I Can't Stop Loving You

"I Can't Stop Loving You"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
B-side	"Born to Lose"
Released	1962
Format	Vinyl, 7"
Recorded	February 15, 1962; United Recording Studios; (Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B, country soul, traditional pop
Length	2:37 (single version); 4:12 (album version)
Label	ABC-Paramount 45-10330
Writer(s)	Don Gibson
Producer(s)	Sid Feller
Certification	Gold
Ray Charles singles chronology
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"I Can't Stop Loving You"
Single by Don Gibson
from the album Oh Lonesome Me
Released	1958
Format	Vinyl, 7"
Recorded	December 30, 1957
Genre	Country
Length	3:14
Label	RCA Victor 7133
Writer(s)	Don Gibson
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins
Don Gibson singles chronology

"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 30, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. It was released in 1958 as the B-side of "Oh, Lonesome Me", becoming a double-sided country hit single.

Ray Charles single

The song was covered by Ray Charles in 1962, featured on Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, and released as a single. Charles' version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962, for five weeks. This version went to number one on the U.S. R&B and Adult Contemporary charts.^[2]^[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1962.^[4] Charles reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1962, staying for two weeks.^[5]

The Ray Charles version is noted for his saying the words before the last five lines of the song on the final chorus: "Sing the Song, Children". It was ranked No. 164 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and No. 49 on CMT's "100 Greatest Songs in Country Music".

Chart performance

Don Gibson

Note: This original recording was released as "I Can't Stop Lovin' You".^[6]

Chart (1958)	Peak position
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81

Kitty Wells version

Chart (1958)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3

Ray Charles version

Chart (1962)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
UK Singles Chart^[1]	1
Australian Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	4

Other notable versions

The song has been recorded by many other artists. Some recordings are titled as "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" (with or without an apostrophe).

1958: Kitty Wells on her album Kitty Wells' Golden Favorites; No. 3 on the Billboard magazine country chart
1961: Roy Orbison on his album Sings Lonely and Blue; charted in the Variety magazine Top 100 Listings
1963: Johnny Tillotson on his album Talk Back Trembling Lips (MGM Records – E 4188)
1964: Frank Sinatra recorded the song for his album It Might As Well Be Swing, his second collaboration with Count Basie and his orchestra
1965: Andy Williams on his album, Andy Williams' Dear Heart
1967: Ronnie Dove on his LP Cry
1969: Elvis Presley performed the song live from 1969 till his final tours in 1977, first recording it on the RCA release Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
1969: Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it on the album Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2
1974: Donna Hightower recorded in Spain it on her Columbia album "I'm In Love with Love" (also released as "I'm in Love with You" and "The One I Cried")
1972: Conway Twitty on his album of the same name; reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart^[7]
1991: Van Morrison on his album Hymns to the Silence; also appears on a limited edition album Live at Austin City Limits Festival (2006)
2002: Anne Murray on her album Country Croonin'
2005: Martina McBride on her album Timeless
2014: Bryan Adams recorded a version for his album Tracks of My Years

References

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External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk	Billboard Hot 100 number one single number one single (Ray Charles) June 2-June 30, 1962	Succeeded by "The Stripper" by David Rose
Preceded by "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp	Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single (Ray Charles) May 26, 1962 – July 28, 1962	Succeeded by "You'll Lose a Good Thing" by Barbara Lynn
Preceded by "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk	"Billboard" Easy Listening number-one single by Ray Charles June 9, 1962 (five weeks)	Succeeded by "The Stripper" by David Rose
Preceded by "Come Outside" by Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard	UK number one single (Ray Charles version) July 12, 1962 (two weeks)	Succeeded by "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield
Preceded by "When the Snow Is on the Roses" by Sonny James	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Conway Twitty version) September 23, 1972	Succeeded by "I Ain't Never" by Mel Tillis
Preceded by "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" by Don Gibson	RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Conway Twitty version) September 16-September 23, 1972	Succeeded by "When the Snow Is on the Roses" by Sonny James

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v t e Don Gibson
Studio albums	Oh Lonesome Me No One Stands Alone That Gibson Boy
Collaboration albums	Dottie and Don
Notable singles	"Sweet Dreams" "Oh Lonesome Me" "I Can't Stop Loving You" "Blue Blue Day" "I'm Movin' On" "Just One Time" "Sea of Heartbreak" "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" "Snap Your Fingers"
Collaboration singles	"Rings of Gold" "Till I Can't Take It Anymore"
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Studio albums	Sings Saturday Night with Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy House on Old Lonesome Road Crazy in Love Even Now Final Touches
Collaboration albums	We Only Make Believe Lead Me On Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Country Partners Dynamic Duo
Compilation albums	25 Number Ones
Notable singles	"It's Only Make Believe" "Mona Lisa" "Danny Boy" "Next in Line" "I Love You More Today" "To See My Angel Cry" "Hello Darlin'" "Fifteen Years Ago" "How Much More Can She Stand" "I Can't See Me Without You" "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" "I Can't Stop Loving You" "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)" "You've Never Been This Far Before" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" "I See the Want To in Your Eyes" "Linda on My Mind" "Touch the Hand" "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "After All the Good Is Gone" "The Games That Daddies Play" "I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me" "Play Guitar Play" "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring" "Boogie Grass Band" "Your Love Had Taken Me That High" "Don't Take It Away" "I May Never Get to Heaven" "Happy Birthday Darlin'" "I'd Love to Lay You Down" "Rest Your Love on Me" "Tight Fittin' Jeans" "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" "The Clown" "Slow Hand" "We Did But Now You Don't" "The Rose" "We Had It All" "Lost in the Feeling" "Heartache Tonight" "Three Times a Lady" "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)" "Ain't She Somethin' Else" "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans" "Desperado Love" "Fallin' for You for Years" "Julia" "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" "That's My Job" "Goodbye Time" "Saturday Night Special" "I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams" "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" "House on Old Lonesome Road" "Crazy in Love" "I Couldn't See You Leavin'" "Rainy Night in Georgia"
Collaboration singles	"After the Fire Is Gone" "Lead Me On" "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" "Feelins'" "The Letter" "I Can't Love You Enough" "Making Believe" "Don't Cry Joni"
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v t e Van Morrison singles discography
1960s	1967 "Brown Eyed Girl"
1970s	1970 "Come Running" "Crazy Love" "Domino" 1971 "Blue Money" "Call Me Up in Dreamland" "Wild Night" 1972 "Tupelo Honey" "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" "Redwood Tree" 1973 "Warm Love" "Bein' Green" 1974 "Bulbs" "Caldonia" "Gloria" 1977 "The Eternal Kansas City" "Moondance" 1978 "Wavelength" 1979 "Bright Side of the Road" "Full Force Gale"
1980s	1980 "You Make Me Feel So Free" 1982 "Cleaning Windows" "Scandinavia" 1984 "Dweller on the Threshold" 1985 "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" 1986 "Ivory Tower" 1987 "Did Ye Get Healed?" "Someone Like You" 1988 "Queen of the Slipstream "I'll Tell Me Ma 1989 "Have I Told You Lately" "Whenever God Shines His Light" "Orangefield"
1990s	1990 "Coney Island" "Gloria" "Real Real Gone" 1991 "Enlightenment" "I Can't Stop Loving You" "Why Must I Always Explain?" 1993 "Gloria" 1995 "Have I Told You Lately" "Days Like This" "Perfect Fit" 1996 "That's Life" 1997 "The Healing Game" "Rough God Goes Riding" 1999 "Precious Time" "Back on Top"
2000s	2002 "Hey Mr. DJ"

I Can't Stop Loving You

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