You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

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“You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”
Single by The Righteous Brothers
B-side	"There's a Woman"
Released	December 1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	Pop, Rock and Roll, Blue-eyed soul
Length	3:45
Label	Philles
Writer(s)	Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Producer	Phil Spector
The Righteous Brothers singles chronology
"My Babe" (1963) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964) "Bring Your Love to Me" (1965)

“You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”
Single by Hall & Oates from the album Voices
Released	1980
Format	7"
Recorded	1980
Genre	Blue-Eyed soul
Label	RCA
Producer	Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates singles chronology
"How Does It Feel to Be Back" (1980) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1980)

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a 1964 number-one hit single in the US and the UK by The Righteous Brothers. The song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA.

Written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, the song is one of the foremost examples of producer Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique. Among the background singers in the song's crescendo is a young Cher.

Bobby Hatfield reportedly expressed his annoyance to Spector upon learning that he would have to wait until the chorus before joining Bill Medley’s vocals. He asked Spector just what he was supposed to do during Medley’s solo. Spector’s reply: “You can take the money to the bank.” Upon hearing the finished record, Mann reacted to Medley’s deep baritone by telling Spector, “You’re playing it at the wrong speed.”

The song was #34 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.

According to BMI, the song was the most played song on US radio in the 20th century.

The song is Nottingham Forest's fans unofficial tune to The Reds, as it is commonly sung by the fans and occasionally played over the tanoy at the beginning of the second-half.

[edit] Recordings

The song has been recorded by performers such as:

• Joan Baez, live television performance with Phil Spector on piano.
• Gladys Knight & The Pips, on Silk 'N Soul
• Isaac Hayes, on ...to Be Continued (1971)
• Westlife, on The Love Album (2006)
• Elvis Presley
• Cilla Black (UK #2, 1965; Australia #2, 1965)
• Neil Diamond and Dolly Parton
• Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
• Dionne Warwick (USA #16, 1969)
• The Human League, on their 1979 debut Reproduction
• Long John Baldry and Kathi MacDonald (USA #89, 1979)
• Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (USA #71, 1971)
• Hall & Oates, on Voices (USA #12, 1980; US AC #15, 1980; UK #55, 1980)
• Erasure
• The Firm
• The Flying Pickets, on Lost Boys
• Johnny Rivers, on And I Know You Wanna Dance
• Telly Savalas, on his 1973 MCA album Telly
• Brian Wilson (Wilson's version, recorded during the Adult Child era, has never been commercially released)^[1]
• Maverick and Goose (the characters in the movie Top Gun, played by Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards)
• Barry Manilow, on The Greatest Songs of the Sixties (2006)
• Legs Diamond, on Fire Power (1978)
• James Last, on Beat in Sweet (1965) Instrumental version.
• Morgan Fisher, on Hybrid Kids
• Paul Shane, on BBC Pebblemill (1995)

[edit] References

Preceded by "Go Now" by The Moody Blues	UK number-one single (The Righteous Brothers version) February 4, 1965 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Tired of Waiting for You" by The Kinks
Preceded by "Downtown" by Petula Clark	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (The Righteous Brothers version) February 6, 1965 (2 Weeks)	Succeeded by "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys