"(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" is a top hit song with lyrics by Ivory "Deek" Watson (founding member of the Ink Spots and The Brown Dots), and composition by William "Pat" Best (founding member of the Four Tunes); it was published by Leeds Publishing Company in 1945.

Numerous famous artists have covered this song over the past decades such as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, James Brown, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sam Cooke, Dinah Shore, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, etc.

American jazz singer and songwriter Halie Loren released her own version in 2013 as a part of her album "Simply Love" with much fanfare and success. It entered Billboard Japan's Top Jazz Albums chart at number two in its first week of release.


I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I'll give you my heart

I love you and you alone were meant for me
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we'll never part

I think of you every morning
Dream of you every night
Darling, I'm never lonely
Whenever you are in sight

I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart

I think of you every morning
Dream of you every night
Darling, I'm never lonely
Whenever you are in sight
I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart