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<h1><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/VM-HITYL.jpg" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/VM-HITYL.jpg"></h1><h1><br></h1><h1>Have I Told You Lately</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Have I Told You Lately</strong>" is a song written and recorded by Northern Irish singer and songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Van Morrison</a> for his nineteenth studio album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Sunset" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Avalon Sunset</em></a> (1989). It is a romantic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ballad</a> that is often played at weddings, although it was originally written as a prayer.</p><p>It was released as the album's lead single on 5 June 1989, and reached number 12 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adult Contemporary</a> chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> It has become a popular cover song with many vocal and instrumental versions recorded by numerous artists and bands. In 1993, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rod Stewart</a>'s version charted at number five on both the US <em>Billboard</em> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> as well as on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>.</p><h2>"Have I Told You Lately" has received acclaim, winning a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grammy_Award_categories#No_longer_awarded" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMI</a> Million-Air certificate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-38G-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Composition</h2><p>Composed as a love ballad and built on the framework of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(Van_Morrison_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Someone Like You</a>",<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> it is preceded on <em>Avalon Sunset</em> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hinton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brian Hinton</a> what follows is:</p><blockquote>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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dante</a>, '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.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></blockquote><h2><br></h2><h2>Reception</h2><p>"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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXPN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WXPN</a> from listeners' votes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a> Van Morrison's original recording was also 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,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a> and was ranked number 98 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>New York Daily News</em></a> list of The 100 Greatest Love Songs, published on 12 February 2007.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[9]</a></p><p>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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMI</a> awards ceremony held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">London</a>, England.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[10]</a></p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Record Mirror</em></a> said, "Van the Man must have been talking to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stevie Wonder</a> recently, because he seems to have caught some of his infectious sentimentality. Either that, or he bumped into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clayderman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Clayderman</a> in the corridor at his record company. There's a really slushy bit of piano in this that my mum would love."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Told_You_Lately#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[11]</a></p>