Jungle Love (Steve Miller Band song)

"Jungle Love"
UK 7" picture sleeve
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Book of Dreams
B-side"Wish Upon a Star"
Released7 July 1977 (US)
  • 2 September 1977 (UK) [1]
Recorded1975–1976
Genre
Length3:07
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Lonnie Turner and Greg Douglass
Producer(s)Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Jet Airliner"
(1977) 		"Jungle Love"
(1977) 		"Swingtown"
(1977)

"Jungle Love" is a 1977 song by the Steve Miller Band, featured on the album Book of Dreams. It was written by Lonnie Turner (longtime bass player for the Steve Miller Band)[3] and Greg Douglass (a well-known San Francisco sideman who also played with Hot Tuna and Greg Kihn, among many others).[4] It reached No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

According to Greg Douglass, Turner and Douglass originally wrote the song for Dave Mason.[6] Turner gave a demo of the record to Miller, who liked it, and the Steve Miller Band (with Douglass playing guitar) recorded it in 30 minutes on the last day of recording for Book of Dreams.[7]

Cash Box called it "a hard-rocking, energetic tune" and said that "the vocal here is delivered with a shout, but carefully orchestrated instruments, especially the organ, make a clear statement of each melodic hook."[8] Record World called it an "up-beat, well-produced single-with a synthesizer opening."[9]

  1. ^ "Steve Miller singles".
  2. ^ Cook, Stephen. "Book of Dreams review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ Lonnie Turner biography at AllMusic (accessed 2012-06-15).
  4. ^ Jay Allen Sanford, "Rock On and On", San Diego Reader, June 4, 2008.
  5. ^ "Steve Miller: Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  6. ^ Jay Allen Sanford, "Jamming with 2 AC/DC Drummers Is Just Another Week For Greg Douglass", San Diego Reader, October 17, 2011.
  7. ^ Jay Allen Sanford, "Jungle Live", San Diego Reader, July 21, 2010.
  8. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 6, 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  9. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 6, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-16.