saw my parents even touch each other 😕. Still a great song, in 2022. P. Spector's "Wall Of Sound" never gets old!

Brock

4y↑2

An great song, from an EVEN greater Decade!

Joanne Robinson

2y↑1

Love his songs. So ROMANTIC

Patsy Parraz

Very talented I love his music I graduated in 1974 when this song came out brings back so many memories

African Mermaid 🧜‍♀️

4y↑6

Wow! So beautiful! I was a kid running around riding my Stingray bike with the sparkly banana seat in Nebraska. AM radio no stereo radio. Sweet childhood memories.

ToyKingWonder

4y↑1

I was right there with you, at that same moment, one state away in Denver.

999 777

2y↑1

Check this out.He also co-wrote Sugar Sugar:Shortly thereafter, Barry hired songwriter/backing vocalist Andy Kim, and replaced Thomas with Toni Wine. Barry and Kim co-wrote "Sugar, Sugar," which became a breakout smash in 1969; it topped the charts for four weeks, sold over three million copies in the U.S. alone, and wound up as Billboard's number one song of the year. Meanwhile, the TV show was expanded to a full hour, and Dante enjoyed a simultaneous Top Ten hit during "Sugar, Sugar"'s run, thanks to his lead vocal on the Cufflinks' "Tracy." The follow-up, "Jingle Jangle," reached the Top Ten, but from there the Archies' chart success tailed off quickly. Their last Top 40 hit came in the spring of 1970 with "Who's Your Baby?"; the same year, Donna Marie replaced Toni Wine.

Heather Phare

April 2021 and still loving this Classic 💕

wdldrose

2y↑2

2022 still listening because its still feels good and brings sweet memories

Jdan3

This is my favorite rendition of this song. It's so good.

A couple years ago, I sang a cover of it. Here's the link of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhZRai7KEmo

Janet Richardson

5y↑1

I looked for this song on Itunes to buy. They had it listed as country music. I have loved it ever since Any Kim came out with this.

Theresa Martens Deselms

4y↑12

I am so glad I was a Kid from the 60s& 70s Love our Generation Music

Joe Mahoney

One of the greatest love songs of all time

adele k

6y↑2

Someone asked on Facebook if you only had one coin for the jukebox, what song would you play. Another answered with this title that I had forgotten long ago. Brings back so many memories! Thanks for posting, Kelly!

Mello Gee

1y↑1

Andy, Ron Dante and Tommy Roe would've made a LETHAL pop rock melody combination together.

Dennis John Dreher

Wall of sound, has to be the wrecking crew in the studio. Great song.

Joan Devine

Always loved Andy Kim since I was 8 yrs old. Would love to see him live. My best friend and I used to dance to his songs with pom poms for the other neighbor hood kids. Lol! My best friend died suddenly at 30 of a rare disease.

Paulinho Flores

EU AMO SINTO FALTA DO MEU MUNDO ,MEU CORAÇÃO SANGRA ,MINHA ALMA QUER FUGIR DESSE CORPO QUE SEI QUE VOU MORRER DE TANTA SAUDADE VOU TE AMAR ETERNAMENTE.

Monica Miguez

Siempre me gusto esta cancion...

John Hood

4y↑1

'69 song I've packed with my tour in Vietnam, it provided memories of home. These 60's songs are the best, will pay to hitch a ride back in time, a mind of comfort that will last for eternity.

Maggie M

9y↑1

I love Andy Kim's all songs😀

VirginSuicide77

8y↑1

The little-known Cher version on Phil Spector's short lived Warner/Spector label is just incredible.

Karijane

4y↑4

Found a video of my 7 or 8 year old self rocking out to this, still a bop

Patti Spencer

4y↑9

When I was 16 my boyfriend used to play his guitar & and sing this to me.

Philip just beautiful doris day. Robertson

Fantastic song cant stop playing it .?

Repa Ali

2021 still listening to this .. so beautiful

Baron Bedlam

I was listening to this, and I thought to myself that I don't remember making this mix, which is strange because it contains my favorites. Then I realized that someone else made it. Nice to find a kindred spirit.

joboy

4y↑1

A real classic ...

Ruby Golay

9y↑1

One of my favorites in the late '60s and early '70s. Thanks for sharing!

Kelly Mark

You are so welcome! Glad that you enjoyed it :)

Kattra Kee

3y↑1

Great timeless love song ♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰🥰♥️♥️♥️

Annie C

2y↑2

That was a wonderful Era for music.

Tere Labbado

9y↑1

lindissima

chi69201

9y↑7

I usually don't care for remakes but between
this version and the Ramones version with the
dearly departed Joey Ramone on vocals,
how can you lose? You can't.
Thanks for posting.

Kelly Mark

9y↑2

You are most welcome! Glad that you enjoyed it :)

desmond farrell

5y↑1

My first girlfriend played this song for me back in 1968 . Still love the song,don’t know where she is now.

Reyanne

What a time to be alive! Atleast you've experienced a part of your life with her in the picture :)

doodahman101

9y↑100

I know all the others have done it, The Ronettes, Tommy Roe, The Ramones, but this is my favorite version. "C'mon baby na na na na na"

Kelly Mark

9y↑5

***** Mine as well! Glad that you enjoyed it :)

LilZebra

8y↑3

+doodahman101 , this is the first ver. I heard on the radio 1985-86.

JPC

7y↑6

This was the only version I grew up with as well. Lol

Mark W

5y↑1

Mine too. I love the back-up vocals.

Philip Collins

5y↑5

The Ronettes great record aside, Andy's version is better!

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Stephen Hernandez

2y↑1

SO GOOD AND GOLDEN! 😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😁😁😁😁😁😭😭😭😭😭👫👫👫👫👫🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👦👦👦👦👦👧👧👧👧👧👨👨👨👨👨👩👩👩👩👩👴👴👴👴👴👵👵👵👵👵🌇🌇🌇🌇🌇🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Joyce Rushing

33w↑1

LOVE ANDY KIM SONGS 🎵❤

Dan Butler

5y↑1

The greatness of the Ronettes aside its a damn good cover..

Nathalie Connor

Heard he is back in the studio recording once again-and still sexy as hell!

Ron Patterson

I love this song so much

Maddie D

3y↑3

In a pandemic lisining to beautiful music 💓

USMC Veteran

Yes, 1969, I was 14 yrs old and so in love with my cute girlfriend. Living on love, at 14 we were crazy about each other. 1969, great music and no COVID19. Send me back and never return to this mess.

Hunnie B

9y↑4

Thanks so much for sharing this song.......brings me right back. Best memories from my youth !

Kelly Mark

9y↑1

Hunnie B You are most welcome :) Glad that you enjoyed it!

Hunnie B

Thank you for your response......much appreciated.

Kelly Mark

Hunnie B never a problem at all :)

Hunnie B

9y↑1

cool !

Theresia Almerhanna

Same feeling

Evy Hannes

6y↑1

One of the greatest love songs! "UNE TE DUA" ... have I ever told you how good it felt to hold you? Remembering you forever!

David Walsh

There is something very special about songs by Andy Kim

Jimmy Dorsey

9y↑51

This is the best version of this song! Don't care for the Ronettes or Ramones version Thanks for posting Kelly!

Kelly Mark

You are most welcome! Glad that you enjoyed it :)

Ila Hilda Sissac

I like this cover the best as well.

arthur fey

Wirklich ein ganz toller Song .Da kann man nur träumen 😘

Trish Holder

I love this song when I was growing up. Baby I love u. I love it now that I can listen to all my favorite oldies.

sherry sutin

6y↑1

Love Love this version, only wish I Tunes Or Spotify had it. Thanks for sharing 👏

Jan Lewis

You will find it under the song name on itunes along with everyone else's version.

lechatbotte aka Botte bean

7y↑5

I have this album, wow what memories.

Kelly Mark

Glad that you enjoyed it :)

Marilyn Burkert

2y↑1

This brings many memories of the year 70 s my year I used to dance to this song for excercising and dance with my bf high school sweetheart ❣️❣️❣️

Tony Testa

9y↑40

Andy Kim also wrote "Sugar, Sugar" for The Archies another classic catchy tune!

Brooke Hanley

8y↑1

Sounds a little like this. Never knew Andy Kim wrote Sugar.

Tony Testa

8y↑1

Yes they do sound similar, Brooke.

Jan Lewis

I love that song. It makes me so happy when I hear it. Lovely memories.

Brock

Funny. Today on “60’s on 6” they played this song then “Sugar, Sugar!”

Mark Englert

3y↑3

The song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector

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Tere Labbado

9y↑3

ADOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

USMC Veteran

3y↑1

New subscriber here. 1969, when this was a hit I was 14 yrs old. Memories of my cute girlfriend, we loved this song.

Tyson Bigio

4y↑1

Andy Kim rocks

Joy Dunn

8y↑1

love this song i was seven when it came out thank you for this!!

TIME42

6y↑5

Andy Kim ,right! I was long time looking for this version!

klatu

Eu gostei muito dessa fase bublegun, pena que durou pouco

Colleen Jeffries

6y↑1

I dated a guy who looked a lot like him. Such a good singer.

Gary Beckefeld

He is the greatest made me cry too and I'm 68 yrs old yes innocence for sure!!!

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