L-O-V-E


"L-O-V-E" is a song recorded by American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole for his studio album L-O-V-E.

Background

The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee Gillette. The trumpet solo was performed by Bobby Bryant. The song had previously appeared as an instrumental track on Kaempfert's album Blue Midnight.
For international versions of the L-O-V-E album, Nat King Cole also recorded versions of "L-O-V-E" and other songs, in Japanese, Italian, German, Spanish and French. In this last language, the song was renamed "Je Ne Repartirai Pas" and translated by Jean Delleme.

Joss Stone version

English singer Joss Stone recorded a cover of "L-O-V-E" for the soundtrack to a short film for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. The short, starring Keira Knightley and directed by Joe Wright, debuted on September 24, 2007 on E!, Bravo, and VH1.
Stone's version was released digitally on September 18, 2007, reaching number 100 on the UK Singles Chart and number 75 on the Swiss Singles Chart. It was also later included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of her third studio album Introducing Joss Stone, as well as on her compilation album The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009.
Stone performed a duet of the song with Natalie Cole at Frosted Pink, a benefit concert to raise awareness of women's cancer, which took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on October 6, 2007, and aired on ABC on October 14.

Other cover versions

The song has been covered by several artists, including Dionne Warwick on The Windows of the World, Nat King Cole's daughter Natalie Cole on Unforgettable... with Love, and Michael Bublé on the special edition of Call Me Irresponsible. Dean Martin's daughter, Deana Martin recorded "L-O-V-E" on her second studio album, Volare.
The song was covered on the musical comedy Glee in the season 3 Valentine's Day special episode "Heart". The characters Tina Cohen-Chang and Mike Chang performed both the vocals and dance routine as a duet.
Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall included the song in her 2017 studio album Turn Up the Quiet.
Damian McGinty, a member of the Irish stage production Celtic Thunder, covered the song for their most recent CD/DVD set Celtic Thunder X.
Kpop band Blackpink Lisa and Rose cover this song.
The song was covered on the historical drama Outlander by STARZ in the season 5 episode "The Fiery Cross" by Roger MacKenzie to his wife Brianna MacKenzie.

Charts

Nat King Cole version

Chart Peak
position
France 75

Joss Stone version