Say I Love You (song)

"Say I Love You" is a song written by Eddy Grant in 1979. The song was first released on Grant's 1979 album Walking on Sunshine.

Renée Geyer version

{{Infobox song

| name = Say I Love You

| cover = Say_I_Love_You_by_Renee_Geyer.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Renée Geyer

| album = So Lucky

| A-side = Say I Love You

| B-side = Bad Side of the Blues

| released = 25 May 1981{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/AqSprxF.jpg|title=Kent Music Catalogue Service – New Listings: 25 May 1981|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=20 January 2023}}

| recorded = December 1980

| studio = Shangrila Studios, Los Angeles

| venue =

| genre = {{flat list |

| length = 3:30

| label = Mushroom Records

| writer = Eddy Grant

| producer = Rob Fraboni

| prev_title = Hot Minutes

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Do You Know What I Mean

| next_year = 1981

}}

Australian musician Renée Geyer recorded a version in December 1980. The song was released in May 1981 as the lead single from her seventh studio album, So Lucky. The song peaked at number 5 on the Australian Kent Music Report and at number 1 in New Zealand.

=Track listing=

; Australian 7" Single

Side A "Say I Love You"
Side B "Bad Side of the Blues"

; International 7" Single

Side A "Say I Love You" - 3:30
Side B "Good Lovin'" - 3:34

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

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scope="col"\| Chart (1981/82) !scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|last=Kent\|first=David\|authorlink=David Kent (historian)\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, NSW\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 5
{{singlechart\|New Zealand\|1\|artist=Renée Geyer\|song=Say I Love You\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=3 May 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col"| Chart (1981/82)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Renée Geyer|song=Say I Love You|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 May 2017}}

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1981) ! Position
scope="row"\| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web\|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 \|publisher= Kent Music Report \|issue= 393 \|page= 7 \|via= Imgur \|date= 4 January 1982 \|access-date= 11 January 2022 \|url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}} \| 40

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! Chart (1981)

! Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= Imgur |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date= 11 January 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}

| 40

Other versions

Lenny Zakatek released the song as a single in 1982.
Groove 21/20 remixed "Say I Love You", featuring Renée Geyer, which was released as the lead single to promote her album, The Best of Renee Geyer 1973-1998 (1998).