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| "That's How Strong My Love Is" | ||||
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| Single byO. V. Wright | ||||
| B-side | "There Goes My Used To Be" | |||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1964,Memphis, Tennessee, United States | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Goldwax | |||
| Songwriter | Roosevelt Jamison | |||
| O. V. Wright singles chronology | ||||
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"That's How Strong My Love Is" is a song written byRoosevelt Jamison and first recorded in 1964 bydeep soul singerO. V. Wright.[1]
The song is a soulful love ballad and has beencovered many times, most notably in 1965 byOtis Redding, with Redding's cover reaching no.18 on theBillboardR&B chart and no.74 on the USpop chart.[2] Redding's version is regarded as one of hissignature songs.[3] The lyrics use natural phenomena such as thesun, themoon, and theocean to describe the extent of the author's love.
Otis Redding's version appeared on his albumThe Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads. Three other versions of the song were recorded in 1965, one byThe Rolling Stones on their albumOut of Our Heads, a second byThe In Crowd, released as a single and the third byThe Hollies on their 1966 albumWould You Believe?.Millie Small recorded it on a single for Island Records, also in 1966.
