I Must Be in Love

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"I Must Be in Love"
From top to bottom: US picture sleeve, I Must Be in Love on A Hard Day's Rut (album)
B-side	Lonely-Phobia (UK) I Want To Be With You (US)
Released	10 July 1964 (UK) 13 July 1964 (US)
Recorded	16 April 1964
Genre	Rock and Roll
Label	Parlourphone (UK) Capatol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Nasty-McQuickly
Producer(s)	Archie Macaw
Last single	Can't Buy Me Lunch (1964) (UK) Monkey On My Back (1964) (US)
Next single	Now She's Left You (1964) (UK) With A Girl Like You (1964) (US)

I Must Be in Love (also known by the misprinted title "A Hard Day's Rut") was a song by The Rutles, released in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Rut. It was written by Ron Nasty and credited to Nasty-McQuickly, and was a UK number one.

Lyrics

I feel good

I feel bad

I feel happy

I feel sad

Do you think I'm in love? (aahaah)

I must be in love

I feel rich (oooo, la la la)

I feel poor (oooo, la la la)

I'm in doubt (oooo, la la la)

I feel sure (oooo, la la la)

Am I in love? (aahaah)

I must be in love

Any time of the day I can see

(I can see her face)

Her face, when I close my eyes

Ooooooo!

She's a dream (she's a dream)

She is real (she is real)

Can't explain (can't explain)

How I feel (how I feel)

Am I in love? (aahaah)

I must be in love

Any time of the day I can see

(I can see her face)

Her face, when I close my eyes

Ooooooo!

Am I dead (oooo, la la la)

Or alive? (oooo, la la la)

Can my poor heart (oooo, la la la)

Survive? (oooo, la la la)

Am I in love? (aahaah) I must be in love

I feel good (I feel good)

I feel bad (I feel bad)

I feel happy (I feel happy)

I feel sad (I feel sad)

Am I in love? (aahaah)

I must be in love

I must be in love

I must be in love

I must be in love

Release

• The song was first released in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Rut. It was also released as a single that year.
• It would later be released as a single in 1969 alongside "Cheese and Onions" and "Hold My Hand".
• It would later be released as a single once more in 1978 by Warner.

Other Covers

Sir Dirk McQuickly performed the song during his solo career.

In 1993, Syd Straw and Marc Ribot released a version of the song on one of their albums. Later that year, it was released inside Rutles Highway Revisited.