Their 2010 debut album, Good Ol' Fashioned Love entered the UK album chart at #40 upon its first release on November 1, with sales of 5,371 in its opening week. Following a reissue in 2011, the album peaked at #4 and as of 2018 has sold nearly half a million copies. The group has gone on to release six further albums, with five out of the seven peaking within the UK Top 10.
Line-Up Changes:
In 2016, lead singer Timmy Matley was diagnosed with stage three malignant melanoma and two years later died in a drug-related accident. The following April, Lockie Chapman, the group's bass singer, announced his intention to leave to persue other commitments and his last performance with the group was in May 2019. The next month, Welsh singer Jay James was announced as a new member of The Overtones.
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
The Overtones Lyrics
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When I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness
Like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it
But baby, baby I know it
You've lost that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, gone
Now there's no welcome look in your eyes
When I reach for you
And now you're starting to criticize
Little things that I do
It makes me just feel like crying
'Cause baby something beautiful's dying
You've lost that loving feeling
Oho that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, gone
Baby Baby I get down on my knees for you
If you would only
Love me like you used to do
We had a love, a love, a love
You don't find every day
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away
Baby
Baby
Baby
My baby
I'm begging you please
Please
I need your love
I need your love
So bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
Bring that loving feeling
Oho that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Oho that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, gone
And I can't go on
The Overtones' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" is a ballad that tells the testimony of a guy who feels like his lady has lost interest in him. The verses follow a noticeable pattern, with the singer noticing that his partner never shuts her eyes any longer when they kiss and, more to the point, he admits that her "tenderness" appears to have faded out all of a sudden. Despite this, he does his best to ignore it, pretending that nothing is wrong, although he knows that deep down, his love is no longer as invested.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes increasingly anxious as his partner becomes distant, criticizing him for minute details and barely showing any interest in him. At this point, he knows that it's all but over between them, and he can feel something that was once "beautiful is dying." He goes on to pray for his partner to rediscover the love that they once had and ask her to bring the memories back, so they can spare their partnership from dissolving entirely.
The song is an amazing portrait of a relationship that has lost its essence. It uses emotions and powerful imagery that resonate with the listener, making it a perfect song for anyone who has ever gone through the heartbreak of a failed relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
You never close your eyes anymore
I notice that you keep your eyes open when I kiss you now.
When I kiss your lips
I'm referring to the times when we used to kiss each other and feel love, but now the feeling has gone.
And there's no tenderness
I can’t feel the affection and tenderness in your touch when you hold me anymore.
Like before in your fingertips
You don’t touch me with the same tenderness as you used to.
You're trying hard not to show it
You're trying not to show me that the love you once had for me is no longer there.
But baby, baby I know it
However, I don’t need you to tell me, I can feel that you’ve lost that loving feeling.
Now there's no welcome look in your eyes
The warmth in your eyes has disappeared, there's no expression of affection on your face like it used to be.
When I reach for you
When I try to hold you or hug you, I can feel that you are not as comfortable as you used to be.
And now you're starting to criticize
You are starting to nitpick and find flaws in everything I do, something that wasn’t there before.
Little things that I do
Now you are getting upset about small things that didn’t bother you before.
It makes me just feel like crying
All these changes in your behavior towards me make me sad and disappointed, and I’m almost at the point of tears.
'Cause baby something beautiful's dying
My heart tells me that the love between us is slowly dying, and I don’t want to lose you.
Baby Baby I get down on my knees for you
I am pleading with you to understand how I feel and to see how important your love is to me.
If you would only Love me like you used to do
All I ask is for you to love me like you once did, and everything will be alright.
We had a love, a love, a love
What we had between us was real and unique, and I don't want to lose that.
You don't find every day
The kind of love that we had is not something that happens every day or easily.
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away
I'm asking you to hold on to the love between us and not let it slip away.
My baby I'm begging you please Please
I am on my knees begging you, my love, to hear my plea to bring back our lost love.
I need your love
I can't live without your love in my life.
So bring it on back Bring it on back to me
I am asking you to bring your love back to me, and let's make our relationship work.
Bring that loving feeling Oho that loving feeling
I am asking you to bring back the affection, tenderness, and warmth in our relationship, which we once had.
Bring back that loving feeling
Rekindling the loving feeling we had before will make everything right.
You've lost that loving feeling
The love and affection that you once had for me has diminished, and I can feel it.
Now it's gone, gone, gone, gone
The love has faded away, and I don’t know how to get it back.
And I can't go on
I can’t go on living without the warmth, tenderness, and affection which we once had in our relationship.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music Inc.
Written by: Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
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