The Romantics
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“What I Like About You,” a song off of The Romantics‘ 1980 album, The Romantics.
This song is considered The Romantics' most famous song, even though it surprisingly did not chart on The American Top 40. Yet, it peaked on The Billboard Hot 100 at spot 49.
After being used in a Budweiser commercial...
[Intro]
Hey
Uh huh huh
Hey
Uh huh huh
[Verse 1]
What I like about you
You hold me tight
Tell me I'm the only one
You wanna come over tonight, yeah
[Hook]
Keep on whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna hear
Cause it's true
That's what I like about you
[Verse 2]
What I like about you
You really know how to dance
When you go up, down, jump around
Think about true romance, yeah
[Hook]
Keep on whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna hear
Cause it's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
Wow
Hey
[Verse 3]
What I like about you
You keep me warm at night
Never wanna let you go
Know you make me feel alright, yeah
[Hook]
Keep on whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna hear
'Cause it's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
[Outro]
Hey
Uh huh huh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Uh huh huh, brrr
Hey
Uh huh huh
Hey
What I Like About You was written by Jimmy Marinos & Mike Skill & Wally Palmar.
What I Like About You was produced by Peter Solley.
The Romantics released What I Like About You on Thu Feb 01 1979.
Mike Skill shared:
What I Like About You’ was an idea that we developed as a band. I came up with the guitar part. We usually wrote songs using just three or four chords in a sparse, straight-ahead, MC5 way. I wanted a guitar hook that was along the lines of [Van Morrison/Them’s] ‘Gloria’ or [The K...