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I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)

{{Short description|1977 song by White Horse}}

{{For|songs with a similar title|I Can't Stop Loving You (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)

| cover =

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| type =

| artist = White Horse

| album = White Horse

| B-side =

| released = 1977

| recorded =

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| length = 3:35

| label = Capitol

| writer = William Nicholls

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"I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)" is a song written by singer-songwriter William Nicholls and first recorded by his short-lived project, White Horse – a collaboration between himself, Kenny Altman, and Jon Lind – and featured on the group's 1977 self-titled album.[https://www.discogs.com/White-Horse-White-Horse/release/5279069 White Horse – self-titled album @Discogs.com] Retrieved 22 December 2020.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apA-paPisu8 "Can't Stop Loving You" by White Horse] @YouTube Retrieved 22 December 2020.

The following year, Leo Sayer featured a version on his self-titled album on the Chrysalis label. It reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and was classified silver. In 2002, Phil Collins also covered the song, as "Can't Stop Loving You". His version reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i-can't-stop-lovin'-you/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=16 September 1978 |access-date=17 July 2020}} For other versions of the song, see section below.

Release history

{{Infobox song

| name = I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)

| cover = I-cant-stop-loving-you-leo-sayer.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Netherlands picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = Leo Sayer

| album = Leo Sayer

| B-side = No Looking Back

| released = 23 June 1978

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

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| length =

| label = Chrysalis

| writer = William Nicholls

| producer = Richard Perry

| prev_title = Thunder in My Heart

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Raining in My Heart

| next_year = 1978

}}

The Leo Sayer single was released in 1978 with "No Looking Back" as the b-side.

=Charts=

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!Chart (1978)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"|37

South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965 – March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html|access-date=17 July 2020}}

|align="center"|18

UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i-can't-stop-lovin'-you/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=16 September 1978 |access-date=17 July 2020}}

|align="center"|6

Personnel

Phil Collins version

{{Infobox song

| name = Can't Stop Loving You

| cover = Can't_Stop_Loving_You.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Phil Collins

| album = Testify

| B-side = High Flying Angel

| released = 28 October 2002

| recorded = 2001

| studio =

| venue =

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}}

| length =

| label = Atlantic

| writer = William Nicholls

| producer = {{flatlist|

}}

| prev_title = In the Air Tonite

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Come with Me

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|mEnUhjmwjlI|"Phil Collins - Can't Stop Loving You (Official Music Video)"}}}}

}}

"Can't Stop Loving You" was the lead single from English singer Phil Collins' solo album Testify, released in 2002. It also appears on Collins' 2004 album Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New. Although it received minor airplay, the song became Collins' eighth number-one Billboard adult contemporary hit.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-collins-mn0000337119/awards |title=Phil Collins – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 February 2013}} The song also reached the number ten on the Eurochart.

Collins originally recorded the song in 2000 for a love songs project, along with "The Least You Can Do", but both tracks were released on Testify instead.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Contact |title=Leo Sayer Official Charts Company |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=5 June 2009}} Collins' version has some minor changes in the lyrics and introduces a bridge after the second chorus.

=Track listing=

  1. "Can't Stop Loving You" – 4:18
  2. "High Flying Angel" (U.S. single and Japan Testify only) – 4:44

=Charts=

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==Weekly charts==

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!scope="col"|Chart (2002–03)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|23|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Flanders|16|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
scope="row"|Czech Republic (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Oficiální česká hitparáda - 04/2003|

publisher=IFPI CR|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201133447/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|

archive-date=1 February 2003|access-date=9 February 2021}}

|6

{{single chart|France|3|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Germany|11|songid=5367|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Hungary|9|year=2002|week=49|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|9|year=2002|week=46|rowheader=true|access-date=12 January 2024}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|39|artist=Phil Collins|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Italy|20|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=2003|week=1|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|48|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
scope="row"|Poland (Polish Airplay Charts){{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_01_2003.html|title=Polish Airplay Charts – Lista krajowa 01/2003|publisher=PiF PaF Production|access-date=9 February 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405023513/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_01_2003.html|archive-date=5 April 2003}}

|1

{{single chart|Sweden|20|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|23|artist=Phil Collins|song=Can't Stop Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|UK|28|date=20021116|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|76|artist=Phil Collins|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Phil Collins|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2020}}

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!scope="col"|Chart (2020)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Poland|94|chartid=3621|year=2020|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2021}}

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==Year-end charts==

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!scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2002|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2002|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=31 March 2020}}

|98

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!scope="col"|Chart (2003)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Jaaroverzichten 2003|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=31 March 2020}}

|97

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Rapports Annuels 2003|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=31 March 2020}}

|42

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2003|title=Top Singles 2003|publisher=SNEP|access-date=September 14, 2022}}

|align="center"|40

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2003|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2003|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=31 March 2020}}

|38

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2003&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2003|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=31 March 2020}}

|32

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122205325/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html |archive-date=2005-01-22 |title=Topul anului 2003|access-date=14 September 2022}}

|17

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ|title=2003 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-80|date=27 December 2003|access-date=30 October 2021}}

|2

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=Certifications=

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|title=Can't Stop Loving You|artist=Phil Collins|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2003|access-date=4 February 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|title=Can't Stop Loving You|artist=Phil Collins|award=Gold|certyear=2003|access-date=4 February 2013}}

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= Personnel =

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{YouTube|7q1tKcgch94|Leo Sayer – I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)}}
  • {{YouTube|b5BfeFsTjvU|Can't Stop Loving You}}

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{{Phil Collins songs}}

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Category:1978 singles

Category:2002 singles

Category:Leo Sayer songs

Category:Rock ballads

Category:Phil Collins songs

Category:Chrysalis Records singles

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Songs written by Billy Nicholls

Category:Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo

Category:1978 songs