What I Like About You (The Romantics song)

"What I Like About You"
Single by the Romantics
from the album The Romantics
B-side	"First in Line"
Released	December 1979
Recorded	September 1979
Studio	Coconuts Recording (Miami Beach)
Genre	Power pop[1][2] new wave[3]
Length	2:55 2:49 (music video)
Label	Nemperor Epic
Songwriter(s)	Wally Palmar Mike Skill Jimmy Marinos
Producer(s)	Pete Solley
The Romantics singles chronology
"Tell It to Carrie" (1978) "What I Like About You" (1979) "When I Look in Your Eyes" (1980)

"What I Like About You" is a song by American rock band the Romantics. 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. Marinos, the band's drummer, is the lead vocalist on the song. The band filmed a music video for the song that appeared frequently on MTV during the early 1980s.

Covers of the song include Michael Morales' from 1989, Lillix's from 2003 that appeared on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, as well as in The WB comedy series What I Like About You,^{[citation needed]} and 5 Seconds of Summer's for their 2014 self-titled debut album.