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"I'm In You"
Peter Frampton
A&M 1941
July 1977
Billboard: #2     Videos Icon

Peter Framptonhe record Frampton Comes Alive! is among the best-selling live albums of all time, placing Peter Frampton among the superstars of the mid-1970s. But while his success paved the way for his highest-charting hit, "I'm In You," it also led to expectations that were nearly unreachable.

'I'm In You' - Peter Frampton
First charting on June 11, 1977, "I'm In You" was Peter Frampton's third Top 10 and fourth Top 40 single, peaking at #2 for three weeks. It was the first single and title track from his 1977 album , which first charted on June 25, 1977, climbing to #2 on the Hot 200 album chart and remaining on the chart for 32 weeks. It was certified a platinum million-seller by the RIAA on June 13, 1977.
Frampton first came to the attention of most music fans in 1969 when he teamed with Steve Marriott in a new band, Humble Pie. Frampton remembered those early days fondly, stating in a biographical press release, "The great thing for me about Humble Pie was that it was energy unlimited. We were all at that age where we were just going for it. It was the perfect band for me to develop and define the Frampton guitar style."

In 1971 Frampton left Humble Pie, formed the four-piece band Frampton's Camel, and spun off a series of albums that sold relatively well, but not spectacularly. That all changed in 1976, when Frampton took the best of his songs, recorded them live, and saw his star instantly rise. Frampton Comes Alive! topped the album charts and spun off three hit singles, the #6 "Show Me The Way," the #12 "Baby, I Love Your Way," and the #10 "Do You Feel Like We Do." A Grammy nomination for Album of the Year soon followed, and in order to capitalize on the singer's sudden success his record label suggested getting another album out as soon as possible. According to Frampton, it led to a lot of self-doubt. His press release noted, "I think that basically I wasn't on track. Up until Frampton Comes Alive! and the success of that, I'd always written for enjoyment. I wasn't thinking about what anybody else would want to hear from me. It was what came out naturally. The pressure that Frampton Comes Alive! brought to bear on me was that I started to second guess myself and think, 'I wonder what I should write.' No artist can ever think about what anybody else wants. It's got to come from you. I should have take at least two years off to write and reflect about what had just happened. Anyway, [the album] I'm In You sold over three million copies and was deemed a failure.... No one seemed to know I had a new record out, because the live album was so huge."

One reason for the album's sales was its first single. Frampton recalled in an exclusive interview how the song came about. He commented, "The inspiration for 'I'm In You' was a relationship during the mid-1970s.... I write the music first and then the lyrics usually, but there are no rules to songwriting. I let them come to me anytime, day or night." Entering the charts at #68, the highest debut of the week, the single quickly ascended the charts, and in its 10th chart week reached the runner-up position (behind Andy Gibb's "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" ), where it stayed for the next three weeks. But Frampton's momentum stalled, owing a lot to an automobile accident in 1978 and his role in the film version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His last chart single came in 1986, the #74 single "Lying."

- Christopher G. Feldman, The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles, Billboard, 2000.




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