When Will You Say I Love You

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"When Will You Say I Love You"
Single by Billy Fury
B-side"All I Wanna Do Is Cry"
Released10 May 1963 (1963-05-10)[1]
Recorded26 September 1962[2]
StudioDecca Studios, London
GenrePop
Length2:24
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Alan Fielding
Producer(s)Mike Smith
Billy Fury singles chronology
"Like I've Never Been Gone"
(1963) 		"When Will You Say I Love You"
(1963) 		"In Summer"
(1963)

"When Will You Say I Love You" is a song by English singer Billy Fury, released as a single in May 1963. It peaked at number 3 on the Record Retailer Top 50.[3]

Release and reception[edit]

"When Will You Say I Love You" was written by Alan Fielding, who had previously written another Fury hit "Last Night Was Made for Love". The B-side, "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" was written by David Battaglia and Johnny Brandon and had originally been released by America R&B singer Billy Bland in January 1962.[4]

Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that "When Will You Say I Love You" "opens as if it's going to be a fast piano concerto. But soon slides into a familiar lazy beat for another hit ballad", with Fury singing "the lyrics romantically with those undertones of Presley which seem to be doing him a lot of good commercially nowadays".[1] In New Record Mirror, it was described as "a good song with a good tune and a very good lyric. Medium tempo, with a different approach that seems fresh for a change".[5]

Track listing[edit]

7": Decca / F 11655

  1. "When Will You Say I Love You" – 2:24
  2. "All I Wanna Do Is Cry" – 2:15

Charts[edit]

Chart (1963) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 4
UK Disc Top 30[7] 5
UK Melody Maker Pop 50[8] 4
UK New Musical Express Top 30[9] 5
UK Record Retailer Top 50[3] 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fury – three TV spots / Disc Date" (PDF). Disc. 11 May 1963. pp. 7, 8. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "When Will You Say I Love You". www.nic.fi. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Billy Fury | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Billy Bland - All I Wanna Do Is Cry". 45cat. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Grand piano backs Billy" (PDF). Record Mirror. 11 May 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – When Will You Say I Love You". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "Top 30" (PDF). Disc. 8 June 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Pop Fifty". Melody Maker. 8 June 1963.
  9. ^ "NME Top Thirty". New Musical Express. 7 June 1963.
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