Muskrat Love

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"Muskrat Love" is a 1972 song by Willis Alan Ramsey. It originally appeared on his album Willis Alan Ramsey under the title "Muskrat Candlelight."

Covers include:

The 1976 cover reached #4 in the charts. It features sound effects created with a synthesizer to evoke the imagined sound of muskrats courting. The single featured an "endless loop" of these sound effects created by encoding the end groove of the 45.

A parody of the song called "Hamster Love" was written and performed by a group called Big Daddy and included on Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary album.