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Have I Told You Lately
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For the 1945 song written by Scotty Wiseman, see Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
"Have I Told You Lately"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Avalon Sunset
B-side
"Contacting My Angel"
Released
5 June 1989
Format
CD single
Recorded
1989
Genre
Celtic, folk rock, soft rock
Length
4:20
Label
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Van Morrison
Producer(s)
Van Morrison
Van Morrison singles chronology
"I'll Tell Me Ma"
(1988) "Have I Told You Lately"
(1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light"
(1989)
"I'll Tell Me Ma"
(1988) "Have I Told You Lately"
(1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light"
(1989)
Avalon Sunset track listing
"I'd Love to Write Another Song"
(3) "Have I Told You Lately"
(4) "Coney Island"
(5)
"Have I Told You Lately"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Unplugged...and Seated
B-side
"Gasoline alley"
Released
March 1993
Recorded
4:08
Genre
Soft rock
Label
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Van Morrison
Producer(s)
Michael Ostin
"Have I Told You Lately"
Single by The Chieftains with Van Morrison
from the album The Long Black Veil
Released
1995
Genre
Folk
Length
4:40
Label
RCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Van Morrison
Producer(s)
Paddy Moloney (with Chris Kimsey and Ry Cooder)
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Gloria"
(1993) "Have I Told You Lately"
(1995) "Days Like This"
(1995)
"Gloria"
(1993) "Have I Told You Lately"
(1995) "Days Like This"
(1995)
The Long Black Veil track listing
"The Foggy Dew"
(3) "Have I Told You Lately"
(4) "Changing Your Demeanour"
(5)
"Have I Told You Lately" is a hit song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and recorded for his album Avalon Sunset (1989). It is a romantic ballad often played at weddings, although it was originally written as a prayer.
"Have I Told You Lately" has become a classic song and has received acclaim by winning a Grammy Award and a BMI Million-Air certificate. When released as a single in 1989, it reached No. 12 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart,[1] and has been a popular cover song with many vocal and instrumental versions recorded by numerous artists and bands. In 1993, Rod Stewart's version charted at No. 5 in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Contents
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1 Composition
2 Acclaim
3 Rod Stewart version
4 Chart history
4.1 Weekly charts
4.1.1 Year-end charts
5 Other versions
6 Other releases
7 In the media
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links
Composition[edit]
Composed as a love ballad and built on the framework of "Someone Like You",[2] it is preceded on Avalon Sunset by the song, "I'd Love to Write Another Song" proclaiming "In poetry I'd carve it well/ I'd even make it rhyme." Then, in the words of Brian Hinton what follows is:
"One of the finest love songs of the century, which I remember devastated me when I first heard it, as it seemed both something never quite said before, and yet a song I felt I had known forever. Earthly love transmutes into that for God, just like in Dante, 'there's a love that's divine and it's yours and it's mine.' The morning sun has set by the end of the song, suggesting love shading into death, but subtly."[3]
Acclaim[edit]
"Have I Told You Lately" was listed as No. 261 on the "All Time 885 Greatest Songs" list compiled in 2004 by Philadelphia radio station WXPN from listeners' votes.[4] In August 2006, Van Morrison's original recording was voted No. 6 on a list of the Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs, based on a poll of 1,300 DJs in the UK.[5] Van Morrison's original version of this song was No. 98 on the New York Daily News, The 100 Greatest Love Songs, from the list published on 12 February 2007. In October 2007, Van Morrison received a Million-Air certificate for over four million air plays of "Have I Told You Lately" from the prestigious BMI awards held in London, England.
Rod Stewart version[edit]
"Have I Told You Lately" has become a classic over the years and has been performed by many unknown as well as many famous artists. Rod Stewart covered the song for his album Vagabond Heart (1991). In 1993, a live version from his album Unplugged...and Seated was released as a single, becoming a number-five hit in the US[6] and the UK. This version also reached No. 4 on the Billboard US Mainstream Top 40 chart, [7] and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard US Adult Contemporary chart.[8] It was certified gold in the US and sold 700,000 copies there.[9][10] Another live version by Stewart from his 2013 performance at The Troubadour, West Hollywood was included on the deluxe edition of his album Time.
Chart history[edit]
(Van Morrison)
Chart (1989)
Peak
position
UK [11] 74
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 12
(Coney Island Medley)
Chart (1990)
Peak
position
UK [11] 76
(w/ The Chieftains)
Chart (1995)
Peak
position
UK[11] 71
(Rod Stewart, studio version)
Chart (1992-93)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[13] 33
(Rod Stewart, live)
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1993)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 12
Canada (RPM) Top Singles[14] 1
Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporary[15] 1
Germany 12
Ireland 13
New Zealand 41
Sweden 39
UK Singles Chart[16] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [17] 5
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[18] 2
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1993)
Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[19] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[20] 32
U.S. Cash Box [21] 22
Other versions[edit]
Some of the other known covers of the song are by Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell,[22] Michael Ball,[23] Della Reese, Engelbert Humperdinck[24] and an instrumental cover by Floyd Cramer. Andy Williams covered it on his 2007 album, I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up and performed a live version in 2007 at Royal Albert Hall in London, England.[25] In 2006, Thomas Anders covered the song for his swing album Songs Forever. Barry Manilow included this song on his album, The Greatest Songs of the Eighties released in November 2008.[26] "Have I Told You Lately" has also been a popular cover song internationally. Tejano group Mazz also recorded the song on their 1993 album Que Esperabas. In 1999, the Belgian band Clouseau released a Dutch language translation ("Heb ik ooit gezegd", literally : "Have I ever told you"), that charted 16 weeks in the Flemish Ultratop 50 (peaking at No. 7). A version on German language, entitled Warum komm ich nur so selten dazu, was published in 2003 by the German soul singer Stefan Gwildis on his album Neues Spiel. In 2009 the German band Brings released a Kölsch version entitled "Han ich dir jesaht" on their album Poppe, Kaate, Danze. Emilio Navaira released a single of it from his album, Life Is Good, which also included a version in Spanish. His version peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1996.[27] Contemporary jazz/new-age pianist Chris Geith covered the song from his album "Timeless World."[28][29]
Other releases[edit]
Morrison chose "Have I Told You Lately" to be one of the songs included on 1990s The Best of Van Morrison, his first greatest-hits album. It was also one of the songs on two of the compilation albums that were issued in 2007: Still on Top - The Greatest Hits contains a remastered version of this song and it was also featured on the compilation album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits. A live performance version was included on his 1994 album, A Night in San Francisco. In 1995 Morrison accompanied The Chieftains on a recording of the song for their album The Long Black Veil; this version was awarded the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.[30]
Filmed performances of the song include a version recorded in 1989 that was featured on Morrison's video album Van Morrison: The Concert the following year. In 1997 Morrison performed the song in a duet with Sinéad O'Connor on Late Show with David Letterman; this version was subsequently released on the Live on Letterman: Music from the Late Show CD.
In the media[edit]
"Have I Told You Lately" was featured in the 1996 film, One Fine Day, starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer,[31] at the end of the Amanda Bynes 2003 film, What a Girl Wants, covered by Matt Acheson,[32] and the 2014 film 5 Flights Up, starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.[33]
Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner included the song as one of his eight Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 20 April 2003.[34] Television and radio presenter Gloria Hunniford also included the song on her list on 24 December 2006.[35]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ Hage. The Words and Music of Van Morrison. p. 109
Jump up ^ Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p. 278
Jump up ^ "Countdowns". xpn.org. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs". Uk-disco.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Pop Music: Top Pop Songs Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "American certifications – Rod Stewart – Have I Told You Lately". Recording Industry Association of America.
Jump up ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. BPI Communications. 106 (3): 73. 15 January 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c "have-i-told-you-lately - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company".
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 168.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 230.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1993-07-17. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1993-07-10. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
Jump up ^ "have-i-told-you-lately - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company".
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
Jump up ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 10, 1993".
Jump up ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1993". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
Jump up ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1993".
Jump up ^ "allmusic(((It Works For Me>Overview)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
Jump up ^ "allmusic:Secrets of Love". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
Jump up ^ "allmusic(((Engelbert Humperdinck>Songs)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
Jump up ^ "I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up: Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
Jump up ^ "Barry Manilow returns with the Greatest Songs of the Eighties". accesshollywood.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
Jump up ^ "Timeless World overview". Allmusic.com.
Jump up ^ "What We're Listening To ** February". SmoothVibes.com.
Jump up ^ "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals". rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
Jump up ^ "Van Morrison at IMDb". Retrieved 2009-11-10.
Jump up ^ "Matt Acheson". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "5 Flights Up Soundtrack List". The Ultimate Source for Soundtrack Lists. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Jump up ^ "Desert Island Discs - Rory Bremner". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
Jump up ^ "Desert Island Discs - Gloria Hunniford". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
References[edit]
Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison. London: Sanctuary. ISBN 1-86074-169-X.
Hage, Erik (2009). 'The Words and Music of Van Morrison. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-313-35862-3.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Tell Me What You Dream" by Restless Heart Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
29 May – 26 June 1993 Succeeded by
"By the Time This Night Is Over" by Kenny G with Peabo Bryson
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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"
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