"L-O-V-E"
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Single by Nat King Cole
from the album L-O-V-E
B-side	"I Don't Want to See Tomorrow"
Released	September 1964
Recorded	June 3, 1964
Genre	Jazz s wing soul
Length	2:30
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Bert Kaempfert Milt Gabler
Producer(s)	Lee Gillette

"L-O-V-E"
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Single by Joss Stone
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Jazz
Length	2:48
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Bert KaempfertMilt Gabler
Producer(s)	Raphael Saadiq
Joss Stone singles chronology
"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (2007)"L-O-V-E" (2007)"Baby Baby Baby" (2007)

"Love"
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Single by Yōko Oginome
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Candy"
Released	October 24, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	J-pop
Length	5:04
Label	Victor
Songwriter(s)	Kenji Sazanami Bert Kaempfert Milt Gabler
Yōko Oginome singles chronology
"Feeling" (1999)"Love" (2001)"Dancing Hero: The Archives" (2015)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement
1.	"Love"	Kenji Sazanami Milt Gabler	Bert Kaempfert	Takehiro Kawabe
2.	"Love" (Sweet Swing Track)	Sazanami Gabler	Kaempfert	Seikō Nagaoka
3.	"Candy"	Mack David Joan Whitney	Alex Kramer	H-Wonder

L-O-V-E
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Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	1965
Recorded	June 3, December 1–3, 1964
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)Coast Recorders (San Francisco)
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:40
Label	Capitol 2195
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore (1964)L-O-V-E (1965)

Singles from L-O-V-E
"L-O-V-E" Released: September 1964

L-O-V-E (Song)

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“L-O-V-E”
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Single by Nat King Cole
from the album L-O-V-E
B-side	“I Don’t Want to See Tomorrow”
Released	September 1964
Recorded	June 3, 1964
Genre	Jazz s wing soul
Length	2:30
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Bert Kaempfert Milt Gabler
Producer(s)	Lee Gillette

“L-O-V-E” is a song written by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler, recorded by Nat King Cole for his 1965 studio album L-O-V-E.

Composition and 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 (1964).

L.O.V.E.

For international versions of his L-O-V-E album, Nat King Cole also recorded versions of “L-O-V-E” and other songs, in Japanese (mixed with English words),

Nat King Cole L-O-V-E Japanese version

Italian,

L-O-V-E (Italian Version)

German,

L-O-V-E (German Version)

Spanish

Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E – Spanish Version, Remastered

and French. In this last language, the song was renamed “Je Ne Repartirai Pas” and translated by Jean Delleme.

Nat King Cole – Je Ne Repartirai Pas

Charts

Nat King Cole version

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	81
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	17

Chart (2014)	Peak position
France (SNEP)	111

“L-O-V-E”
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Single by Joss Stone
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Jazz
Length	2:48
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Bert KaempfertMilt Gabler
Producer(s)	Raphael Saadiq
Joss Stone singles chronology
“Tell Me What We’re Gonna Do Now“ (2007)”L-O-V-E“ (2007)”Baby Baby Baby“ (2007)

English singer Joss Stone recorded a cover of “L-O-V-E” for the soundtrack to a commercial for Chanel‘s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. The ad, starring Keira Knightley and directed by Joe Wright, debuted on September 24, 2007 on E!, Bravo, and VH1.

COCO MADEMOISELLE, the film with Keira Knightley – CHANEL Fragrance

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 (2007), as well as on her compilation album The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009 (2011).

L-O-V-E (Long Version)

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.

l-o-v-e Natalie Cole e Joss Stone

Joss Stone version

Chart (2007)	Peak position
France Digital Song Sales (Billboard)	8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	75
UK Singles (OCC)	100

Yōko Oginome version

“Love”
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Single by Yōko Oginome
Language	Japanese
B-side	“Candy”
Released	October 24, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	J-pop
Length	5:04
Label	Victor
Songwriter(s)	Kenji Sazanami Bert Kaempfert Milt Gabler
Yōko Oginome singles chronology
“Feeling“ (1999)”Love“ (2001)”Dancing Hero: The Archives“ (2015)

“L-O-V-E” was covered in Japanese by Yōko Oginome as her 41st single, released on October 24, 2011 by Victor Entertainment.

LOVE

Based on the 1965 version recorded by Hibari Misora, the song was used by TBS as the theme song of the drama series Love & Fight. The B-side is a cover of the 1944 song “Candy“.

L-O-V-E by Misora Hibari

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement
1.	“Love”	Kenji Sazanami Milt Gabler	Bert Kaempfert	Takehiro Kawabe
2.	“Love” (Sweet Swing Track)	Sazanami Gabler	Kaempfert	Seikō Nagaoka
3.	“Candy“	Mack David Joan Whitney	Alex Kramer	H-Wonder

In popular culture

It appears in the opening credits of the 1998 film The Parent Trap.

The Parent Trap 1998 opening scene

A version by Michael Feinstein is the theme song for season 1 of the series Why Women Kill.

Michael Feinstein (2019) — L-O-V-E [2020 Remaster]

In the talent show scene of the 1994 adaptation of The Little Rascals, Blake McIver Ewing‘s Waldo performs this as a duet with Brittany Ashton Holmes’ Darla.

The Little Rascals (1994) – L.O.V.E. Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

In 2020, it was sampled in the song “Used to be (L.O.V.E)” by the American singer Chelsea Collins.

Chelsea Collins – Used To Be (L.O.V.E.)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/ sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other Cover Version

Gigi De Lana • Jon • LA • Jake • Romeo

L-O-V-E • NAT King Cole | Gigi De Lana • Jon • LA • Jake • Romeo

Michael Bublé – L.O.V.E.

Michael Bublé – L.O.V.E. [Official Audio]

Julio Iglesias – L-O-V-E

Julio Iglesias – L-O-V-E

Brendan Mills – L-O-V-E (Sax Cover)

Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E (Sax Cover) Brendan Mills

L-O-V-E (album)

L-O-V-E
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Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	1965
Recorded	June 3, December 1–3, 1964
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)Coast Recorders (San Francisco)
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:40
Label	Capitol 2195
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
I Don’t Want to Be Hurt Anymore (1964)L-O-V-E (1965)

Singles from L-O-V-E
“L-O-V-E“ Released: September 1964

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

L-O-V-E is the final studio album by the American singer Nat King Cole. It was arranged by Ralph Carmichael. L-O-V-E was Cole’s last album, and was released shortly before his death in February 1965. The songs “The Girl from Ipanema“, “My Kind of Girl” and “More (Theme From Mondo Cane)” were recorded December 1–3, 1964, shortly after Cole’s diagnosis with lung cancer, and were the last recordings he made. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard Albums chart in the spring of 1965.

The initial Billboard magazine review from January 30, 1965 commented that it was “One of the finest Nat Cole albums to date! He’s in great form as he breathes new life into some fine standard material…The title tune is a Cole classic!”.

Track listing

“L-O-V-E” (Milt Gabler, Bert Kampfert) – 2:30

Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E (Lyric Video)

2. “The Girl from Ipanema” (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) – 2:56

The Girl From Ipanema (Remastered)

3. “Three Little Words” (Harry Ruby, Burt Kalmar) – 2:16

Three Little Words

4. “There’s Love” (George David Weiss, Joe Sherman) – 3:10

There's Love

5. “My Kind of Girl” (Leslie Bricusse) – 3:11

My Kind Of Girl

6. “Thanks to You” (Bob Marcus) – 3:24

Thanks To You

7. “Your Love” (Ralph Carmichael, Wayne Dunstan) – 2:14

Your Love

8. “More (Theme From Mondo Cane)” (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:09

9. “Coquette” (Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo) – 2:55

Coquette

10. “How I’d Love to Love You” (Joe Bailey) – 2:19

How I'd Love To Love You

11. “Swiss Retreat” (Jerry Tobias, Milt Rogers) – 2:14

Swiss Retreat

Recording sessions data

“L-O-V-E” (in English language) was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on June 3, 1964 (session number AA-19/11848), from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
On August 18, 1964 Cole overdubbed in Las Vegas the versions of L-O-V-E in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese languages (session number AA-52).
“Coquette” and “How I’d Love to Love You” were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 1, 1964 (session number AA-22/12165), from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
“There’s Love”, “My Kind Of Girl”, “Thanks To You”, “Your Love”, “More” and “Swiss Retreat” were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 2, 1964 (session number AA-23/12166), from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
“The Girl From Ipanema“, “More” and “Three Little Words” were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 3, 1964 (session number AA-24/12167), from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. This was the final recording session of Cole.

Personnel

Performance

Nat King Cole – vocal
Ralph Carmichael – arranger, conductor
Trumpets: Bobby Bryant (trumpet solos), Don Fagerquist, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, Tony Terran, Renauld Jones, Larry McGuire, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari
Trombones: Kent Larson, Murray McEachern, George Roberts, Tommy Shepard, Robert Knight, Fred Mergy, Wilbur Sudmeier, Bob Fitzpatrick, Ernie Tack
Saxophones and other reeds: Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, Jack Nimitz, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Wayne Dunstan, Charlie Kennedy, Dan Patiris, Modesto Brieno, Jr.
Violins: Victor Arno, Emil Briano, Harold Dicterow, Dave Frisina, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Stanley Plummer, Jerome Reisler, Isadore Roman, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky, Sheryl Coltrane, Jimmy Getzoff, Leo Kailin, Lou Klass, Alexander Koltun, Robert Konrad, Mischa Myers
Violas: Joe DiFiore, Ray Menhennick, Gary Nuttycombe, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris, Harry Hyams, Rocco Curcio
Cellos: Margaret Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Emmet Sergeant, William VandenBerg, Paul Bergstrom, Anne Goodman
Pianos: Paul T. Smith, Ken Hildebrand, Jimmy Rowles
Guitars: Bob Bain, John Collins, Eddie Duran, Paul Milier, Juvenal Amaral
Basses: Joe Comfort, George Butterfield
Drums: Irv Cottler, Leon Petties