THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

782-The Righteous Brothers-You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin.’

1965-Number 1 single.

When re-issued in 1969 it reached Number 10, and when re-issued again in 1990, it reached Number 3.

Best Bit-At 2.56. Bill Medley sings the whole of the first verse on his own, much to the annoyance of Bobby Hatfield, who asked Phil Spector,’What am I supposed to do,’ to which Spector replied,’You can go directly to the bank.’

‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ is the only song to have entered the UK top 40 singles chart on three separate occasions, while in America it was the most played song of the 20th Century on American television, and radio (including all of the cover versions,) with more than 8 million airplay’s.

The song was written by the legendary songwriting team of husband and wife, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil (see also best songs 568 and 257,) the songs producer Phil Spector, is also given writing credit as was often his demand,Weil has said,’Spector never really wrote, but instead ‘inspired’ songs.’ The song is considered to be among the best of Spector’s ‘Wall of Sound’ productions (see also best songs 737-192 and 127.)

The Righteous Brothers (see also best songs 91) were the vocal duo of Bill Medley (see also best songs 439,) and Bobby Hatfield (1940-2003,) they began performing together in 1962, but split in 1971, only to reform in 1974, split again in 1976, with their final reformation being in 1986, which lasted through to Hatfield’s death in 2003,both artists at some stage have performed with another using the Righteous Brothers name. Their stage name derives from black marines at a concert at El Toro Marine Base calling them ‘righteous brothers’ at the end of a performance, a black U.S. marine shouted, ‘That was righteous, brothers.’

‘You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips, and there’s no tenderness like before in your fingertips.’