I Can't Stop Loving You

For other uses, see I Can't Stop Loving You (disambiguation).

"I Can't Stop Loving You"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
B-side	"Born to Lose"
Released	1962
Format	Vinyl, 7"
Recorded	February 15, 1962 United Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B, country soul
Length	2:37
Label	ABC-Paramount 45-10330
Writer(s)	Don Gibson
Producer	Ray Charles, Sid Feller
Certification	Gold
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Hit the Road Jack" (1961) "I Can't Stop Loving You" (1962) "Born to Lose" (1962)
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"I Can't Stop Loving You"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Hymns to the Silence
A-side	"I Can't Stop Loving You"
B-side	"All Saints Day"
Released	1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Celtic, Folk-rock
Length	3:54
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Don Gibson
Producer	Van Morrison
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Enlightenment" (1991) "I Can't Stop Loving You" (1991) "Why Must I Always Explain?" (1991)
Hymns to the Silence track listing "So Complicated" (5) "I Can't Stop Loving You" (6) "Why Must I Always Explain?" (7)

"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 30, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. It was released in 1958 as the B-side of Oh, Lonesome Me, becoming a double-sided country hit single.

The song was covered by Ray Charles in 1962, featured on Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, and released as a single. Charles' version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962, as well as the U.S. R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. It was also a country No. 1 for Conway Twitty. It was ranked #161 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #49 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

Chart performance

Don Gibson version

Chart (1958)	Peak position
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81

Kitty Wells version

Chart (1958)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3

Ray Charles version

Chart (1962)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
U.K. Singles Chart	1
Australian Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	4

Other cover versions

• Roy Orbison recorded the song for his 1961 album, Sings Lonely and Blue. This version charted in the Variety magazine Top 100 Listings.

• Frank Sinatra recorded the song for his 1965 album It Might As Well Be Swing, his second collaboration with Count Basie & his orchestra.
• Tom Jones sung this song live from 1966,#Music Hall de France, recorded the song 1970, single only, US AC #3 and CAN AC #5
• Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song; her rendition can be found on some of her old recordings, and can be downloaded.

• Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a blues version of the song in 1969. However, when he returned to it in 1979, it took the form of country balladry, a la Gibson's original.
• Martina McBride performed the song in Charles's style at a Grand Ole Opry tribute to him that originally aired on Great American Country TV on June 3, 2006.
• In addition to the covers by Lewis and McBride, many other country singers either covered or have had success with the song. The two most successful covers were by Kitty Wells (No. 3 in 1958 on the Billboard magazine country chart and Conway Twitty (who reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in September 1972).

• Van Morrison, a lifetime fan of Charles, recorded a version for his 1991 album Hymns to the Silence and has performed it on numerous occasions in live concerts. His 2006 performance of this song at the Austin City Limits Festival appears on a limited edition album Live at Austin City Limits Festival.

• Connie Francis recorded the song on her MGM album "Country Music Connie Style" in 1962.

• Ricky Nelson also covered this song.

• Count Basie's 1963 instrumental version hit the Billboard Top 100.

• Japan's Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band covered this song on their 2000 album, My Favorite, as an arrangement for a Latin Jazz Big Band.

• The Ray Charles version appeared on the soundtrack of the 2001 Japanese anime movie Metropolis where it was used instead of sound effects in the film's final scene.
• Elvis Presley performed the song live from 1969 til his final tours in 1977, most famously during his Aloha from Hawaii satellite telecast.

• Jim Reeves performed the song for his 1965 album 'The Jim Reeves Way'.

• Chucho Avellanet performed a Spanish version of the song under the title "Jamas Te Olvidare".

Preceded by "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk	Billboard Hot 100 number one single number one single (Ray Charles) June 2-June 30, 1962	Succeeded by "The Stripper" by David Rose
Preceded by "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp	Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single (Ray Charles) May 26, 1962 – July 28, 1962	Succeeded by "You'll Lose a Good Thing" by Barbara Lynn
Preceded by "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk	"Billboard" Easy Listening number-one single by Ray Charles June 9, 1962 (five weeks)	Succeeded by "The Stripper" by David Rose
Preceded by "Come Outside" by Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard	UK number one single (Ray Charles version) July 12-July 19, 1962	Succeeded by "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield

Preceded by "When the Snow Is on the Roses" by Sonny James	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Conway Twitty version) September 23, 1972	Succeeded by "I Ain't Never" by Mel Tillis
Preceded by "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" by Don Gibson	RPM Country Tracks number-one single (Conway Twitty version) September 16-September 23, 1972	Succeeded by "When the Snow Is on the Roses" by Sonny James