I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song)

{{Infobox song

| name = I Like It Like That

| cover = I Like It Like That cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Dave Clark Five

| album = I Like It Like That

| B-side = Hurting Inside

| released = 1965 (Chris Kenner version
June 1961)

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| genre = Pop rock

| length =

| label = Epic 9811

| writer = Chris Kenner, Allen Toussaint

| producer = Adrian Clark (pseudonym of Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge)

| prev_title = Reelin' and Rockin'

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Catch Us If You Can

| next_year = 1965

}}{{Short description|1961 song by Chris Kenner, covered by The Dave Clark Five}}

"I Like It Like That" is a song by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint,[http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=634274&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID "I Like It Like That," BMI Repertoire ]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-kenner-p4667/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Chris Kenner Billboard Singles |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=December 20, 2010}} It was kept from the No.1 spot by "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-07-31|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard }} This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'".{{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=320}} The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".