Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
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| name = Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
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| type = single
| artist = Frank Wilson
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| B-side = Sweeter As the Days Go By
| released = 1965
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| genre = Soul, northern soul
| length = 2:31
| label = Motown
| writer = Frank Wilson
| producer = Hal Davis and Marc Gordon
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"Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" is a song and single by American soul singer Frank Wilson first pressed in 1965 on the Motown subsidiary label Soul.{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter As The Days Go By|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do-Sweeter-As-The-Days-Go-By/release/568266|website=Discogs.com|year=1965 |accessdate=2012-09-28}} It is Wilson's only Motown single and is a prized item among collectors.{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-wilson-p194259/biography|website=AllMusic}}
Record history
Approximately 250 demo 45s of the song were pressed in 1965 and scheduled for release on 23 December 1965. Owing to a combination of Wilson deciding that he would rather focus on producing and Motown's Berry Gordy's lukewarm reception of the vocals and wish to prevent his producers from having a successful recording career, the demos were destroyed.{{cite book|last=Nowell|first=David|title=Too Darn Soulful|year=1999|publisher=Robson Books Ltd|location=London|isbn=1-86105-270-7|pages=249–250}} At least two, and maybe as many as five, copies survived, one of which fetched £25,742 in April 2009.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8028719.stm| title=Record price for rare Motown disc|date=May 1, 2009|work=BBC|accessdate=2009-05-01}} One is rumoured to be owned by Berry Gordy. Due to its scarcity it remains one of the most collectable discs especially by followers of Northern soul.{{cite web|title=40 most collectable records|url=http://www.djhistory.com/features/40-most-collectible-records|website=Djhistory.com|accessdate=2012-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827235014/http://www.djhistory.com/features/40-most-collectible-records|archive-date=2012-08-27|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Britain's got talcum: Northern Soul, the film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/31/northern-soul-elaine-constantine|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=14 October 2011|first=Bob|last=Stanley|date=August 31, 2011}} Owing to the demand caused by it being played at the famous English Northern soul nightclub, Wigan Casino, it was first officially released in the UK in 1979 on the Tamla-Motown label,{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/2571546|website=Discogs.com|date=9 November 1979 |accessdate=2012-09-28}} and again in 2004 with a version of the same song by Chris Clark on the B-side.
On CD, the mono Frank Wilson version was issued on The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965 (Hip-O Select), while the stereo version appears on the British compilation This Is Northern Soul: The Motown Sound Volume 1 (Motown). The Chris Clark version (in an alternate mono mix) was issued on the British "A Cellarful of Motown!", the first volume of four double discs documenting unreleased Motown songs.{{cite web|title=Frank Wilson / Chris Clark (2)– Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)|url=http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Wilson-Chris-Clark-Do-I-Love-You-Indeed-I-Do/release/570632|website=Discogs.com|date=6 September 2004 |accessdate=2012-09-28}}
Cover versions
- Bruce Springsteen, on his 2022 studio album Only the Strong Survive. It was also released as a single.{{Cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|title=Bruce Springsteen to Release 'Only the Strong Survive,' New Album of Classic Soul Covers|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/bruce-springsteen-to-release-e2-80-98only-the-strong-survive-e2-80-99-new-album-of-classic-soul-covers/ar-AA12oirU|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=September 30, 2022|website=MSN}}
Certifications
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Popular culture
References
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External links
[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/19/bruce-springsteen-cover-reignites-row-over-lost-northern-soul-classic Bruce Springsteen cover reignites row over lost northern soul classic], Guardian, 9 April 2023.
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Category:Songs written by Frank Wilson (musician)
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