Song · Yello
“I Love You” by Yello
From the album You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess (1983)
“I Love You” by Yello appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess. Its best result is #263 on the Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,055 alternative song of all time.
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"I Love You" arrived in 1983 on You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess, the third studio album by Swiss electronic band Yello, and it splits the work cleanly: Boris Blank wrote the music, Dieter Meier wrote the words and sings them, and Meier stepped behind the camera to direct the video too.
It's synth-pop with a sly, deadpan grin, and the voice is the calling card; AllMusic's John Bush later singled out its "deep-throated" vocals. The record climbed to 41 in Britain and reached 16 on Billboard's dance club chart in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 499 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 347 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1990 | 263 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 2003 | 1726 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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