Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'

1969 single by Crazy Elephant

"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" is a song written by Joey Levine and Ritchie Cordell and performed by Crazy Elephant. It reached #12 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1969,^[3] and was featured on their 1969 album, Crazy Elephant.^[4]

The single was first released in January 1969, with "Hips and Lips" as the B-side, but it did not become a hit until re-released in February 1969.^[5]

It was produced by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick and arranged by Levine.^[6]

The single ranked #89 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969.^[7]

Chart history

Other versions

• In 1969 (the same year as Crazy Elephant's release) Don Fardon released a version as a single in Australia.^[18]
• Also in 1969 Dusty Springfield performed a version live on her BBC TV show "Decidedly Dusty."^[19]
• Also in 1969 Sonny Stitt released a version as a single that was featured on his album Come Hither.^[20]
• In 1970 Giorgio Moroder released a version on his album That's Bubblegum - That's Giorgio also known as Giorgio.^[21]
• In 1975 Brian Cadd released a version in the United Kingdom.^[22]
• In 1976 Danish band Morning After Rich released a version in their country.^[23]
• In 1979 Adrenalin released a version on Musical Signature Records^[24]
• In 1980 Leif Garrett released a version on his album Can't Explain.^[25]
• In 1984 Helix released a version as a single in Canada^[26] off their album Walkin' the Razor's Edge.
• In 1987 I Nuovi Angeli released an Italian version on their album Color Cioccolata, titled "Balla, Balla Con Noi".^[27]
• In 2000 Sonny Geraci released a live version off his album "On The Verge."^[28]

See also

• List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

References

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