You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
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"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a 1965 number-one hit single by The Righteous Brothers. The song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA. It was also featured on the soundtrack for the movie Top Gun.
Written by 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.
It was #34 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.
[edit] Covers
The song has been covered several times by artists such as:
- Isaac Hayes on ...to Be Continued
- Westlife on The Love Album
- Elvis Presley
- Cilla Black
- Neil Diamond and Dolly Parton
- Lee Hazelwood 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)
- Daryl Hall and John Oates on Voices(USA #12, 1980)
- Erasure
- 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 has never been commersially released)
| Preceded by "Downtown" by Petula Clark |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 6, 1965 |
Succeeded by "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys |
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