| "Loves Me Like a Rock" | ||||
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 Single cover (Netherlands release) | ||||
| Single by Paul Simon | ||||
| from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon | ||||
| B-side | "Learn How to Fall" | |||
| Released | July 17, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Studio | Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Alabama) | |||
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| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Simon | |||
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| Paul Simon singles chronology | ||||
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| "Loves Me Like a Rock" on YouTube | ||||
"Loves Me Like a Rock" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the second single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. It features background vocals from the Dixie Hummingbirds, a Southern black gospel group. Although the lyrics are not typically associated with gospel music, the Dixie Hummingbirds were eager to record the song with Simon, and they recorded their own version soon after for their 1973 album We Love You Like a Rock/Every Day and Every Hour.[2][3]
The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100; it was also a top five hit in Canada. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (August 23, 2019). "The Number Ones: Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
Later that same year, Simon again made it up to #2 with the giddy, gospel-infused "Loves Me Like A Rock".
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "We Love You Like a Rock/Every Day and Every Hour – The Dixie Hummingbirds". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2020.