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released a version of "Like I Do", which spent 18 weeks on the UK's ''

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released a version of the song, which was titled in Japanese "Lemon No Kiss".レモンのキッス
Utamap.com. Accessed October 29, 2015 The song retained a small portion of the song's original English language lyrics, but the Japanese lyrics, written by Minami Kazumi, were completely different.

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released a version of the song titled "She'll Never, Never Love You (Like I Do)" in 1963. Brewer's version reached No. 122 on ''

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'', March 30, 1963. p. 14. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

Chart performance

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References

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