I Just Want to Make Love to You#Foghat version
{{Short description|Song written by Willie Dixon}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Just Make Love to Me
| cover = Muddy_Waters_Just_Make_Love_To_Me.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = Muddy Waters and His Guitar
| B-side = Oh Yeh
| released = {{Start date|1954|05}}
| recorded = Chicago, April 13, 1954{{cite AV media notes |title=The Definitive Collection |others=Muddy Waters |year=2006 |pages=13, 15 |type=CD liner |publisher=Geffen Records |id=B0006273-02}}
| genre = Chicago blues
| length = 2:49
| label = Chess
| writer = Willie Dixon
| producer = Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
}}
"I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon. In 1954, it was recorded by Muddy Waters,{{cite web |first=Bill |last=Janowitz |title=Muddy Waters: I Just Want to Make Love to You – Song review |url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t5035649|pure_url=yes}} |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 15, 2019}} and released as a single with the title "Just Make Love to Me". The song reached number four on Billboard magazine's R&B Best Sellers chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=613}}
Backing Waters on vocals are Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums. Waters recorded the song again for the album Electric Mud (1968).
Versions by other artists
File:I Just Want to Make Love to You by Etta James B-side US vinyl.jpg
In 1960, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last! Her rendition also served as the B-side to her hit of that name. In 1996, it was released as a single in the UK and other European markets after being featured in a Diet Coke advertising campaign. The single reached No. 7 in Ireland,{{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Irishcharts.ie}} No. 27 in the Netherlands,{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Etta+James&titel=I+Just+Want+To+Make+Love+To+You&cat=s |title=Dutchcharts.nl – Etta James – I Just Want to Make Love to You |work=GfK Dutch Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 14, 2013}} and, in Belgium, Nos. 31 (Flanders){{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/23b51/Etta-James-I-Just-Want-To-Make-Love-To-You |title=ultratop.be – Etta James – I Just Want to Make Love to You |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=January 14, 2013}} and 15 (Wallonia).{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/23b51/Etta-James-I-Just-Want-To-Make-Love-To-You |title=ultratop.be – Etta James – I Just Want to Make Love to You |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |language=fr |access-date=January 14, 2013}}
The Rolling Stones covered the song on their 1964 debut album The Rolling Stones.
British rock group Mungo Jerry released an extended nine-minute version of the song on their second album Electronically Tested (1971).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/electronically-tested-mw0000352142|title=Electronically Tested - Mungo Jerry | Album |website=AllMusic|access-date=May 1, 2024}}
In 1972, British rock group Foghat recorded a studio version for their self-titled debut album in 1972. The song was also released as a single and it became their first single to reach the charts, appearing at No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web| url = https://www.billboard.com/artist/foghat/chart-history/hsi/| author = | title = Foghat: Chart History – Hot 100| website = Billboard.com| access-date = March 9, 2023}} and No. 31 in Australia.{{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}} An eight-minute version from a 1977 concert performance is included on Foghat Live. It was edited down to 3:56 release as a single, which reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 28 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5454a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5454a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5454a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=November 5, 1977 |access-date=December 23, 2018}}
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