Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’ Every Night

Jim Adams aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: BUBBLEGUM POP

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There were some interesting articles on Bubblegum Pop. I learnt there was a classic golden era of Bubblegum Pop, which was interesting because I think of it as so much more of a modern phenomenon. My first thoughts in fact were Whigfield, The Sugarbabes, and other sort of bouncy bouncy feel good tracks.

I was very tempted to feature a song from The Monkees – because they always give me a skip in my step. But when I was perusing suggestions for Bubblegum pop, I came across a video that made me smile down to my toes.

Do you remember the Pandemic stay at home mandates spawning a tsunami of viral family performing arts videos? How on earth did I miss this one? Stealing the show is the little girl at the front – what a diva!!! I love it!!!

The track is Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’ – you may know the Crazy Elephants version – but this is Colt Clark And The Quarantine Kids!

Play it boy!

From Atlanta, Georgia
To the Great Lake waters
To Californ-i-a
Gonna spend my time
Walkin' night and day
So

Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Every night

To the girls in New York
To the girls in Frisco
To the girls in Capsicam
Gotta understand
Honey I'm your man
So

Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night (Yeah!)
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night

Gimme gimme gimme good lovin'
Gimme gimme gimme good lovin'
Gimme gimme gimme good lovin'
Gimme gimme gimme good lovin'
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night

C'mon honey

Gimme gimme good lovin' every night (Yeah!)
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night

C'mon now honey!

Gimme gimme good lovin' every night (Every night)
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night (Yeah!)
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night
Gimme gimme good lovin' every night

Writte by: Ritchie Cordell and Joey Levine