"Love Machine" is a 1976 number-one single recorded by Motown group The Mir… Read Full Bio ↴"Love Machine" is a 1976 number-one single recorded by Motown group The Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels.
This single was one of two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits recorded by The Miracles with Billy Griffin as lead vocalist; the other is 1973's "Do It Baby". Griffin had replaced Miracles founder Smokey Robinson as lead singer in 1972. The song features a growling sound by Miracle Bobby Rogers.
Engineered and mixed by Kevin Beamish, "Love Machine" was produced by Freddie Perren, a former member of The Corporation brain trust in charge of the early Jackson 5 hits. It was written by Billy Griffin and his Miracles bandmate Pete Moore, who wrote the rest of the City of Angels tracks as well. The song's lyrics, delivered over a disco beat, compare a lover to an electronic device such as a computer or a robot. The seven-minute song was split into two parts for its release as a single, with "Part 1" receiving most notoriety.
"Love Machine" was a multi-million selling Platinum single,[1] and a number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was one of the best-selling singles of The Miracles' career .The single went to #5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and went to #20 on Record World's National Disco file Top 20 chart. It was also a Top 10 hit in England, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. By 1979, the song saw its first cover version, performed by Thelma Houston. Houston's version became a popular song with club DJs at the time in the United States, although it did not chart. In Asia, and especially in Japan, "Love Machine" became Houston's most successful single, topping the Japanese charts. The success prompted her album Ride to the Rainbow to be reissued as Love Machine for the Japanese release.
The song was featured in the 1995 Disney film Heavyweights and the film Donnie Brasco in 1997, also it was featured in the 2002 film The New Guy.
This single was one of two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits recorded by The Miracles with Billy Griffin as lead vocalist; the other is 1973's "Do It Baby". Griffin had replaced Miracles founder Smokey Robinson as lead singer in 1972. The song features a growling sound by Miracle Bobby Rogers.
Engineered and mixed by Kevin Beamish, "Love Machine" was produced by Freddie Perren, a former member of The Corporation brain trust in charge of the early Jackson 5 hits. It was written by Billy Griffin and his Miracles bandmate Pete Moore, who wrote the rest of the City of Angels tracks as well. The song's lyrics, delivered over a disco beat, compare a lover to an electronic device such as a computer or a robot. The seven-minute song was split into two parts for its release as a single, with "Part 1" receiving most notoriety.
"Love Machine" was a multi-million selling Platinum single,[1] and a number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was one of the best-selling singles of The Miracles' career .The single went to #5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and went to #20 on Record World's National Disco file Top 20 chart. It was also a Top 10 hit in England, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. By 1979, the song saw its first cover version, performed by Thelma Houston. Houston's version became a popular song with club DJs at the time in the United States, although it did not chart. In Asia, and especially in Japan, "Love Machine" became Houston's most successful single, topping the Japanese charts. The success prompted her album Ride to the Rainbow to be reissued as Love Machine for the Japanese release.
The song was featured in the 1995 Disney film Heavyweights and the film Donnie Brasco in 1997, also it was featured in the 2002 film The New Guy.
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@raluca4563
I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you (yeah baby)
I'm just a love machine
A huggin', kissin' fiend
I think it's high time you knew
Whenever I think of you
My mind blows a fuse (baby)
When I look in you eyes
My meter starts to rise, I become so confused
My voltage regulator cools
When I'm sitting next to you
Electricity starts to flow
And my indicator starts to glow, wooh
I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you baby
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend
I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend
I'm gentle as a lamb,
I'm not that hard to program,
There's no way that you can lose
My chassis fits like a glove
I've got a button for love
That she's got to use
If you look into my files
I am sure you can find out how
To turn me on just set my dial
And let me love you for a little while, wooh
I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody (but you baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend
I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you(baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend
I'm just a love machine
I won't operate for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend
@GarySchneider-c5w
I have bell bottoms, a wide collared polyester shirt, and platform shoes waiting in my closet. Just praying for the return of great music like this!!!!!
@alonsogarcia3593
Go to the skate rink...duh 😊
@alonsogarcia3593
They still play this
@jasminealana1904
@@alonsogarcia3593rad
@BabbsLasvegas
Yes but fi have your stand in the corner oimus kivende dtill
@BabbsLasvegas
Stand in the corner Pimps License required 😢 lol third but I gut a haver next door rude sirry
@christine3941
“It’s called boogie fever!”
-Pat
Heavyweights made this song popular! Love that movie and this song!
@MegaElitePredator
Tim actually said that line
@tay2944
My Grandaddy loved this song
R.I.P. 1946-2018
@prussianmillionaire5055
he had great taste.rip.