The Loco-Motion

by

Little Eva

Album: LLLLLoco-Motion     Released: 1962

US Chart: 1      UK Chart: 2

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The husband and wife songwriting team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote this. Little Eva was the babysitter for their daughter Louise. They had Eva record it simply to demo the song, which was intended for Dee Dee Sharp. Producer Don Kirshner was impressed by Eva's vocal on the demo tape and had her record it. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

Carole King sang backup along with an R&B girl group called The Cookies.

This was a #1 US hit for Grand Funk in 1974. It was only the second time the same song became a #1 for 2 different artists. The first was "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence in 1962 and Donny Osmond in 1971. That song was also written by King and Goffin.

"Loco" means "crazy" in Spanish, implying that the dance was a crazy motion.

A cover of this song was the first hit for Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Released in 1987, it was the biggest-selling single of the '80s in Australia, and her only hit (#3) in the US until 2002, when she struck with "Can't Get You Out Of My Head."

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Comments:

At the Beacon Theatre in NYC on July 3rd, 1976 Bruce Springsteen makes a spur-of-the-moment stage appearance at the final night of Carole King’s 3-night appearance, singing a rollicking duet with Carole on the evening’s encore, “Loco-motion”.
- Barry , Sauquoit, NY

As told by Carole King herself (on CBS Sunday Morning, 7/24/05): "Our babysitter (Little Eva) was cleaning around the house, humming and singing. I stopped her and said "We need to write a song for you." So we sat down...and did...and lost our babysitter!!"
- Tom , Green Bay, WI

The locomotion dance was created after the song came out.
- rene , blaine, MN

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