You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1964)
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  • You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
    And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
    You're trying hard not to show it
    But baby, baby I know it

    You lost that lovin' feelin'
    Whoa, that lovin' feelin'
    You lost that lovin' feelin'
    Now it's gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh

    Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you
    And now you're starting to criticize little things I do
    It makes me just feel like crying
    'Cause baby, something beautiful's dyin'

    You lost that lovin' feelin'
    Whoa, that lovin' feelin'
    You lost that lovin' feelin'
    Now it's gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh

    Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you
    If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah
    We had a love, a love, a love you don't find everyday
    So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away

    Baby, baby, baby, baby
    I beg you please, please, please, please
    I need your love, need your love
    I need your love, I need your love
    So bring it on back, so bring it on back
    Bring it on back, bring it on back

    Bring back that lovin' feelin'
    Whoa, that lovin' feelin'
    Bring back that lovin' feelin'
    'Cause it's gone, gone, gone
    And I can't go on, whoa-oh

    Bring back that lovin' feelin'
    Whoa, that lovin' feelin'
    Bring back that lovin' feelin'
    'Cause it's gone, gone, gone Writer/s: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Philip Spector
    Publisher: Abkco Music Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1965 {January 28th} a covered version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by Cilla Black peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on United Kingdom's Official Top 50 Singles* chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Go Now" by the Moody Blues...
    Also at the same time, the record in the #3 position was the original version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by the Righteous Brothers...
    Cilla's version peaked at #15 on the Australian Kent Music Report chart...
    Between 1963 and 1993 the Liverpool, England native had twenty-one records on the UK Singles chart, eleven made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Anyone Who Had A Heart" for three weeks in February of 1964 and "You're My World" for four weeks in May of 1964...
    One of her twenty-one charted records was a duet with Dusty Springfield, "Heart and Soul", which reached #75 in 1993...
    Cilla Black, born Priscilla Maria Veronica White, passed away at the age of 72 on August 1st, 2015...
    May she R.I.P.
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the UK Top 50 Singles Top 10 on January 28th, 1965:
    At #4. "Yeh Yeh" by Georgie Fame
    #5. "Come Tomorrow" by Manfred Mann
    #6. "Tired of Waiting For You" by the Kinks
    #7. "Terry" by Twinkle
    #8. "Girl Don't Come" by Sandie Shaw
    #9. "Ferry Cross The Mersey" by Gerry and the Pacemakers
    #10. "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" by the Sounds Orchestral
  • Cee Gee Dee from Big D, Texas, UsaPhil Spector died on January 16, 2021, during this madness called Covid 19 and, of course, in California prison for murder. It has been a strange time for my wife and me. We have had our differences, but nothing remotely close like we have had since March 17, 2020. Every word I say becomes a potential bomb in this age of severe intolerance. Bottom line, we two will be a couple 40 years in the fall of 2021. Anyway, I went to a Youtube version of this tune, featuring a very young Bill Medley and a still living Bobby Hatfield, January 17, 2021. I had never listened to the lyrics so closely. I cried. I shouted, I danced. I jumped up like I was at a freakin' tent revival. I realize why so many love this song. It tells the truth about Love that dies, that becomes lost and cold, the peters out into nothingness. Amen to all who created this masterpiece in the mid-1960s, when I was a punk kid. Warts and all, and you had them, Phil Spector, rest in the Almighty's peace. Ronnie Spector, thanks for holding on to that surname in this time of intense struggle.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 24, 1981, Dionne Warwick performed "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" on the weekly syndicated television program, 'Solid Gold'...
    Twelve years earlier on September 14th, 1969 her covered version entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #90, seven weeks later it would peak at #16 {for 1 week} and it spent ten weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Between 1962 and 1998 the East Orange, NJ native had fifty-five Top 100 hits, eleven make the Top 10 with two* reaching #1, "Then Came You" with the Spinners in 1974 and "That's What Friends Are For" with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder in 1986...
    Dionne Wareick, born Marie Dionne Warrick, celebrated her 77th birthday last month on December 12th {2017}...
    * She just missed having a third #1 record when "(Theme from) The Valley of the Dolls" peaked at #2 {for 4 weeks} in 1967, and the first 3 weeks it was at #2, the #1 record was "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat and for the fourth week it was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding.
  • Babbling Babette from Tulsa OkWhat a song & recording!! When it was first on AM radioplay, I loved it. What a big sound and big vocals. Then I read in "Song Hits" magazine about the Righteous Brothers & their producer Phil Spector. I recall in school other kids talked of Spector & his other productions for the Crystals, Bob B. Soxx, & Ronettes. The Wall of Sound was going "full tilt" on that record!! I was ten yrs. old back then & still recall that the Righteous Brothers were on TV quite a lot. They were full-fledged superstars, even with the British Invasion going on.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyConcerning the BMI* music publishing statement from above; the rest of the Top 10 Most Played Songs of the 20th Century were:
    #2. "Never My Love"
    #3. "Yesterday"
    #4. "Stand By Me"
    #5. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
    #6. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
    #7. "Mrs. Robinson"
    #8. "Baby, I Need Your Loving"
    #9. "Rhythm of the Rain,"
    #10. "Georgia On My Mind"
    * BMI stands for Broadcast Music Incorporated
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 13th 1965, the Righteous Brothers performed "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...
    At the time the song was at #5 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and eighteen days later on January 31st, 1965 it peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on the day it reached #1 on the Top 100 chart it peaked at #3 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1963 and 1974 the 'not really' brothers had twenty-one Top 100 records; six made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, their other #1 record was "(You're My) Soul & Inspiration", it reached the top spot for three weeks on April 3rd, 1966...
    R.I.P. Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hatfield {1940 - 2003} and William Thomas 'Bill' Medley will celebrate his 75th birthday come next September 19th {2015}.
  • Charls from Simi Valley,ca., CaLoved this song when i was in the Army (1965-1968) and still do today. This woud hve been great if it was a fw yeas earlyer.
  • Jean from Owensboro, KyBill Medley has often shared that when Mann, Weil,and Spector first demo'd the song for them, it had been written in a higher key, with Spector and Mann singing it with high twin harmonies. Medley said, "that's a great song for the Everly Brothers, but why are you giving it to us?" Spector insisted they keep trying new vocal arrangements until the song became something completely different than what had been originally imagined--it became darker, more adult, and utilized the full range of Medley and Hatfield's vocal power more provocatively. Vanity Fair Magazine called it "the most erotic duet between men on record." And they're right--the Hall&Oates version sounds like a nursery rhyme compared to this.
  • Roman from Barrie, OnSaw them several months before Bobby died and they sounded as good as the original albums and 45's. Yes, Phil Spector threw everything, including the kitchen sink into his "wall of sound' on this one.
  • Bill from Dallas, TxThe vast majority of Spector's wall of sound productions were created in such a way that they sounded better in mono. They were mixed for play on 1960s AM radio. Although most of Spector's hits were released in stereo versions for lp lovers stereo wasn't a factor for radio play until the early 70s and the increasing popularity of FM radio.
  • Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumWhen you listen to this song, you feel a lot of love and you like to have a hug...... yeah I understand, I feel it too. I have the same feeling when I listen to another song written by Barry Mann "Sometimes when we touch". All these beautiful lovesongs make me so weak, so soft.
  • Pete from Nowra, Australialike Long John Baldry and Kathie McDonalds version better.......they really belt it out, and whenever i hear it .i dunno , i feel a lotta love in the room..can i have a hug ?? please ....someone???
  • Steve from Fenton, MoThe lyrics to this song are incredible....they say so much with so few words. A great record.
  • Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumThis song is written by Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil
    and Barry Mann; a beautiful song with a great
    "Wall of Sound". Phil Spector, you are just perfect.
  • Dee from Indianapolis, InI grew up knowing the Hall and Oats version and loving it. I still think it's a great version to this day. I'm thankful the Righteous Brothers wrote it, but I'm not a fan of their version.
  • Vince from Phoenix, AzThe Zeinth of Phil Spector's studio majestry. There is a reason this song has gotten more airtime than any other. A percussive masterpiece. This is the biggest the wall of sound ever became. Sonny & Cher are background singers for this and Glen Campbell was the rythym guitarist. It still gives me goosebumps everytime I hearit. If there is a heaven, this is what God has on the radio.
  • Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumA very beautiful song of Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann with a great "Wall of Sound", a song that last forever.
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