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"Come and Get Your Love" is a 1974 hit single by the Native American rock band Redbone. The song was written by band member Lolly Vegas and produced by Lolly and his brother Pat Vegas, who was also a band member. It was originally featured on Redbone's album, Wovoka; later the song appeared on many "greatest hits" albums released by the band, as well as on numerous compilation albums of the 1970s. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. It spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 and landed as the 4th most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22, 1974, which indicates that it had sold over a million copies in the United States. The song is Redbone's highest charting single and one of two Top 40 hits by the band (an earlier recording, "The Witch Queen of New Orleans", peaked at #21 in 1972). The song "Come and Get Your Love" also exists in a longer version, with an introductory slow part, plus a longer repeated coda, however, most radio stations rarely play it on the air.
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Real McCoy version
In 1995, the German dance music group Real McCoy released a cover version of the song, which peaked at #19 on the Hot 100. This version also went to #1 on the American dance chart in August 1995. This version of the song also samples 2 Unlimited's hit single No One.
Charts
End of year chart (1974) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 5 Cover versions
- Boys Town Gang, on their 1981 album Disc Charge
- Carol Jiani, on her 1995 album Superstar
- The Temprees, on their 1974 album Temprees 3
Commercials
The song was used in an ad campaign for Alltel.
References
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1974". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1974.php. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
- The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition, 2003
Preceded by
"My Love Is for Real" by Paula AbdulBillboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (Real McCoy version)
August 26, 1995Succeeded by
"No More I Love You's" by Annie LennoxRedbone Patrick Vasquez · Lolly Vasquez · Peter DePoe · Tony Bellamy · Butch Rillera · George Spanos · Raven Hernandez · Arturo Perez Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Come & Get Your Redbone · The Best of Redbone · The Very Best of Redbone · Great Songs (Come and Get Your Love) · Golden Classics · To the Bone · Take Two · The Essential RedboneSingles "Come and Get Your Love"Related articles Categories:- 1974 singles
- 1995 singles
- Real McCoy songs
- Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles
- 1970s song stubs
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