Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' Explained

Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
Cover:	Gimme_Gimme_Good_Lovin'_-_Crazy_Elephant.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Crazy Elephant
Album:	Crazy Elephant
B-Side:	Dark Part of My Mind
Released:	January 1969 (Original US release) February 1969 (Second US release) April 1969 (UK)
Genre:	Garage rock^[1] bubblegum pop^[2]
Label:	Bell
Producer:	Joey Levine, Artie Resnick
Prev Title:	Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Sunshine, Red Wine
Next Year:	1969

"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" is a song written by Joey Levine and Ritchie Cordell and performed by Crazy Elephant. It reached #12 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1969,^[3] and was featured on their 1969 album, Crazy Elephant.^[4]

The single was first released in January 1969, with "Hips and Lips" as the B-side, but it did not become a hit until re-released in February 1969.^[5]

It was produced by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick and arranged by Levine.^[6]

The single ranked #89 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969.^[7]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)^[8]	22
Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	3
South Africa (Springbok)^[10]	3
UK Singles (OCC)^[11]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[12]	12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[13]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)	Rank
Canada ^[14]	92
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[15]	89
U.S. Cash Box ^[16]	95

Other versions

• In 1969 (the same year as Crazy Elephant's release) Don Fardon released a version as a single in Australia.^[17]
• Also in 1969 Dusty Springfield performed a version live on her BBC TV show "Decidedly Dusty."^[18]
• Also in 1969 Sonny Stitt released a version as a single that was featured on his album Come Hither.^[19]
• In 1970 Giorgio Moroder released a version on his album That's Bubblegum - That's Giorgio also known as Giorgio.^[20]
• In 1975 Brian Cadd released a version in the United Kingdom.^[21]
• In 1976 Danish band Morning After Rich released a version in their country.^[22]
• In 1979 Adrenalin released a version on Musical Signature Records^[23]
• In 1980 Leif Garrett released a version on his album Can't Explain.^[24]
• In 1984 Helix released a version as a single in Canada^[25] off their album Walkin' the Razor's Edge.
• In 1987 I Nuovi Angeli released an Italian version on their album Color Cioccolata, titled "Balla, Balla Con Noi".^[26]
• In 2000 Sonny Geraci released a live version off his album "On The Verge."^[27]

See also

• List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

Notes and References

1. Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Bubblegum is the Naked Truth: The Monkees. 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 275.
2. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Tiffany’s "I Think We’re Alone Now. . March 24, 2021. Ritchie Cordell joined Super K Productions, the big bubblegum production house of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Cordell co-wrote hits like Crazy Elephant’s “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’” and 1910 Fruitgum Company’s “Indian Giver".... November 7, 2023.
3. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Gimme+Gimme+Good+Lovin%27+by+Crazy+Elephant&id=9839 Crazy Elephant, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" chart positions
4. https://www.discogs.com/Crazy-Elephant-Crazy-Elephant/release/7615560 Crazy Elephant, Crazy Elephant
5. http://www.45cat.com/record/b763 Crazy Elephant, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" original single release
6. http://www.45cat.com/record/763 Crazy Elephant, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" second single release
7. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1969 . August 29, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150503182602/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1969.php . May 3, 2015 .
8. http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1969/19690614.html Go-Set National Top 40, 14 June 1969
9. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1969-05-05 . 2020-06-01.
10. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 1 June 2020.
11. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Gimme+Gimme+Good+Lovin%27+by+Crazy+Elephant&id=9839 Crazy Elephant, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" chart positions
12. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
13. http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19690503.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 3, 1969
14. Web site: RPM Top Singles of 1969. 24 December 2017. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
15. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1969.htm Musicoutfitters.com
16. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969
17. http://www.45cat.com/record/ap1607 Don Fardon, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" single release
18. July 30, 2014 . LOST Dusty Springfield recording - gimme gimme good lovin - BBC tv decidedly dusty 23rd sept 1969 . . . November 26, 2021.
19. http://www.45cat.com/record/sd2530 Sonny Stitt, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" single release
20. https://www.discogs.com/Giorgio-Thats-Bubble-Gum-Thats-Giorgio/release/2394806 Giorgio, That's Bubblegum - That's Giorgio
21. http://www.45cat.com/record/2005030uk Brian Cadd, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" single release
22. October 15, 2012 . Morning After Rich - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' . seuk8 . . November 26, 2021.
23. January 26, 2016 . Adrenalin - Gimme Good Lovin' (1979) . Adrenalin Archives . . November 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210326040423/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbRiSAY2dg . March 26, 2021 . live.
24. https://www.discogs.com/Leif-Garrett-Cant-Explain/release/2532635 Leif Garrett, Can't Explain
25. http://www.45cat.com/record/b5423 Helix, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" single release
26. https://www.discogs.com/I-Nuovi-Angeli-Color-Cioccolata/release/3304550 I Nuovi Angeli, Color Cioccolata
27. February 21, 2015 . Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Levine - Cordell) . . . November 26, 2021.