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:Not to be confused with ''[[Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby (Jimmy Reed song)]]''
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{{Infobox song
| name        = Ain't That Loving You Baby
| cover       = Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby Elvis.jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = "Ain't That Loving You Baby" single
| type        = single
| artist      = [[Elvis Presley]]
| album       =
| B-side      = [[Ask Me (Elvis Presley song)|Ask Me]]
| released    = September 22, 1964
| format      =
| recorded    = June 10, 1958
| studio      =
| venue       =
| genre       = [[Rock and roll]]
| length      = 2:20
| label       = [[RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor]]
| writer      = [[Clyde Otis]] and [[Ivory Joe Hunter]]
| producer    =
| prev_title  = [[Such a Night (Elvis Presley song)]]
| prev_title2 = [[Never Ending (Elvis Presley song)]]
| prev_year   = 1964
| title       =
| title2      = [[Ask Me (Elvis Presley song)|Ask Me]]
| next_title  = [[Blue Christmas (song)|Blue Christmas]]
| next_year   = 1964
}}
"'''Ain't That Loving You, Baby'''" is a song written by [[Clyde Otis]] and [[Ivory Joe Hunter]] and originally recorded by Eddie Riff in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/28680|title=Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby|publisher=Second Hand Songs|access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref> [[Elvis Presley]] recorded the song in 1958 and released the song as a single in 1964.
==Background==
The song was recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] on June 10, 1958, but wasn't released as a single until September 1964 (with no comma in the title) when it reached number 16 on the Billboard chart, with "[[Ask Me (Elvis Presley song)|Ask Me]]" as the flipside.<ref name="Neale2003">{{cite book|last=Neale|first=David|title=Roots of Elvis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLNpJrksK2AC&pg=PA12|access-date=19 March 2011|date=15 September 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-29505-0|page=12}}</ref> It is a standard shuffle in [[E major]]. The song, along with "Ask Me", was later included on the 1968 compilation album ''[[Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4]]'', and an alternate take with a faster tempo was released in 1985 on the compilation album ''Reconsider Baby''.<ref name="Neale2003"/>
==Personnel==
* [[Elvis Presley]] - lead vocals
* Hank Garland - lead guitar
* Bob Moore - double bass
* Floyd Cramer - piano
* [[D. J. Fontana]], Buddy Harman - drums
==References==
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==External links==
*{{YouTube|1wrypfXyOss|The song}}
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[[Category:1956 singles]]
[[Category:1964 singles]]
[[Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Clyde Otis]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ivory Joe Hunter]]
[[Category:1956 songs]]
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