Edit for headphones, March 2023. A song from the 1967 album "Headquarters" (2013 deluxe edition).(This song is not on the original 1967 release of the album.)
The album was released on May 22, 1967, and charted at No. 1 in the U.S., only to be replaced the following week by the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; it then began a run of 11 consecutive weeks at the No. 2 position as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Headquarters became the two top-selling records during the legendary "Summer of Love" period.
I like this song for the great guitar work & licks, real tender guitar licks in it... all done by the Monkees themselves!
Personnel on the album:
Micky Dolenz - vocals, drums, zither, electric rhythm guitar, shaker, timpani
Davy Jones - vocals, percussion
Michael Nesmith - vocals; electric and acoustic lead, rhythm, and 12-string guitars; steel guitar, organ
Peter Tork - vocals; acoustic 12-string and electric guitars; piano, organ, celeste, electric piano, bass, banjo
Additional musicians and production staff:
Chip Douglas - backing vocals, bass, producer
Hank Cicalo - engineer
John London - bass
Jerry Yester - bass
Frederick Seykora - cello on "Shades of Gray"
Vincent DeRosa - French horn on "Shades of Gray"
LOVE TO LOVE
(Steve Diamond/Nikki Dame Leonti/Alex Geringas)
love's a thing that needs one to thrive on
then it grows at least that's what I've been told
you can't love someone if you find that
all you get in return is a heart that's cold
they say you need love to love
you gotta have love to love
they all say it works that way
but if it's true
why do I love you
why do I love you
seems like you keep trying to break me
you do things designed just to make me cry
and I've heard if warm lips don't touch you
love won't grow no matter how much you try
they say you need love to love
you gotta have love to love
they all say it works that way
but if it's true
why do I love you
why do I love you
you gotta have love to love
woa you gotta have love to love
they all say it works that way
but if it's true
why do I love you
why do I love you
why do I love you
why do I love you
why do I love you
why do I love you
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