‘I'm in You’ is the hit song released by Peter Frampton as a single from his album I'm in You. This was the title track from Frampton's 1977 I'm In You album, his fifth studio album and the one where he had a lot of pressure from producers to match the sales success of Frampton and Frampton Comes Alive!. This song is the highest Frampton ever climbed on the charts. It rose to No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and in Canada, becoming his most successful single. The song was written by Peter Frampton after returning to New York City from touring to record his live album Frampton Comes Alive! in 1976.
The song is about Frampton being recently separated from his first wife, the model Mary Lovett. Despite what one might at first think from the title, Frampton meant being "in" somebody in the spiritual sense. The song was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Frampton demanded that bodyguards keep overzealous fans from disturbing his recording sessions.
This song is mostly a keyboard-driven number, featuring background vocals from Mick Jagger, with the sound of a Baldwin Piano, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, Gibson Les Paul, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion and vocals. It is therefore omitted from the set list of his live performances of ‘Frampton's Guitar Circus’, in spite of being his biggest hit.
Billboard described it as a "grandly contemporary rock ballad with a deep but touching lyric." Cash Box said that "it is Peter's voice in front of a string-led wall of sound, with occasional piano and guitar emphasis, that give the single a soaring quality." Record World said that it "relies on a quiet intensity to deliver its message, and its impact increases with each listening."
Label – A&M
Songwriter – Peter Frampton
Producer – Peter Frampton
SONG LYRICS
[Verse 1]I don't care where I go
When I'm with you
When I cry, you don't laugh
Because you know me
[Chorus]
I'm in you, you're in me
I'm in you, you're in me
Because you gave me the love
Love that I never had
Yes, you gave me the love
Love that I never had
[Verse 2]
You and I don't pretend
We make love
I can't feel any more
Than I'm singing, yeah
[Chorus]
I'm in you, you're in me
I'm in you, you're in me
Because you gave me the love
Love that I never had
Yes, you gave me the love
Love that I never had
[Verse 3]
Come so far when you think
Of last fall
You can't buy what we made
You and I, oh
[Chorus]
I'm in you, you're in me
I'm in you, you're in me
Because you gave me the love
Love that I never had
Yes, you gave me the love
Love that I never had
[Outro]
You gave me the love
Love that I never had
I don't care where I go
When I'm with you