A Groovy Kind of Love
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"A Groovy Kind of Love" | ||
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Single by The Mindbenders | ||
from the album A Groovy Kind of Love | ||
B-side(s) | "Love Is Good" | |
Released | 1966 | |
Format | 7" single | |
Genre | Pop | |
Length | 2:00 | |
Label | Fontana | |
Writer(s) | Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine | |
Chart positions | ||
The Mindbenders singles chronology | ||
She Needs Love (1965) |
A Groovy Kind of Love (1966) |
Can't Live With You Can't Live Without You (1966) |
"Groovy Kind of Love" is a pop single originally released in 1966 by The Mindbenders on the eponymous album. It was written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager, and heavily based on the Rondo section of "Sonatina in G major," op. 36 no. 5 by Muzio Clementi. In 1988, Phil Collins covered the song for the movie Buster. The Mindbenders' version reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100; Collins had his only simultaneous number-one in both the U.S. and the UK with his rendition. The song is also played in the Friends episode "The One With the Wedding Part 2"
Preceded by "Red Red Wine" by UB40 |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Collins version) October 22, 1988- October 29, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys |
Preceded by "The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population |
UK number one single (Collins version) September 4, 1988 |
Succeeded by "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by The Hollies |