Ain't That a Lot of Love
| "Ain't That a Lot of Love" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Simply Red | |
| from the album Love and the Russian Winter[1] | |
| Released | 1999[2] |
| Format | CD, Single, Cardsleeve[3] |
| Genre | Progressive House[3] |
| Length |
3:56 (album version)[1] 3:17 (single version)[2] |
| Label | East West Records[2] |
| Writer(s) | Willia Dean Parker, Homer Banks[3] |
| Producer(s) | Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki & Mick Hucknall[3] |
"(Ain't That) a Lot of Love" is a 1966 song by Homer Banks, written between him and Willia Dean Parker.[4]
Cover versions
- The Spencer Davis Group utilized the basic riff for their 1966 song "Gimme Some Lovin'"[5]
- Taj Mahal covered the song on his 1968 album The Natch'l Blues. He performed the song on the Rolling Stones' TV show Rock 'n Roll Circus in 1968 with Jesse Ed Davis on guitar.
- Three Dog Night covered the song on their 1969 album Suitable for Framing.
- The Band covered it on their 1977 odds and sods album Islands[6]
- Webb Wilder covered it on his 1989 album Hybrid vigor.
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds covered it on their 1991 album Walk that Walk, Talk that Talk.
- Simply Red had a worldwide hit with a Progressive House remix of the song in 1999.
- Tom Jones covered it with Simply Red on his near-covers album Reload.
- Beverley Knight covered it on her 2007 album Music City Soul.
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