Good Lovin' : Rolling Stone

Written by: Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick
Produced by: Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin
Released: March '66 on Atlantic
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

A soulful New York bar band infected by the exuberance of the Beatles, the Rascals opened their cover of the Olympics' "Good Lovin' " with a simple hook: singer Felix Cavaliere's "One! Two! Three!" count-off. Their jacked-up live rendition was captured by co-producer Dowd, who urged them not to mess with it. "We weren't too pleased with our performance," Cavaliere admitted. "It was a shock to us when it went to the top of the charts."

Appears on: The Very Best of the Rascals (Rhino)

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