I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song)

"I Like It Like That" is a song by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint,^[1] first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.^[2] It was kept from the No.1 spot by "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis.^[3] This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'".^[4] The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".

"I Like It Like That"
Single by The Dave Clark Five
from the album I Like It Like That
B-side	"Hurting Inside"
Released	1961 (Chris Kenner version) June 1965
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Epic 9811
Songwriter(s)	Chris Kenner, Allen Toussaint
Producer(s)	Adrian Clark (pseudonym of Dave Clark and Adrian Kerridge)
The Dave Clark Five singles chronology
"Reelin' and Rockin'" (1965) "I Like It Like That" (1961) "Catch Us If You Can" (1965)

Cover versions

• In The Dave Clark Five's 1965 version, all the lyrics are sung. It charted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[5] Cash Box said that the Dave Clark Five play "the pulsating teen-angled terpsichorean-themed affair in a contagious warm-hearted bluesy style".^[6] Record World called it a "very tough rendition."^[7]

References

1. "I Like It Like That," BMI Repertoire ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Chris Kenner Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 320.
5. "The Dave Clark Five Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
6. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 19, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
7. "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Record World. June 19, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-21.