Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'

"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'"
Single by Crazy Elephant
from the album Crazy Elephant
B-side"Dark Part of My Mind"
ReleasedJanuary 1969 (Original US release)
February 1969 (Second US release)
April 1969 (UK)
Genre
Length2:00
LabelBell
Songwriter(s)Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)Joey Levine, Artie Resnick
Crazy Elephant singles chronology
"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'"
(1969)
"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'"
(1969)
"Sunshine, Red Wine"
(1969)

"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" is a song written by Joey Levine and Ritchie Cordell and performed by Crazy Elephant. It reached #12 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1969,[3] and was featured on their 1969 album, Crazy Elephant.[4]

The single was first released in January 1969, with "Hips and Lips" as the B-side, but it did not become a hit until re-released in February 1969.[5]

It was produced by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick and arranged by Levine.[6]

The single ranked #89 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969.[7]

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