| "I've Got So Much to Give" | ||||
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 French release picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Barry White | ||||
| from the album I've Got So Much to Give | ||||
| A-side | "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" (Greece/Germany/US reissue) "Bring Back My Yesterday" (Netherlands) | |||
| B-side | "I've Got So Much to Give" (Instrumental) (US/Canada) | |||
| Released | July 1973[1] | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 5:15 (single version) 8:16 (album version) | |||
| Label | 20th Century | |||
| Songwriter | Barry White | |||
| Barry White singles chronology | ||||
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"I've Got So Much to Give" is an R&B contemporary romantic ballad composed and recorded by popular soul artist Barry White and released in 1973.[2] It was originally conceived by White as a single but then featured on the album of the same name (released in 1973), that peaked at number one on the Hot R&B Albums Chart.[3]
Barry White composed and arranged both the instrumentals and the vocals.[4][5] The song begins with a brief instrumental solo performed by The Love Unlimited Orchestra, the instrumentals are repeated while White speaks romantic words to his apparent love interest, this style is also used in his version of "Just the Way You Are".
The romantic lyrics used in the song helped craft White's sexual persona, and his orchestral combination of instruments in an R&B song.[6] The song is often used in romantic novels and films.[7] In a play written by Mark Frank (included in the book A Collection of Plays Written by Mark Frank), one of the main protagonist transforms himself into Barry White and performs the song.[7]
The song peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and charted for 11 weeks.[8] It also reached number five on the US Billboard R&B chart[1] and number 46 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.[9]
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