Come and Get Your Love

"Come and Get Your Love" is a 1974 hit single by the Native American rock band Redbone. The song was written by band member Lolly Vegas and produced by Lolly and his brother Pat Vegas, who was also a band member. It was originally featured on Redbone's album, Wovoka; later the song appeared on many "greatest hits" albums released by the band, as well as on numerous compilation albums of the 1970s. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. It spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 and landed as the 4th most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22, 1974, which indicates that it had sold over half a million copies in the United States. The song is Redbone's highest charting single and one of two Top 40 hits by the band (an earlier recording, "The Witch Queen of New Orleans", peaked at number 21 in 1972). The song "Come and Get Your Love" also exists in a longer version, with an introductory slow part, plus a longer repeated coda. However, most radio stations rarely play it on the air.

Chart performance

End of year peaks

Real McCoy version

"Come and Get Your Love"
Single by Real McCoy
from the album Another Night
Released	June 29, 1995
Format	CD
Genre	Euro disco R&B
Length	3:14
Label	Arista
Producer(s)	Douglas Carr Per Adebratt Tommy Ekman David Brunner
Real McCoy singles chronology
"Love & Devotion" (1995) "Come and Get Your Love" (1995) "Sleeping with an Angel/Ooh Boy" (1995)

In 1995, the German eurodance group Real McCoy released a cover version of the song, which peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. This version also went to number-one on the American dance chart in August 1995. This version of the song also samples 2 Unlimited's hit single No One.

Chart performance (Real McCoy version)

Cover versions

• Boys Town Gang, on their 1981 album Disc Charge
• Carol Jiani, on her 1995 album Superstar
• The Temprees, on their 1974 album Temprees 3
• John Coinman, on 1997 soundtrack album to The Postman
• Real McCoy, on their 1995 maxi-single Come and Get Your Love^[7]

In popular culture

• The song is featured in the 1994 film Dance Me Outside.
• The song is featured in the opening credits of the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy.
• The song's melody is featured in the Bob's Burgers episode titled "The Kids Run the Restaurant", sung by Gene and his girl group The Cutie Patooties.
• Comedian Jimmy Pardo performed the song using his "air bass" on The Bob & Tom Show.
• Alltel and Dick's Sporting Goods used the song for their advertisements.

Personnel

• Lolly Vegas – lead guitar, electric sitar, vocals
• Tony Bellamy – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Pat Vegas – bass, vocals
• Butch Rillera – drums, background vocals

References

• The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
• The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition, 2003