Song · Van Morrison
“Have I Told You Lately” by Van Morrison
From the album Avalon Sunset (1989)
“Have I Told You Lately” by Van Morrison appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1989 on the album Avalon Sunset. Its best result is #47 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,403 alternative song of all time.
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"Have I Told You Lately" is the tender heart of Avalon Sunset, Van Morrison's 1989 album and his nineteenth in the studio, and Mercury sent it out as the lead single on 5 June 1989. Morrison wrote and produced it, and Mick Glossop recorded, engineered and mixed.
It's soft and unhurried, pure devotion, and it has become a wedding-reception standard, though Morrison actually wrote it as a prayer, which explains the hushed, almost hymnal glow. Its opening line borrows from William Bell's "I Forgot to Be Your Lover". It climbed to number 12 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, collected a BMI Million-Air certificate, and later won a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 172 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2001 | 1326 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 47 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2004 | 261 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2005 | 456 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2009 | 596 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 814 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: Have I Told You Lately?; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You.
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