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Tim McGraw is one of the most recognizable names in country music history with hit song after hit song. Now 53-years-old with a lot of time left, he has been a country music force for almost three decades. McGraw saw a spurt in his popularity growth in 1994 when his breakthrough album reached number on country charts. The album “Not a Moment Too Soon” is still some of the singer’s best work to date. It is one of 10 albums from McGraw to claim a top spot on country music’s top albums chart list. Altogether, McGraw has put out 15 studio albums with a high level of success. It makes him one of the biggest names in all of music. Tim McGraw Talks ‘I Like It, I Love It’One of McGraw’s biggest hit song is “I like It, I Love It,” which rose to number one on country charts in 1995. The song was the debut single off of his third studio album “All I want.” The album was released just three days after “I Like It, I Love It” took the number one slot on almost every country music chart. McGraw recently sat down to talk about the song and inspiration that went into making it a hit. Speaking with Huntsville, Alabama Radio Station WDRM-FM, McGraw recalls recording the song. “I didn’t think much about recording it,” he says. “I was kind of cold on it, and I listened to it again, and for some reason, it hit me a whole lot different the second time around. And then when we went in and cut the track, the track just turned out so fun and so cool that it really didn’t matter how much I liked it anymore after we got to the track because I loved it after that. The song would go on to remain atop country music charts for five weeks. It also appears on three of McGraw’s “Greatest Hits” albums. Tim McGraw is One of the Most Successful Artists in Country Music HistoryAs one of country music’s top stars, McGraw has garnered much acclaim and recognition. He has been nominated for tons of music industry awards and has won his fair share. In 2000, he won a Grammy Award with his wife, Faith Hill, for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for “Let’s Make Love.” He and Hill won the same Grammy Award in 2005 for “Like We Never Loved at All.” In 2004, McGraw took home a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Live Like You Were Dying.” The singer also collected numerous other awards from Billboard, Academy of Country Music, Country Music Television (CMT), and the American Music Awards. The country star is also proud to be the National Fatherhood Initiative’s 2000 Father of the Year. McGraw has three daughters names Gracie, Maggie Elizabeth and Audrey Caroline. In 2004 he won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Country Male Performer. He took home the same award in 2005 and 2006. He was named a “Country Icon” in 2014 by the People’s Choice Awards. H/T: The Boot Spotify is unavailable on this browser. For the best listening experience update your browser or download the Spotify app. Twenty-six years ago today, on Sept. 16, 1995, Tim McGraw shot straight to No. 1 with "I Like It, I Love it." The song was the debut single from his third studio album, All I Want, which was released three days after the song landed at the top of the charts (Sept. 19, 1995). Written by Jeb Stuart Anderson, Steve Dukes and Mark Hall, the uptempo "I Like It, I Love It" -- with lines such as, "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it / I try so hard, I can't rise above it / Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin' / But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it" -- also became an unofficial sports anthem. It was often played during ABC's Monday Night Football broadcasts, and it is the goal celebration song for the NHL's Nashville Predators. Fortunately for McGraw, he didn't follow his initial reaction to the now-hit song. "I didn't think much about recording it," he recalls to Huntsville radio station WDRM-FM. "I was kind of cold on it, and I listened to it again, and for some reason, it hit me a whole lot different the second time around. And then when we went in and cut the track, the track just turned out so fun and so cool that it really didn't matter how much I liked it anymore after we got to the track, because I loved it after that." "I Like It, I Love It" stayed at the top of the charts for five weeks. It is included on McGraw's 2000 Greatest Hits album, his 2008 Greatest Hits: Limited Edition album and his 2010 Number One Hits album. WATCH: Test Your Tim McGraw Knowledge! LOOK: Tim McGraw Through the Years "I Like It, I Love It" is a song written by Jeb Stuart Anderson, Steve Dukes, and Mark Hall, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in July 1995 as the first single from his album All I Want. The song is McGraw's ninth single overall, and it became his third number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama.[1]
The music video premiered on CMT on August 4, 1995, during The CMT Delivery Room, and was directed and produced by Sherman Halsey. It features McGraw on his touring, using a pop-up style. Vinyl, 7"
A version of the song was made for the NHL's Nashville Predators for use with the team's current goal song, in a medley along with "Gold on the Ceiling" by The Black Keys.[citation needed]. This version of the song replaces the line "Don't know what it is about that little girl's lovin'" with "Don't know what it is about the Predators scorin'". "I Like It, I Love It" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 12, 1995.[2]
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