- 'Coz I Luv You
Infobox Single
Name = Coz I Luv You
Artist =Slade
Rercorded = 1971 in music
Genre =Hard rock /Glam rock
B-side = My Life is Natural
Length = 3:24
Label = Polydor
Writer =Noddy Holder /Jim Lea
Producer =Chas Chandler Coz I Luv You is a song by
Slade , written byNoddy Holder andJim Lea and produced byChas Chandler . It was the band's second hit single in the UK and the first of six number one singles. The song originated in a jam and was written in less than 30 minutes. Typical of Slade's brash, stomping glam style, it prominently featured Jim Lea's electric violin and quickly reached number one on theUK singles chart , where it stayed for four weeks in November 1971.The song was later used in the film
Velvet Goldmine and in an advert for theFord Transit van.Recently, the song has been covered by
James Blunt at his live concerts and byBöhse Onkelz for their single "Keine Amnestie für MTV".More recently the song was used in the casting of BBC drama, "Life on Mars".
The song plays on series two, episode four as a group of swingers in middle-class suburbia dine at a wife swapping party.
The song also features in the film
El Lobo , a political thriller revolving around the Spanish terrorist groupETA .
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