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'{{merge from|Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd|discuss=Talk:Have I Told You Lately#Merger proposal|date=May 2019}} {{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 | alt = | 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 | studio = | venue = | genre = *[[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 and recorded by Northern Irish singer and songwriter [[Van Morrison]] for his nineteenth studio album ''[[Avalon Sunset]]'' (1989). It is a romantic [[ballad]] that is often played at weddings, although it was originally written as a prayer. It was released as the album's lead single on 5 June 1989, and 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> It 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 both the US ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] as well as on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. "Have I Told You Lately" has received acclaim, winning a [[Grammy Award]] for [[List_of_Grammy_Award_categories#No longer awarded|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/38th-annual-grammy-awards |title=The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (1995) - Winners |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |year= 1995 |accessdate=18 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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=12 February 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212180415/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/van-morrison |archivedate=12 February 2018}}</ref> ==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 number 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 |url-status=dead |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 number six 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 number 98 on the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' list of The 100 Greatest Love Songs, published on 12 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last=Farber |first=Jim |url=https://www.stereogum.com/4607/the_100_greatest_love_songs_according_to_the_ny_da/franchises/list/ |title=The 100 Greatest Love Songs |publisher=[[New York Daily News]] |date=12 February 2007 |accessdate=30 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Throckmorton |first=Warren |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2007/02/14/100-greatest-love-songs/ |title=100 Greatest Love Songs |publisher=[[Patheos]] |date=14 February 2007 |accessdate=30 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 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 ceremony held in [[London]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2007_bmi_london_awards_song_list |title=2007 BMI London Awards: Song List |publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|Broadcast Music]] |date=16 October 2007 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1989) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Gavin|last=Scott|url=http://www.chartbeats.com.au/2014/08/25-years-ago-this-week-august-20-1989.html|title=This Week In 1989: August 20, 1989|publisher=chartbeats.com.au|accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|93 |- |{{singlechart|Ireland2|12|song=Have I Told You Lately|accessdate=January 4, 2019}} |- |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=24 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</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=29 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</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}} ==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 /> A jazz arrangement is featured on the 2018 album Morrison recorded with organist [[Joey DeFrancesco]] entitled ''[[You're Driving Me Crazy (album)|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''. 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. ==Rod Stewart version== {{Infobox song | name = Have I Told You Lately (Live) | cover = Rod Stewart Have I Told You Lately single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Rod Stewart]] | album = [[Unplugged...and Seated]] | B-side = Gasoline Alley (Live) | released = {{Start date|1993|03}} | format = [[CD single]], [[Gramophone record|7"]] | recorded = February 1993 | studio = Universal Studios, [[Los Angeles, California]] | venue = | genre = [[Soft rock]] | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=08}} | label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | writer = [[Van Morrison]] | producer = [[Patrick Leonard]] | prev_title = Shotgun Wedding | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Reason to Believe]] (Live) | next_year = 1993 }} [[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=6 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the UK. This version also reached number four 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 number one 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 web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Rod+Stewart&ti=Have+I+Told+You+Lately#search_section |title=Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately |publisher=[[RIAA]] |date=29 June 1993 |accessdate=29 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</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 |- {{singlechart|Australia|12|artist=Rod Stewart |song=Have I Told You Lately |accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- {{singlechart|Flanders|41|artist=Rod Stewart |song=Have I Told You Lately |accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- |Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1404& |title=RPM Weekly Top Singles – June 6, 1981 (Volume 34, No. 26) |date=July 17, 1993 |volume=58 |issue=1 |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |publisher=RPM Weekly (archived) |accessdate=April 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |Canada Adult Contemporary ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<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=10 July 1993 |accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- {{singlechart|Germany2|59|artist=Rod Stewart |song=Have I Told You Lately|songid=29961|accessdate=March 6, 2020}} |- |Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Btitle%5D=Have+I+Told+You+Lately |title=Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately |work=Irish Singles Chart |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]] |date=17 June 1993 |accessdate=4 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|13 |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|41|artist=Rod Stewart |song=Have I Told You Lately |accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- |Poland ([[Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego|LP3]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/notowania/?numer=595|title=Notowanie nr595|publisher=[[Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego|LP3]]|language=Polish|date=July 9, 1993|accessdate=April 22, 2019}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|18 |- {{singlechart|Sweden|39|artist=Rod Stewart |song=Have I Told You Lately |accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- {{singlechart|UK|5|date=19930620|accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|5|artist=Rod Stewart|accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Rod Stewart|accessdate=April 18, 2019}} |- |US [[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, 10 July 1993}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |align="center"|2 |} ===Year-end charts (Live)=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1993) !Rank |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2339&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2339|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- |Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2334&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2334.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2334|title=The RPM Top 100 A\C Tracks of 1993|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|14 |- |Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://timarit.is/page/2621535?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1993|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=17|date=4 January 1994|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|98 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1993|accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref> |align="center"|32 |- |US ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/90s_files/1993YESP.html|title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, 31 December 1993|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/90s_files/1993YESP.html|archive-date=16 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> |align="center"|22 |} ==Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd== {{Infobox song | name = ''Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd'' <br> (Have I Told You Lately) | cover = Clouseau Have I Told You Lately single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Clouseau (band)|Clouseau]] | album = [[In Stereo (Clouseau album)|In Stereo]] | language = Dutch | English_title = Have I Told You Lately | B-side = Heb ik ooit gezegd (Instrumentaal) | released = 29 January 1999 | format = [[CD single]] | recorded = | studio = [[:nl:Dan Lacksman|Synsound]], Brussels | venue = | genre = * [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name = "allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-stereo-mw0001527767 |title= Clouseau - Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[soft rock]]<ref name = "allmusic"/> | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=15}} | label = [[EMI]] | writer = * [[Van Morrison]] * [[Koen Wauters]] * Yurek Onzia | producer = * [[Kris Wauters]] * [[:nl:Jean Blaute|Jean Blaute]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|oEHI1NZG7TE|''"Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd"''}}}} }} '''''"Heb ik ooit gezegd"''''' ("Have I ever said") is a song recorded by Belgian pop band [[Clouseau (band)|Clouseau]] from their eleventh studio album, ''[[In Stereo (Clouseau album)|In Stereo]]'' (1999). The song was produced by [[Kris Wauters]] and [[:nl:Jean Blaute|Jean Blaute]]. The song was released as the album's lead single on 29 January 1999,<ref name="hung Medien">{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Clouseau&titel=Heb+ik+ooit+gezegd&cat=s |title=Clouseau - Heb ik ooit gezegd (song) |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Record charts#Recommended charts|Hung Medien]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and remained on the Belgium (Flanders) [[Ultratop|Ultratop 50]] chart for sixteen weeks, peaking at number seven for two weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratop50/1999/19990220 |title=Ultratop Singles |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |date=20 February 1999 |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also spent eight weeks on the Netherlands [[Megacharts|GfK Dutch Chart]], peaking at number 68. The song also spent eight weeks on the Netherlands [[MegaCharts|GfK Dutch Charts]] and peaked at number 68.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Clouseau&titel=Heb+ik+ooit+gezegd&cat=s |title=Dutch Single Top 100 |publisher=[[MegaCharts|GfK Dutch Charts]] |date=15 May 1999 |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Background=== Clouseau is best known for their ballads; but although lead singer [[Koen Wauters]] was eager to release more lively, upbeat songs, their cover of Van Morrison's romantic ballad "Have I Told You Lately" was chosen as the album's lead single.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vivavlaanderen.radio2.be/clouseau/artikel/20-03-1999/2791 |title=In stereo - Clouseau - VivaVlaanderen |publisher=[[Radio 2 (Belgium)|Radio 2]] |date=20 March 1999 |lang=Dutch |accessdate=18 May 2019 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190518053223/https://vivavlaanderen.radio2.be/clouseau/artikel/20-03-1999/2791 |archivedate=18 May 2019 }}</ref> The Dutch translation of Morrison's English lyrics was written by [[Koen Wauters]] and Yurek Onzia, and the song was produced by [[Kris Wauters]] and [[:nl:Jean Blaute|Jean Blaute]].<ref name = "ultratop"/> The song was recorded at [[:nl:Dan Lacksman|Synsound Studio]] in Brussels, Belgium.<ref name="houbi">{{cite web |last=Houbrechts |first=Dirk |url=http://houbi.com/belpop/albums/clouseau.htm |title=CD of the week (April 1999): Clouseau ''In Stereo'' |website=houbi.com |publisher=Flanders Music Centre |date=April 1999 |accessdate=18 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Track listings=== '''CD single''' {{font |text=''EMI 8866632 (be) / EAN 0724388666329'' |size=90%}} <ref name="hung Medien"/> # "Heb ik ooit gezegd" – 4:15 # "Heb ik ooit gezegd" (Instrumentaal) – 4:14 ===Personnel=== Personnel list adapted from The Music Archive<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muziekarchief.be/albumdetails.php?ID=32308 |title=Clouseau - Heb ik ooit gezegd |website=muziekarchief.be |publisher=[[:nl:Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie]], [[Belgian Entertainment Association]] |accessdate=17 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Koen Wauters – vocals * Kris Wauters – keyboards * Jean Blaute – guitar, Hammond organ, piano * [[:nl:Eric Melaerts|Eric Melaerts]] – guitar * Evert Verhees – bass guitar * Walter Mets – drums ===Chart performance=== "Heb ik ooit gezegd" entered the Belgium (Flanders) Ultratop 50 chart on 6 February 1999 at number 27. Two weeks later on 20 February 1999, it peaked at number seven, where it remained for two weeks. It briefly dropped out of the top ten but returned to number eight on 20 March 1999 and held that position for two weeks. The song finally exited on 22 May 1999, having spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart, five of which were in the top ten.<ref name="ultratop">{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/45896/Clouseau-Heb-ik-ooit-gezegd |title=Clouseau - Heb ik ooit gezegd |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |accessdate=17 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the Netherlands, "Heb ik ooit gezegd" entered the Dutch charts at number 88 on 1 May 1999, peaking three weeks later at number 72 on 22 May 1999. The song dropped out at number 90 on 19 June 1999, after a total of eight weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Clouseau&titel=Heb+Ik+Ooit+Gezegd&cat=s |title=Clouseau - Heb ik ooit gezegd |publisher=[[Dutch Charts]] |accessdate=17 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Certifications=== "Heb ik ooit gezegd" was certified Gold on 19 March 1999 for sales in excess of 10,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/1999/singles |title=Goud en platina -singles 1999 |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |year=1999 |accessdate=18 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1999) !Peak<br />position |- |{{singlechart|Flanders|7|artist=Clouseau|song=Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd| date=20 February 1999|accessdate=17 May 2019 |rowheader=true}} |- |{{singlechart|Dutch100|68|artist=Clouseau|song=Heb Ik Ooit Gezegd| date=15 May 1999|accessdate=17 May 2019 |rowheader=true}} |} ===Other releases=== Clouseau included ''"Heb ik ooit gezegd"'' on several of their subsequent album releases: * ''Ballades'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ballades-mw0000383216 |title= Clouseau - Ballades |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Clouseau20'' (2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/12a12/Clouseau-Clouseau-20 |title= Clouseau - Clouseau20 |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Ballades'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/23858/Clouseau-Ballades-[2010] |title= Clouseau - Ballades [2010] |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Essential'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/389b7/Clouseau-Essential |title= Clouseau - Essential |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Clouseau30'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/clouseau30-mw0003098447 |title= Clouseau - Clouseau30 |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Covers=== [[X Factor (Belgian TV series)|Belgian X-Factor]] winner [[Udo Mechels]]<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Jon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/udo-mn0002549941/biography |title=Udo - Biography |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> recorded a cover of Clouseau's version of the song for the album ''Braveau Clouseau'' (2007), produced by [[:nl:Hans Francken|Hans Francken]].<ref name="udo"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Udo&titel=Heb+ik+ooit+gezegd&cat=s |title=Udo - Heb ik ooit gezegd (Song) |year=2007 |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Record charts#Recommended charts|Hung Medien]] |accessdate=17 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album, a [[Tribute_album#Tribute_or_cover|tribute]] to Clouseau, topped the Belgium (Flanders) [[Ultratop#Ultratop_200_Albums_(Flemish_chart)|Ultratop 200 Albums]] chart in September 2007<ref name="udo">{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/compilation/1281f/Braveau-Clouseau |title=Braveau Clouseau |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was certified Gold in Belgium on 22 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/2007/albums |title=Goud en platina -albums 2007 |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |year=2007 |accessdate=23 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Udo performed the song live in 2011 at a concert in [[Lier, Belgium]]; Alexandra Soto of ''[[:nl:Gazet van Antwerpen|Gazet van Antwerpen]]'' described Udo's performance of "Heb ik ooit gezegd" as "beautiful".<ref>{{cite web |last=Soto |first=Alexandra |url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/aid1066527/udo-zet-uitstekende-show-neer-in-lier-2 |title=Udo puts on an excellent show in Lier |newspaper=[[:nl:Gazet van Antwerpen|Gazet van Antwerpen]] |lang=Dutch |date=29 July 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Other versions== "Have I Told You Lately" has been performed by many unknown as well as many famous artists. * 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=10 October 2009}}</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=7 October 2009}}</ref> [[Della Reese]], [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-eve-mw0000184817 |title= Engelbert Humperdinck and James Last - Christmas Eve |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=23 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</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=13 September 2009}}</ref> * [[Thomas Anders]] covered the song for his swing album ''[[Songs Forever]]'' (2006). * [[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=17 October 2008 |accessdate=9 October 2009 |url-status=live }}</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''. * A version in [[German language|German]], 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> ==In the media== ===Film=== * "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=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607341/|title=Van Morrison at IMDb|accessdate=10 November 2009}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=IMDB|date=March 2019}} * The song was played 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=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1408390/|title=Matt Acheson|website=IMDb|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=IMDB|date=March 2019}} * The song was featured in 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>{{Better source|reason=lyrics website, not appropriate as a ref for this info|date=March 2019}} ===''Desert Island Discs'' selections=== * [[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=9 November 2009}}</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=9 November 2009}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==Sources== * {{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}} ==See also== * [[List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1993]] ==External links== * {{MetroLyrics song|van-morrison|have-i-told-you-lately}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> * {{MetroLyrics song|Clouseau|Heb-ik-ooit-gezegd}} (in Dutch)<!--Licensed lyrics provider--> {{Van Morrison singles}} [[Category:1989 singles]] [[Category:1989 songs]] [[Category:1993 singles]] [[Category:1993 songs]] [[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]] [[Category:RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles]]'