Ain't That a Lot of Love

Last updated

"(Ain't That) a Lot of Love" is a 1966 song written by Homer Banks and Willia Dean Parker, [1] and first released by Banks on Minit Records, titled "A Lot of Love".

Contents

Simply Red version

"Ain't That a Lot of Love"
Simply Red-Ain't That a Lot of Love.jpg
Single by Simply Red
from the album Love and the Russian Winter [2]
B-side "Come On in My Kitchen"
Released18 October 1999 [3]
Genre House
Length3:56 (album version) [2]
3:17 (single version) [4]
Label East West Records [4]
Songwriter(s) Willia Dean Parker, Homer Banks [5]
Producer(s) Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki & Mick Hucknall [5]
Simply Red singles chronology
"To Be Free"
(1998)		"Ain't That a Lot of Love"
(1999)		"Your Eyes"
(2000)
Music video
"Ain't That a Lot of Love" on YouTube

In 1999, British soul and pop band Simply Red made a cover of the song as "Ain't That a Lot of Love". It was released as the first single from their seventh studio album, Love and the Russian Winter (1999), and was a top 20 hit in Iceland, Scotland and the UK. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 28. Remixes by Club 69 and Phats & Small were released as bonus tracks on a 2008 Special Edition of the album. A black-and-white music video was filmed for the song, directed by Mike Lipscombe. The same year, Welsh singer Tom Jones covered the song with Simply Red on his 1999 duet album Reload .

Critical reception

James Poletti from Dotmusic viewed the song as "a similarly house-influenced production", like "Fairground". He added that it "is indebted to the popular late 90s prototype laid down by Stardust's 'Music Sounds Better with You'. The connection isn't as directly obvious this time but the song is built around that kind of groove." [6] A reviewer from Florida Today said it "conjures up a flash of magic". [7] John Terlesky from The Morning Call stated that "its rhythmic hooks and catchy chorus, tarted up with techno trappings, stand out" of the other songs of the album. [8]

Track listing

CD single, UK (1999)
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Edit)3:17
2."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Phats & Small Mutant Disco Vocal Mix)6:10
CD single, Europe (1999)
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Edit)3:17
2."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Phats & Small Mutant Disco Vocal Mix)6:10
3."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Club 69 Underground Dub Mix)6:36
4."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Johnny Vicious Filter Factory Dub Mix)8:56

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 29
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 48
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [11] 28
Germany (GfK Entertainment) [12] 55
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [13] 20
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [14] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [15] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] 68
New Zealand (RIANZ) [17] 41
Scotland (OCC) [18] 16
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade) [19] 45
UK Singles (OCC) [20] 14

Other cover versions

Related Research Articles

S'Express were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Curiosity Killed the Cat</span> British pop band

Curiosity Killed the Cat were a British pop band that achieved success in the UK in the late 1980s, with hit singles such as "Down to Earth", "Misfit" and "Ordinary Day", from their No. 1 debut album, Keep Your Distance. This was followed by Getahead with the accompanying hit "Name and Number", that was recreated by De La Soul in "Ring Ring Ring " in 1991, Jaheim in "Ain't Leavin Without You" in 2010, and Little Mix in "How Ya Doin'?" in 2012. In the early 1990s, the band's bassist left, and billed as 'Curiosity' they collaborated with Simon Cowell recording "Hang On in There Baby" on the album Back to Front.

<i>Reload</i> (Tom Jones album) 1999 studio album by Tom Jones

Reload is the 34th album by Tom Jones, released in 1999. It contains fifteen duets with a range of artists including Van Morrison, Cerys Matthews, Stereophonics, Robbie Williams and Portishead, recorded with their usual record producers and in their usual studios. The tracks are mainly cover versions, with a new version of one of Jones' own songs, "Looking Out My Window" (1968), and one original track, "Sex Bomb".

Nice & Smooth is an East Coast hip hop duo from New York City that consists of Gregory O. "Greg Nice" Mays and Darryl O. "Smooth Ballz" Barnes plus their deejay Tedd "DJ Teddy Tedd" Whiting. The duo released four albums between 1989 and 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2 in a Room</span> American hip hop duo

2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felix (musician)</span> British producer and DJ

Felix is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit track "Don't You Want Me" and his underground house project "The Party Crashers".

Phats & Small are a British electronic dance music duo formed in Brighton, in 1998, and composed of Jason "Phats" Hayward and Russell Small. They are best known for their single "Turn Around", which became an international hit in 1999.

<i>Home</i> (Simply Red album) 2003 studio album by Simply Red

Home is the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. It is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".

The Spanish group Mecano released six studio albums, one live album, nine compilation albums, five video albums and more than 40 singles. In their career, it is estimated that Mecano has sold 25 million albums worldwide.

The discography of the British new wave band Visage consists of five studio albums, eight compilation albums, one EP and nineteen singles. Formed in 1978, the band released their first single "Tar" on the short-lived Radar Records label in 1979, before signing to Polydor Records in 1980. Their second single, "Fade To Grey", was released soon afterwards and became an international hit. After three studio albums and several personnel changes, the group disbanded in 1985 though a new line-up emerged in the 2000s, again led by vocalist Steve Strange. In 2013, the band released a new album, Hearts and Knives, the first new Visage album for 29 years. The following year, the band released Orchestral, a partly live album featuring various classic Visage songs remade with a symphony orchestra. The band's final studio album, Demons to Diamonds, was released in November 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sydney Youngblood</span> Musical artist

Sydney Ford, better known as Sydney Youngblood, is an American-German singer, actor and composer, who had several successful dance hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Jesus Loves You were a British band, founded by the singer Boy George. The band's music is a mixture of electronic dance music, Indian classical music and western pop music. Their lyrics are about love, spirituality and the equality of all human beings.

The Boys Town Gang were a post-disco and hi-NRG band from San Francisco, California. Their popularity peaked in the 1980s when the group reached No. 1 in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain as well as No. 4 in the UK with their cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mouth and MacNeal</span> Dutch pop duo

Mouth and MacNeal was a Dutch pop duo that enjoyed commercial success in the 1970s. They are best known for their million selling recording of "How Do You Do" in 1972, which topped the Dutch chart and became a US top ten hit, also reaching number 2 in Canada, and for representing the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third with the song "I See a Star", which went on to become a UK top ten hit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tee-Set</span> Dutch pop rock band

Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo in Delft, Netherlands. The band is best-known for their single "Ma Belle Amie", which was a No. 5 hit in the United States and No. 3 in Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">You're the Greatest Lover</span>

"You're the Greatest Lover" is a single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album With Luv' and on compilations. The song is the group's international breakthrough as it was successful in a large part of Continental Europe, Israel and South Africa. Luv' reached its peak with this million-seller. You're the Greatest Lover is often considered the signature song of the female pop act.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casanova (Luv' song)</span> 1979 single by Luv

"Casanova" is the sixth single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in the spring of 1979 by Philips Records. This song appears on the formation's second album, Lots Of Luv', and was a Top 10 single in a large part of Continental Europe, maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scooter discography</span>

This is the discography of German techno band Scooter. Founded in December 1993 in Hamburg, Scooter is known for being one of the most successful German bands as well as for having sold over 30 million records worldwide. Since 1993, the trio has released 20 studio albums, five compilation albums, five live albums and 74 singles, as well as six video albums and 75 music videos. Scooter, who have gathered 80 gold and platinum awards throughout the years, are composed of H.P. Baxxter, Marc Blou and Jay Frog.

This is the discography of American pop rock band Cock Robin.

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter Beverley Craven.

References

  1. ↑ "A Lot of Love - Homer Banks". Discogs.
  2. 1 2 "Love and the Russian Winter". Discogs.
  3. ↑ "Simply Red singles".
  4. 1 2 "Ain't That a Lot of Love". Discogs.
  5. 1 2 "Ain't That a Lot of Love". Discogs.
  6. ↑ Poletti, James (8 October 1999). "SIMPLY RED - 'AIN'T THAT A LOT OF LOVE' (EASTWEST)". Dotmusic . Archived from the original on 2000-09-01. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ↑ (12 November 1999). "Simply Red brings new variety to CD". p. 6. Florida Today .
  8. ↑ Terlesky, John (1 January 2000). "Disc Reviews". p. B53. The Morning Call .
  9. ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at.
  10. ↑ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be.
  11. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 6 November 1999. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Simply Red Ain't That a Lot of Love - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". offiziellecharts.de.
  13. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 14.10. - 21.10. 1999 40. Vika)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved 13 July 2018.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  14. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Simply Red".
  15. ↑ "Simply Red - Ain't That A Lot Of Love". top40.nl. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.
  17. ↑ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz.
  18. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 24 October 1999 - 30 October 1999". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  19. ↑ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch.
  20. ↑ "Ain't That a Lot of Love | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company .
  21. ↑ "Respect 2003 page". Soulwalking.co.uk.
  22. ↑ Ain't That a Lot of Love at AllMusic
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.