When first released, "What I Like About You" was already a popular song on the Romantics' concert playlist. The song's "Hey, uh-huh-huh" refrain was influenced by the Yardbirds' " Over Under Sideways Down" and Chuck Berry's " Back in the U.S.A." The song's riff is slightly similar to Neil Diamond's " Cherry, Cherry", the Standells' 1966 hit "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", and Joe Jackson's 1979 single " I'm the Man." The Romantics recorded the song and the accompanying album at Coconuts Recording Studio in Miami Beach, Florida. "What I Like About You" was written by Palmar, Marinos and Skill around a guitar part by Skill. The band filmed a music video for the song that appeared frequently on MTV during the early 1980s.Ĭovers of the song include Michael Morales' from 1989, Lillix's from 2003, and 5 Seconds of Summer's for their 2014 self-titled debut album. ![]() Marinos, the band's drummer, is the lead vocalist on the song. Written by band members Wally Palmar, Mike Skill and Jimmy Marinos in 1979, the song is included on the band's self-titled debut album (1980), and was also released as a single in late 1979. " What I Like About You" is a song by American rock band the Romantics.
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