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'{{for|the 1945 song written by Scotty Wiseman|Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Have I Told You Lately | cover = VM-HITYL.jpg | type = single | artist = [[Van Morrison]] | album = [[Avalon Sunset]] | B-side = Contacting My Angel | released = {{Start date|1989|06|05|df=y}} | format = [[CD single]] | recorded = 1989 | genre = {{hlist|[[Celtic music|Celtic]]|[[folk rock]]|[[soft rock]]}} | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=20}} | label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | writer = Van Morrison | producer = Van Morrison | prev_title = [[I'll Tell Me Ma]] | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = [[Whenever God Shines His Light]] | next_year = 1989 | misc = {{Extra track listing | album = [[Avalon Sunset]] | type = single | tracks = {{hidden | header = 10 tracks | content = #"[[Whenever God Shines His Light]]" #"Contacting My Angel" #"I'd Love to Write Another Song" #"'''Have I Told You Lately'''" #"[[Coney Island (song)|Coney Island]]" #"I'm Tired Joey Boy" #"When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God" #"[[Orangefield (song)|Orangefield]]" #"Daring Night" #"[[These Are the Days (Van Morrison song)|These Are the Days]]" }}}} }} "'''Have I Told You Lately'''" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter [[Van Morrison]] and recorded for his album ''[[Avalon Sunset]]'' (1989). It is a romantic [[ballad]] that is often played at weddings, although it was originally written as a prayer. So how did Elvis cover it when he died in 1977 (not the 1945 version that Elvis also covered, but the same one as Rod Stewart)see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuhUtN7TiVE? "Have I Told You Lately" has received acclaim, winning a [[Grammy Award]] and a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] Million-Air certificate.<ref name=38G>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/van-morrison |title=Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (1995) |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |accessdate=February 12, 2018 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212180415/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/van-morrison |archivedate=February 12, 2018}}</ref> When released as a single in 1989, it reached number 12 on the US [[Billboard_charts|''Billboard'']] [[Adult_Contemporary_(chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1989-10-28|title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> and has become a popular cover song with many vocal and instrumental versions recorded by numerous artists and bands. In 1993, [[Rod Stewart]]'s version charted at number five on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard_Hot_100 |Hot 100]] and on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. ==Composition== Composed as a love ballad and built on the framework of "[[Someone Like You (Van Morrison song)|Someone Like You]]",<ref>Hage. The Words and Music of Van Morrison. p. 109</ref> it is preceded on ''Avalon Sunset'' by the song, "I'd Love to Write Another Song" proclaiming "In poetry I'd carve it well/ I'd even make it rhyme." Then, in the words of [[Brian Hinton]] what follows is: {{quote|One of the finest love songs of the century, which I remember devastated me when I first heard it, as it seemed both something never quite said before, and yet a song I felt I had known forever. Earthly love transmutes into that for God, just like in [[Dante]], 'there's a love that's divine and it's yours and it's mine.' The morning sun has set by the end of the song, suggesting love shading into death, but subtly.<ref>Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p. 278</ref>}} ==Acclaim== * "Have I Told You Lately" was listed as No. 261 on the "All Time 885 Greatest Songs" list compiled in 2004 by Philadelphia radio station [[WXPN]] from listeners' votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xpn.org/music-artist/885-countdown/2004|title=All Time 885 Greatest Songs |year=2004 |website=xpn.org |accessdate=18 November 2017 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020234250/http://xpn.org/music-artist/885-countdown/2004 |archivedate=20 October 2010 }}</ref> * In August 2006, Van Morrison's original recording was voted No. 6 on a list of the "Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs", based on a poll of 1,300 DJs in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-disco.co.uk/articles-public/29_08_2006Top-10-First-Dance-Wedding-Songs.asp|title=Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs|website=Uk-disco.co.uk|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> * Van Morrison's original version of this song was No. 98 on the [[New York Daily News]], The 100 Greatest Love Songs, from the list published on 12 February 2007.{{cn|date=February 2018}} * In October 2007, Van Morrison received a Million-Air certificate for over four million air plays of "Have I Told You Lately" from the prestigious [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] awards held in [[London]], England.{{cn|date=February 2018}} ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1989) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |UK <ref name="officialcharts.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/have-i-told-you-lately/|title=Have I Told You Lately - Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |deadurl=no }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|74 |- |US ''Billboard'' [[Adult_Contemporary_(chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1989-10-28 |title=Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard|work=Billboard |accessdate=January 29, 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|12 |} '''Coney Island Medley''' {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1990) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |UK <ref name="officialcharts.com"/> | style="text-align:center;"|76 |} {{col-2}} '''with [[the Chieftains]]''' {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1995) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |UK<ref name="officialcharts.com"/> | style="text-align:center;"|71 |} {{col-end}} ==Rod Stewart version== {{Infobox song | name = Have I Told You Lately | cover = Rod Stewart Have I Told You Lately single cover.jpg | type = single | artist = [[Rod Stewart]] | album = [[Unplugged...and Seated]] | B-side = Gasoline Alley | released = {{Start date|1993|03}} | format = | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=08}} | genre = [[Soft rock]] | label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | writer = [[Van Morrison]] | producer = Michael Ostin }} "Have I Told You Lately" has been performed by many unknown as well as many famous artists. [[Rod Stewart]] covered the song for his album ''[[Vagabond Heart]]'' (1991). A live version from his album ''[[Unplugged...and Seated]]'' (1993) was released as a single, becoming a number-five hit in the US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-06-19|title=Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=February 6, 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref> and the UK. This version also reached No. 4 on the US [[Billboard_charts|''Billboard'']] [[Mainstream_Top_40|Mainstream Top 40 chart]], <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1993-06-19|title=Top Pop Songs Chart |website=Billboard.com |accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1993-05-29|title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> It was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in the US and sold 700,000 copies there.<ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Have I Told You Lately}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=BPI Communications |date=15 January 1994 |accessdate=4 May 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}}</ref> Another live version by Stewart from his 2013 performance at [[The Troubadour, West Hollywood]] was included on the deluxe edition of his album ''[[Time (Rod Stewart album)|Time]]''. ===Weekly charts=== ====Studio version==== {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1992-93) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=230}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|33 |- |} ====Live==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1993) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia ([[ARIA]]) | style="text-align:center;"|12 |- |Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']]) Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2179&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2179.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2179 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1993-07-17 |accessdate=2017-04-04}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Canada (''RPM'') Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1001&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1001.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1001 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1993-07-10 |accessdate=2017-04-04}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Germany | style="text-align:center;"|12 |- |Ireland | style="text-align:center;"|13 |- ||New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3565 |title=Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately |date=27 June 1993 |website=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart]] |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|41 |- |Sweden | style="text-align:center;"|39 |- |UK Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/have-i-told-you-lately/ |title=Have I Told You Lately - Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=June 26, 1993 |accessdate=February 27, 2018 |deadurl=no}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] <ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite| url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1993-05-29 |title=Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard |publisher=[[Billboard]] |date=May 29, 1993 |accessdate=February 16, 2018 | deadurl=no}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |U.S. [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/90s_files/19930710.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 10, 1993}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |} ===Year-end charts (Live)=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (1993) !align="center"|Rank |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2339&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1993|work=RPM|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1993|accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref> |align="center"|32 |- |U.S. ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/90s_files/1993YESP.html|title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1993}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- |} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = "[[That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)|That's the Way Love Goes]]" by [[Janet Jackson]] | title = Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'' Top Singles]] [[List of number-one singles of 1993 (Canada)|number-one single]] | years = 17 July 1993 | after = "[[I Don't Wanna Fight]]" by [[Tina Turner]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[Tell Me What You Dream]]" by [[Restless Heart]] | title = US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] number-one single | years = 29 May 1993 – 26 June 1993 | after = "[[By the Time This Night Is Over]]" by [[Kenny G]] with [[Peabo Bryson]] }} {{s-end}} ==Other versions== * Some of the other known covers of the song are by [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Barbara Mandrell]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r260117|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic(((It Works For Me>Overview)))|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2009-10-10}}</ref> [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r524998 |pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic.com|title=allmusic:Secrets of Love|accessdate=2009-10-07}}</ref> [[Della Reese]], [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p14870|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic.com |title=allmusic(((Engelbert Humperdinck>Songs)))|accessdate=2009-10-08}}</ref> and an instrumental cover by [[Floyd Cramer]]. * [[Andy Williams]] covered it on his album, ''[[I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up]]'' (2007) and performed a live version in 2007 at [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r940887|pure_url=yes}}|title=I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up: Overview|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2009-09-13}}</ref> * In 2006, [[Thomas Anders]] covered the song for his swing album ''[[Songs Forever]]''. * [[Barry Manilow]] included this song on his album, ''[[The Greatest Songs of the Eighties]]'' released in November 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/barry-manilow-returns-with-the-greatest-songs-of-the-eighties_article_11752 |publisher=[[Access (U.S. TV series)|Access]] |title=Barry Manilow returns with the Greatest Songs of the Eighties |date=October 17, 2008 |accessdate=October 9, 2009 |deadurl=no }}</ref> * [[Smooth jazz|Contemporary jazz]]/[[New-age music|new-age]] pianist [[Chris Geith]] covered the song from his album "Timeless World."<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1269915 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Timeless World overview|work=[[Allmusic|Allmusic.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smoothvibes.com/movabletype/archives/001002.html|title=What We're Listening To ** February|work=SmoothVibes.com}}</ref> * [[Tejano music|Tejano]] group [[Mazz]] also recorded the song on their 1993 album ''Que Esperabas''. * In 1999, the Belgian band [[Clouseau (band)|Clouseau]] released a [[Dutch language]] translation ("Heb ik ooit gezegd", literally : "Have I ever told you"), that charted 16 weeks in the Flemish [[Ultratop 50]] (peaking at No. 7). * A version on [[German language]], entitled ''Warum komm ich nur so selten dazu'', was published in 2003 by the German soul singer Stefan Gwildis on his album ''Neues Spiel''. * In 2009 the German band [[Brings]] released a Kölsch version entitled "Han ich dir jesaht" on their album ''Poppe, Kaate, Danze''. [[Emilio Navaira]] released a single of it from his album, ''[[Life Is Good (Emilio album)|Life Is Good]]'', which also included a version in Spanish. His version peaked at No. 62 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart in 1996.<ref name="whitburn2013">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944–2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=111|year=2013|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref> ==Other releases== Morrison chose "Have I Told You Lately" as one of the songs included on 1990s ''[[The Best of Van Morrison]]'', his first greatest-hits album. It was also one of the songs on two of the compilation albums that were issued in 2007: ''[[Still on Top - The Greatest Hits]]'' contains a remastered version of this song and it was also featured on the compilation album, ''[[Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits]]''. A live performance version was included on his 1994 album, ''[[A Night in San Francisco]]''. In 1995 Morrison accompanied [[The Chieftains]] on a recording of the song for their album ''[[The Long Black Veil (album)|The Long Black Veil]]''; this version was awarded the 1996 [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]].<ref name=38G /> Filmed performances of the song include a version recorded in 1989 that was featured on Morrison's video album ''[[Van Morrison: The Concert]]'' the following year. In 1997 Morrison performed the song in a duet with [[Sinéad O'Connor]] on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''; this version was subsequently released on the ''Live on Letterman: Music from the Late Show'' CD. ==In the media== "Have I Told You Lately" was featured in the 1996 film, ''[[One Fine Day (film)|One Fine Day]]'', starring [[George Clooney]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]],<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607341/|title=Van Morrison at IMDb|accessdate=2009-11-10}}</ref> at the end of the [[Amanda Bynes]] 2003 film, ''[[What a Girl Wants (film)|What a Girl Wants]]'', covered by Matt Acheson,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1408390/|title=Matt Acheson|website=IMDb|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> and the 2014 film [[5 Flights Up (film)|5 Flights Up]], starring [[Morgan Freeman]] and [[Diane Keaton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songonlyrics.net/soundtracks/5-flightsup-soundtrack-list.html|title=5 Flights Up Soundtrack List|website=The Ultimate Source for Soundtrack Lists|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> [[Impressionist (entertainment)|Impressionist]] and [[comedian]] [[Rory Bremner]] included the song as one of his eight ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 20 April 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20030420.shtml|title=Desert Island Discs - Rory Bremner|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> Television and radio [[presenter]] [[Gloria Hunniford]] also included the song on her list on 24 December 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20061224.shtml|title=Desert Island Discs - Gloria Hunniford|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== * {{cite book |last=Hinton |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Hinton |year=1997 |title=Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison |publisher=Sanctuary |location=London |isbn= 1-86074-169-X}} * {{cite book | last =Hage |first= Erik |year=2009 |title='The Words and Music of Van Morrison |publisher= Praeger Publishers |isbn= 978-0-313-35862-3}} ==External links== * {{MetroLyrics song|van-morrison|have-i-told-you-lately}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> {{Van Morrison singles}} [[Category:1989 singles]] [[Category:1989 songs]] [[Category:1993 singles]] [[Category:1995 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Van Morrison]] [[Category:Van Morrison songs]] [[Category:Rod Stewart songs]] [[Category:Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles]] [[Category:Emilio songs]] [[Category:Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] [[Category:Live singles]] [[Category:Mercury Records singles]] [[Category:RCA Records singles]] [[Category:Rock ballads]] [[Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles]]'