The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love

One of the prettiest most melodic songs from the 1960's! It's just a beautiful song, I could always cry. The bass in this song is excellent. Subdued, just audible. Excellent song all round.

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Lyrics:

When I'm feelin' blue, all I have to do,
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue,
When you're close to me, I can feel your heartbeat,
I can hear you breathing in my ear,
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love.
Anytime you want to, you can turn me on to,
Anything you want to, anytime at all,
When I taste your lips, oh I start to shiver,
Can't control the quivering inside,
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love.

When I'm in your arms, all I have to do,
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue,
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter,
If the world would shatter, I don't care,
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love.
We've got a groovy kind of love, we've got a groovy kind of love.

We've got a groovy kind of love.
"A Groovy Kind of Love" is a song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager and published by the Screen Gems music publishing company.

The song has been recorded by numerous artists, with the Mindbenders and Phil Collins releasing very successful versions.

"A Groovy Kind of Love" was written when Bayer Sager was a 22-year-old schoolteacher, and Wine was a 17-year-old high school student. Composition of the song took place at Bayer Sager's home in New York City, only a few blocks away from the Brill Building and 1650 Broadway. These buildings housed numerous music publishing companies and record labels including Wine and Bayer Sager's label, Allegro Music (later Screen Gems); the buildings also contained facilities for songwriting and composition. However, Bayer Sager's residence was preferred because it was more comfortable, and more private. Wine composed the music, and Bayer Sager wrote the lyrics. The song was originally recorded by Patti Labelle and The Bluebelles on US Atlantic 2313 (UK Atlantic 4064) in 1965

The song title was an early use of the slang word "groovy", and both women were interested in using the word because they recognized it as a new, "happening" word. Wine said, "Carole came up with 'Groovy kinda… groovy kinda… groovy…' and we're all just saying, 'Kinda groovy, kinda groovy, kinda…' and I don't exactly know who came up with "Love", but it was 'Groovy kind of love'. And we did it. We wrote it in 20 minutes. It was amazing. Just flew out of our mouths, and at the piano, it was a real quick and easy song to write."

The song's melody is based on the Rondo from Muzio Clementi's Sonatina, Opus 36, number 5. Carole Bayer originally pitched the song to pop star Lesley Gore in early 1965, but Gore's producer at the time, Shelby Singleton, rejected the song, as he found the word "groovy" too slangy.

Jack McGraw, who ran the Screen Gems offices in London, thought the Wine and Bayer Sager song was a perfect match for the new group The Mindbenders (previously the backing group for Wayne Fontana, who had recently left the band) and especially their guitarist, who now became their new lead vocalist, Eric Stewart. The band recorded their version of "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1965. They liked the result so much that they included the song on their first album without Fontana, The Mindbenders (US title A Groovy Kind of Love) and released the song to radio as their debut single. It reached number two in the UK the week of January 19–26, 1966, and it also reached number two in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late May and early June 1966. "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge kept the song from number one. The song features a female backing chorus, and they sing the words "You and me" and the repeated title towards the end of each verse of the song. Eric Stewart went on to co-found the British art pop band, 10cc.

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