You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a 1965 number-one hit single in the US and the UK by The Righteous Brothers. In 1999, the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) announced that it was the most-played song of the 20th century. Additionally, the song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA. Written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, the song is one of the foremost examples of producer Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique. Recorded in Studio A of the famed Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, it features lead vocals by Bill Medley. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Medley recalled, "We had no idea if it would be a hit. It was too slow, too long, and right in the middle of The Beatles and the British Invasion." Indeed, the song ran for nearly four minutes when released. This was much too long by contemporary AM standards, but Spector refused to cut it shorter. On the label where the time is indicated, he had "3:05" printed, instead of the track's actual running time of 3:45. He also added a false ending. Upon being played the finished record over the phone, co-writer Barry Mann told Spector, “Phil, you have it on the wrong speed!” By mid-February 1965, "Lovin' Feelin'" was No. 1 in both the US and the UK. It the only song to enter the UK Top 10 three different times -- first with the initial charting in 1965, and again when it was re-released in 1969 and 1990. The song was #34 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone. In a scene from the 1986 action thriller movie Top Gun, Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards infamously sing the song in an attempt to win the affection of their female superior, played by Kelly McGillis.

[Verse 1] You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips You're trying hard not to show it (baby) But baby, baby I know it [Chorus] You've lost that lovin' feeling Whoa, that lovin' feeling You've lost that lovin' feeling Now it's gone, gone, gone, whoa [Verse 2] Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you And now you're starting to criticize little things I do It makes me just feel like crying (baby) 'Cause, baby, something beautiful's dying [Chorus] You lost that lovin' feeling Whoa, that lovin' feeling You've lost that lovin' feeling Now it's gone, gone, gone, whoa [Bridge] Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah We had a love, a love, a love you don't find everyday So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away Baby (baby), baby (baby) I beg of you, please, please I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) So bring it on back (So bring it on back) Bring it on back (so bring it on back) [Chorus] Bring back that lovin' feeling Whoa, that lovin' feeling Bring back that lovin' feeling Cause it's gone, gone, gone And I can't go on, no Bring back that lovin' feeling Whoa, that lovin' feeling Bring back that lovin' feeling Cause it's gone, gone...