Have I Told You Lately - wikipedia Have I Told You Lately For the 1945 song written by Scotty Wiseman, see Have I Told You Lately That I Love You ? `` Have I Told You Lately '' Single by Van Morrison from the album Avalon Sunset B - side `` Contacting My Angel '' Released 5 June 1989 ( 1989 - 06 - 05 ) Format CD single Recorded 1989 Genre Celtic folk rock soft rock Length 4 : 20 Label Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Van Morrison Producer ( s ) Van Morrison Van Morrison singles chronology `` I 'll Tell Me Ma '' ( 1988 ) `` Have I Told You Lately '' ( 1989 ) `` Whenever God Shines His Light '' ( 1989 ) Avalon Sunset track listing 10 tracks `` Whenever God Shines His Light '' `` Contacting My Angel '' `` I 'd Love to Write Another Song '' `` Have I Told You Lately '' `` Coney Island '' `` I 'm Tired Joey Boy '' `` When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God '' `` Orangefield '' `` Daring Night '' `` These Are the Days '' `` Have I Told You Lately '' is a song written by Northern Irish singer - songwriter Van Morrison and recorded for his nineteenth studio album Avalon Sunset ( 1989 ). It is a romantic ballad that is often played at weddings, although it was originally written as a prayer. `` Have I Told You Lately '' has received acclaim, winning a Grammy Award and a BMI Million - Air certificate. It was released as a single on 5 June 1989, and reached number 12 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It has become a popular cover song with many vocal and instrumental versions recorded by numerous artists and bands. In 1993, Rod Stewart 's version charted at number five on both the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as on the UK Singles Chart. Contents 1 Composition 2 Acclaim 3 Charts 4 Rod Stewart version 4.1 Weekly charts 4.1. 1 Studio version 4.1. 2 Live 4.2 Year - end charts ( Live ) 5 Other versions 6 Other releases 7 In the media 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links Composition Composed as a love ballad and built on the framework of `` Someone Like You '', it is preceded on Avalon Sunset 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 Brian Hinton what follows is : 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 Dante, ' 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. Acclaim `` 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 WXPN from listeners ' votes. In August 2006, Van Morrison 's original recording was voted No. 6 on a list of the `` Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs '', based on a poll of 1,300 DJs in the UK. Van Morrison 's original version of this song was No. 98 on the New York Daily News, The 100 Greatest Love Songs, from the list published on 12 February 2007. 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 BMI awards held in London, England. Charts Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position UK 74 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 12 Coney Island Medley Chart ( 1990 ) Peak position UK 76 with the Chieftains Chart ( 1995 ) Peak position UK 71 Rod Stewart version `` Have I Told You Lately '' Single by Rod Stewart from the album Unplugged... and Seated B - side `` Gasoline Alley '' Released March 1993 ( 1993 - 03 ) Genre Soft rock Length 4 : 08 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Van Morrison Producer ( s ) Michael Ostin Rod Stewart covered the song for his album Vagabond Heart ( 1991 ). A live version from his album Unplugged... and Seated ( 1993 ) was released as a single, becoming a number - five hit in the US and the UK. This version also reached number four on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, and spent five weeks at number 1 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA in the US and sold 700,000 copies there. Another live version by Stewart from his 2013 performance at The Troubadour, West Hollywood was included on the deluxe edition of his album Time. Weekly charts Studio version Chart ( 1992 -- 93 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 33 Live Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 12 Canada ( RPM ) Top Singles Canada ( RPM ) Adult Contemporary Germany 12 Ireland 13 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 41 Sweden 39 UK Singles Chart 5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts ( Live ) Chart ( 1993 ) Rank Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 9 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 32 U.S. Cash Box 22 Other versions `` Have I Told You Lately '' has been performed by many unknown as well as many famous artists. Some of the other known covers of the song are by Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, Michael Ball, Della Reese, Engelbert Humperdinck and an instrumental cover by Floyd Cramer. Andy Williams covered it on his album I Do n't Remember Ever Growing Up ( 2007 ) and performed a live version in 2007 at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Thomas Anders covered the song for his swing album Songs Forever ( 2006 ). Barry Manilow included this song on his album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties, released in November 2008. Contemporary jazz / new - age pianist Chris Geith covered the song from his album Timeless World. Tejano group Mazz also recorded the song on their 1993 album Que Esperabas. In 1999, the Belgian band Clouseau released a Dutch language translation ( `` Heb ik ooit gezegd '', literally `` Have I ever told you '' ), that charted 16 weeks in the Flemish Ultratop 50 ( peaking at No. 7 ). A version in German, entitled Warum komm ich nur so selten dazu, was published in 2003 by the German soul singer Stefan Gwildis on his album Neues Spiel. In 2009 the German band Brings released a Kölsch version entitled `` Han ich dir jesaht '' on their album Poppe, Kaate, Danze. Emilio Navaira released a single of it from his album Life Is Good, which also included a version in Spanish. His version peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1996. Other releases Morrison chose `` Have I Told You Lately '' as one of the songs included on 1990s The Best of Van Morrison, his first greatest - hits album. It was also one of the songs on two of the compilation albums that were issued in 2007 : Still on Top - The Greatest Hits contains a remastered version of this song and it was also featured on the compilation album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits. A live performance version was included on his 1994 album, A Night in San Francisco. In 1995 Morrison accompanied The Chieftains on a recording of the song for their album The Long Black Veil ; this version was awarded the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. A jazz arrangement is featured on the 2018 album Morrison recorded with organist Joey DeFrancesco entitled You 're Driving Me Crazy. Filmed performances of the song include a version recorded in 1989 that was featured on Morrison 's video album Van Morrison : The Concert the following year. In 1997 Morrison performed the song in a duet with Sinéad O'Connor on Late Show with David Letterman ; this version was subsequently released on the Live on Letterman : Music from the Late Show CD. In the media `` Have I Told You Lately '' was featured in the 1996 film, One Fine Day, starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer, at the end of the Amanda Bynes 2003 film, What a Girl Wants, covered by Matt Acheson, and the 2014 film 5 Flights Up, starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner included the song as one of his eight Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 20 April 2003. Television and radio presenter Gloria Hunniford also included the song on her list on 24 December 2006. Notes ^ Jump up to : `` Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - The 38th Annual Grammy Awards ( 1995 ) ''. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Music Chart ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ Hage. The Words and Music of Van Morrison. p. 109 Jump up ^ Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p. 278 Jump up ^ `` All Time 885 Greatest Songs ''. xpn.org. 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 10 First Dance Wedding Songs ''. Uk-disco.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ Farber, Jim ( 12 February 2007 ). `` The 100 Greatest Love Songs ''. New York Daily News. Retrieved 30 April 2018. Jump up ^ Throckmorton, Warren ( 14 February 2007 ). `` 100 Greatest Love Songs ''. Patheos. Retrieved 30 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` 2007 BMI London Awards : Song List ''. Broadcast Music. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Have I Told You Lately - Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard '', Billboard, retrieved 29 January 2018 Jump up ^ `` Music : Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Top Pop Songs Chart ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Music Chart ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately ''. RIAA. 29 June 1993. Retrieved 29 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Best - Selling Records of 1993 ''. Billboard. BPI Communications. 106 ( 3 ) : 73. 15 January 1994. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved 4 May 2015. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 230. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 1993. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 10 July 1993. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately ''. Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 27 June 1993. Retrieved 25 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately ''. swedishcharts.com ( Hung Medien ). Retrieved 23 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Have I Told You Lately - Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. 26 June 1993. Retrieved 27 February 2018. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard, Billboard, 29 May 1993, retrieved 16 February 2018 Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 Singles, 10 July 1993 ''. Jump up ^ `` RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1993 ''. RPM. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1993 ''. Retrieved 27 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, 31 December 1993 ''. Jump up ^ `` allmusic ( ( ( It Works For Me > Overview ) ) ) ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 October 2009. Jump up ^ `` allmusic : Secrets of Love ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 October 2009. Jump up ^ `` Engelbert Humperdinck and James Last - Christmas Eve ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` I Do n't Remember Ever Growing Up : Overview ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` Barry Manilow returns with the Greatest Songs of the Eighties ''. Access. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2009. Jump up ^ `` Timeless World overview ''. Allmusic.com. Jump up ^ `` What We 're Listening To * * February ''. SmoothVibes.com. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2013 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 -- 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 111. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89820 - 203 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Van Morrison at IMDb ''. Retrieved 10 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` Matt Acheson ''. IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` 5 Flights Up Soundtrack List ''. The Ultimate Source for Soundtrack Lists. Retrieved 18 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Desert Island Discs - Rory Bremner ''. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` Desert Island Discs - Gloria Hunniford ''. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009. References Hinton, Brian ( 1997 ). Celtic Crossroads : The Art of Van Morrison. London : Sanctuary. ISBN 1 - 86074 - 169 - X. Hage, Erik ( 2009 ). ' The Words and Music of Van Morrison. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978 - 0 - 313 - 35862 - 3. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Van Morrison singles discography 1960s 1967 `` Brown Eyed Girl '' 1970s 1970 `` Come Running '' `` Crazy Love '' `` Domino '' 1971 `` Blue Money '' `` Call Me Up in Dreamland '' `` Wild Night '' 1972 `` Tupelo Honey '' `` Jackie Wilson Said ( I 'm in Heaven When You Smile ) '' `` Redwood Tree '' 1973 `` Warm Love '' `` Bein ' Green '' `` Bulbs '' `` Caldonia '' `` Gloria '' 1977 `` The Eternal Kansas City '' `` Moondance '' 1978 `` Wavelength '' 1979 `` Bright Side of the Road '' `` Full Force Gale '' 1980s 1980 `` You Make Me Feel So Free '' 1982 `` Cleaning Windows '' `` Scandinavia '' 1984 `` Dweller on the Threshold '' 1985 `` Tore Down a la Rimbaud '' 1986 `` Ivory Tower '' `` Did Ye Get Healed ? '' `` Someone Like You '' `` Queen of the Slipstream `` I 'll Tell Me Ma 1989 `` Have I Told You Lately '' `` Whenever God Shines His Light '' `` Orangefield '' 1990s `` Coney Island '' `` Gloria '' `` Real Real Gone '' 1991 `` Enlightenment '' `` I Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Why Must I Always Explain ? 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Question: who wrote the song have i told you lately
Answer: Van Morrison