On Sale Today: “I Like It Like That” by Dave Clark Five

June 6, 1965 - On sale today is “I Like It Like That,” a single by the Dave Clark Five. The B-side is “Hurting Inside.”

The song, written by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint, was first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. 

The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named “I Like It Like That.” In the Kenner version, the lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: “The name of the place is.” In the Dave Clark Five Version, all the lyrics are sung.

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