Just Loving You

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"Just Loving You"
Just Loving You - Anita Harris.jpg
Single by Anita Harris
from the album Just Loving You
ReleasedJune 1967
Length3:10 [1]
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Tom Springfield [2]
Producer(s) Margolis [2]

Just Loving You is a 1967 song by Anita Harris. Prior to Chasing Cars, it was the highest selling UK #6 and Ireland #18. [3] It charted very minorly in the U.S., reaching #120 [4] and #20 Adult Contemporary.

It was given to Harris to sing by Tom Springfield after Harris appeared on Top of the Pops. [5]

Recorded at Olympic Studios in a session produced by Margolis and featuring harmonica virtuoso Harry Pitch, [2] "Just Loving You" hit the UK Top 50 on 1 July 1967. [6] Even after peaking at No. 6 on 26 August 1967 "Just Loving You" remained in the UK Top 40 until the end of the year, dropping out of the chart on 27 January 1968. [6]

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