Can't Get Enough (Bad Company song)

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"Can't Get Enough"
BC - Cant Get Enough single.jpg
Cover of the 1974 German single
Single by Bad Company
from the album Bad Company
B-side "Little Miss Fortune"
Released10 May 1974 (1974-05-10) [1] [2]
Recorded
Genre
Length4:17
Label
Songwriter Mick Ralphs
Producer Bad Company
Bad Company singles chronology
"Can't Get Enough"
(1974)		"Movin' On"
(1974)
Official audio
"Can't Get Enough" on YouTube

"Can't Get Enough" is a song by English guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was recorded by rock supergroup Bad Company, of which Ralphs was a member, for their 1974 self-titled debut album, and was issued as their debut single. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. "Can't Get Enough" is Bad Company's biggest hit and is considered their most popular song; it is frequently played on classic rock radio stations. [4]

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Composition

The song is credited to guitarist Mick Ralphs, who tuned his guitar in the open-C tuning C-C-G-C-E-C. Ralphs said: "It never really sounds right in standard tuning. It needs the open C to have that ring." [5] It borrows from the riff Ralphs used for his 1972 Mott the Hoople song "One of the Boys". [6] [7] [8]

Reception

Billboard described "Can't Get Enough" as a "good, solid rocker" and praised Paul Rodgers' vocal performance. [9] Cash Box called it "one of the best rockers to come out of Britain in years", describing it as "Top 40 oriented with a heavier flair". [10] Record World said that "lead singer Paul Rodgers is just enough of a controlled powerhouse to turn this into a solid top 40 item." [11]

Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome rated it as Bad Company's second-best song, saying that it "combines a shuffling riff with a classy melody, all done with a big production that still sounds intimate". [12] Classic Rock History critic Janey Roberts rated it as Bad Company's third-best song, saying that "the three chord progression to 'Can't Get Enough' became a favorite of young guitar players growing up in the 1970s." [13] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matt Wardlaw rated it as Bad Company's fifth-best song, saying that the song "finds Paul Rodgers exuding complete confidence in his ability to land the girl that he wants". [14]

Personnel

Track listing

7" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Get Enough"4:17
2."Little Miss Fortune"3:55
45 RPM
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Get Enough"4:17
2."Bad Company"4:47

Chart positions

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [15] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [16] 5
U.S. Cashbox Top 1001
UK Singles Chart (The Official Charts Company) [17] 15

References

  1. ↑ "Bad Company – Can't Get Enough". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bad Company – Can't Get Enough". Official German Charts . Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few – Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 102. ISBN   031214704X.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Denise. "Can't Get Enough – Bad Company | Song Info". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Sharken, Lisa (15 May 2001). "Mick Ralphs: The rock 'N' roll fantasy continues". Vintage Guitar. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "Ready for Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Mott the Hoople Greatest Hits liner notes". Album Liner Notes. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  8. ↑ Scoppa, Bud (29 August 1974). "Bad Company". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  9. ↑ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. 13 July 1974. p. 47. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 29 June 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 29 June 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Dome, Malcolm (13 July 2016). "The Top 10 Best Bad Company Songs". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  13. ↑ Roberts, Janey (19 October 2022). "Top 10 Bad Company songs". Classic Rock History.
  14. ↑ Wardlaw, Matt (17 December 2011). "Top 10 Bad Company Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  15. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3887a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  16. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 53.
  17. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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