May The Lord (Of Your Choice) Gimme Some Lovin'

This blogger, like a great many other geezers, has put all of his retirement eggs in one Ameriprise basket. May the mojo of Spencer Davis, The Blues Brothers, and Dennis Hopper keep the wolf away from the door. At least the bassline riff is way cool. "Gimme Some Lovin'" should be the theme song of this blog:

Well my temperature is rising got my feet on the floor
Crazy people rocking 'cause they want to go more
Let me in baby I don't know what you got
But you better take it easy 'cause this place is hot
And I'm so glad you made it, so glad you made it
You got to gimme some lovin', gimme gimme some lovin'

Well I feel so good, everybody's getting high
You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire
Been a hard day and I don't know what to do
Wait a minute Baby, this could happen to you
(Repeat) And I'm so glad you made it, so glad you made it
You got to gimme some lovin', gimme gimme some lovin'

Well I feel so good, everybody's getting high
You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire
Been a hard day nothing went too good
Now we're gonna relax just like everybody should.
(Repeat) And I'm so glad you made it, so glad you made it
You got to gimme some lovin', gimme gimme some lovin'

If this is a (fair & balanced) request, so be it.

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Spencer Davis Group — "Gimme Some Lovin' " (1967)

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The Blues Brothers — "Gimme Some Lovin' " (1980)

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"Gimme Some Lovin'"

"Gimme Some Lovin'" is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by the Spencer Davis Group. The song was originally a hit in 1967 (UK #2; U.S. #7), when Steve Winwood, lead singer of the Spencer Davis Group at the time, was only 19 years old.

It has been covered by many other artists, most notably by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers." Just before that, Olivia Newton-John recorded it for her album "Totally Hot" (1978) with members of Toto. In 1982-83 Chicago included it as an encore in their live set with Peter Cetera taking the lead vocal.

Other groups who have covered the song include Taj Mahal in the film "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 1968" (live), Traffic, with Winwood as lead singer, on their 1971 live album "Welcome to the Canteen," Queen on their live album "Live at Wembley '86," glam band Biggles (1971), Raven on their 1986 album "The Pack Is Back," and Thunder on their 1990 album "Back Street Symphony." Hanson opened shows with it on their 1998 Albertane Tour (captured on their subsequent album "Live from Albertane") and the Spanish group Mägo de Oz covered it on their 1994 album "Mägo de Oz." The Grateful Dead also covered it in concert with the lead vocal shared by Phil Lesh and Brent Mydland. Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album "DisCover" in 2002. David Bowie samples the song in "Join The Gang".

On television, the song has appeared in commercials for Ameriprise Financial.

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