Tip of My Tongue (Lynsey de Paul song)

"Tip of My Tongue" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue (originally registered as "On the Tip of My Tongue").^[1] It was first released as the fifth single by Brotherly Love (a Liverpool-based group composed of three brothers, Mike, Ronnie and Lee Carroll)^[2] on CBS Records in 1973 and was produced by Phil Wainman.^[3][4] It stalled just outside the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart that year.^[5] Barry Blue was credited as "Barry Green" on this release.^[6][7] The female soul trio Ellie (aka the Hope Sisters - Ellie, Christine and Kathy) released their version of "Tip of My Tongue" as a single on the Fresh Air record label in the UK and on London Records in North America in 1974,^[8][9] and they performed the song on the German TV music program, Hits a Go Go, on 22 October 1974.^[10] Ellie Hope went on to form the U.K. disco group Liquid Gold. The song's co-writer, Barry Blue, released his version as an album track in 1974.^[11][12]

In 1977, the Canadian band, Great Rufus Road Machine, a pop band from Kitchener, Ontario, recorded the song and released it as a single,^[13][14] as well as the lead track on their self-named album.^[15][16] The British band The Dooleys also recorded their version of the song as a track on their well received 1981 album Secrets,^[17] which was re-released in 2013 on the Full House / Secrets double CD album.^[18]

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