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American Idol Season 5 - The Songs

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

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This song is a Motown classic that was revived in the mid-1970's as the first in a string of soul classics recorded by James Taylor.

Performer

Will Makar - March 8, 2006

Songwriters

Lamont Dozier, B. Holland, and Eddie Holland

Notable Recorded Versions

  • Marvin Gaye - #6 Pop (1965) (Listen)
  • Junior Walker & the All Stars - #18 Pop (1966) (Listen)
  • James Taylor - #5 Pop (1975) (Listen)

Key Lyric Phrase

Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I’d been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby

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