| "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" | ||||
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| Single by Chris Rea | ||||
| from the album Wired to the Moon | ||||
| B-side | "Mystery Man" | |||
| Released | 24 February 1984[1] | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Magnet | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Rea | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Rea, Dave Richards | |||
| Chris Rea singles chronology | ||||
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| "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It (1984)" on YouTube | ||||
"I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1984 as the lead single from his sixth studio album Wired to the Moon. It was written by Rea, and produced by Rea and Dave Richards.[2] The song reached No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for four weeks.[3] It also peaked at No. 23 on the Irish Singles Chart.[4]
The track was popular with the squad of Liverpool F.C. in their campaign for the 1983-4 European Cup, and they sang it in the tunnel before walking out before the final against A.S. Roma, which some players attributed as one reason for their eventual victory.[5][6]
- ^ "Chris Rea - star without a hit". The Mansfield & Sutton Recorder. 29 March 1984.
- ^ Sharon Mawer. "Wired to the Moon - Chris Rea | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
- ^ "CHRIS REA | full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
- ^ "Ian Rush: 'Our team spirit in 1984 was massive and I see it in Liverpool now'". The Guardian. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Tunnel tune set the tone for Reds to conquer Rome". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2022.