“I’ve Been Loving You Too Lengthy” (generally issued as “I’ve Been Loving You Too Lengthy (To Cease Now)”) is a tune written by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler. It was the A-side of a 1965 hit single by Redding and was subsequently included on his third album, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul. Redding had been showing within the U.S. Billboard pop and R&B charts as early as 1962, however this was his first huge hit, reaching quantity 21 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, and was his first to succeed in the High 5 on the Billboard R&B chart, peaking at quantity 2.
The B-side of the one, “Simply One Extra Day,” was additionally a minor hit, reaching quantity 15 on the R&B chart and quantity 85 on the pop chart. The tune is ranked quantity 110 on the Rolling Stone journal’s “500 Biggest Songs of All Time”.
