Groovy Situation was a 1970 hit single by Gene Chandler, issued on Mercury Records. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was a Top 10 Billboard R&B hit, peaking at #8. It was also an RIAA Certified Million-Seller, the Gold Record being awarded to Gene in November 1970. It was Chandler's second- biggest chart hit single, his biggest being the million- selling #1 Grammy Hall of Fame smash, "Duke of Earl", in 1962. it was taken from his album, The Gene Chandler Situation.
The success of this, and other records he wrote, recorded and produced that year earned him The National Association of Television and Radio Announcers Producer of the Year Award in 1970, against competition from other esteemed nominees including Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Norman Whitfield.