Single:
Groovin’ entered the Australian singles chart* on 20 May 1967 and peaked at #3. It was #28 on the Top 100 of 1967.
Album:
The song is on the band’s 1967 album Groovin’.
Songwriter:
Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati
Producer:
The Rascals
Record label of Australian release:
Atlantic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 4 June 1967:
Songfacts:
Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati of The Rascals wrote this song after they realised that because of their work schedule, they could see their girlfriends only on Sunday afternoons.
The record company executives who worked on Groovin’ didn’t particularly like the song, but as they listened to the playback, influential New York DJ Murray the K overheard it and pronounced it a #1 record. Unbeknownst to the group, Murray went to Atlantic Records president Jerry Wexler and demanded it be released. As the program manager and top DJ on the first FM rock station, WOR-FM, Murray the K had this kind of clout, and also the rare ability to connect with listeners and recognise what songs would become hits.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-young-rascals/groovin
Wikipedia:
The and released this single while still known as The Young Rascals. “Young” was dropped from their name the following year, with the 1968 release of A Beautiful Morning.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rascals
Lyrics:
Groovin’ on a Sunday afternoon
Really couldn’t get away too soon
I can’t imagine anything that’s better
The world is ours whenever we’re together
There ain’t a place I’d like to be instead of
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