| "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" | ||||
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| Single by The 5th Dimension | ||||
| from the album The Age of Aquarius | ||||
| B-side | "Broken Wing Bird" | |||
| Released | June 1969 | |||
| Genre | Sunshine pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Soul City | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Roger Atkins | |||
| Producer(s) | Bones Howe | |||
| The 5th Dimension singles chronology | ||||
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"Workin' On a Groovy Thing" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Roger Atkins which had its highest profile as a 1969 hit single by the 5th Dimension.
The song was first recorded by R&B songstress Patti Drew for her 1968 album Workin' on a Groovy Thing and released as a single to reach #34 on the U.S. R&B chart while crossing-over to #62 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and reaching #86 in Canada.[3] Future Steam frontman Garrett Scott - working with producer Paul Leka - [4] and the 5th Dimension cut versions of the song in the summer of 1969, with the 5th Dimension's version - released a week before Scott's - reachin #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, #9 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and #15 on the U.S. R&B chart. Internationally the 5th Dimension version reached #17 in Canada, and #48 in Australia in 1969.[5] Produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman, Bob Alcivar, and Howe,[6]"Workin' on a Groovy Thing" was included on the 1969 5th Dimension album, The Age of Aquarius.[7]
"Workin' on a Groovy Thing" has also been recorded by Lana Cantrell (album Lana!/ 1968), Allison Durbin (album I Have Loved Me a Man/ 1968), Barbara Lewis (album Workin' on a Groovy Thing/ 1968), Friends of Distinction (album Highly Distinct/ 1969), Neil Sedaka (album, Workin' on a Groovy Thing/ 1969), and Alton Ellis (1972). Instrumental versions of the song include those by Richard Holmes (album Workin' on a Groovy Thing/ 1969), Phil Moore (album Right On/ 1969), David Rose (album Happy Heart/ 1969), Mongo Santamaria (album Workin' on a Groovy Thing/ 1969), Bola Sete (album, Workin' on a Groovy Thing/ 1970), and Johnny Hammond (album/ Breakout/ 1971).
The song was performed on the 1973 episode of The Partridge Family sitcom called "Maid in San Pueblo" but the Partridge Family version has never been released.