Coz I Luv You
| "Coz I Luv You" | |||||||||||||||||||||
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UK/European cover of "Coz I Luv You".
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| Single by Slade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "My Life Is Natural" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 8 October 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Noddy Holder/Jim Lea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | ||||||||||||||||||||
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"Coz I Luv You" is a song by British band Slade, written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea and produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's second hit single in the UK and the first of six number ones. Released on 30 October 1971, it was last seen on the charts on 5 February 1972 at #44. According to Holder's autobiography the single sold half a million copies in only two weeks.
The song was typical of Slade's brash, stomping glam style and prominently featured Jim Lea's electric violin. It quickly reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for four weeks in November 1971. In the first week of its release, the single reached #26, followed by #8 the following week and #1 the week after. The single was #1 for four weeks and stayed at #3 for three weeks after that.
Chas Chandler had put Lea under pressure to write a new song for a single. Lea turned up at Holder's home unexpectedly with his guitar and violin with an idea for a song with a Django Reinhardt/Stephan Grapelli "Hot Club" sound. The track was written in half an hour. The song began the writing partnership of Holder and Lea which would continue throughout Slade's career. Originally the band felt the song to be too soft and so clapping was added. The misspelt titles also became a trademark for Slade, causing some consternation among the country's school teachers.
The song had no promotional video but was performed on numerous TV shows, both in UK and in Europe.
Ritchie Blackmore commented on the song in an 1971 Melody Maker interview "Is this the MM staff band? I think I recognise it now the guitarist is speeding up. The song isn't bad. I like the violin. It's very coarse, but the guitar needs speeding up a lot. It can't be East of Eden, and it's certainly not Family. Slade, yes? They are a good group because the don't care about the notes and there is a public wanting that. Another group might be too inhibited to do what they do."
In a November 1980 Sounds magazine interview, Lea spoke about the song: "I didn't even like some of those old ones. We all hated 'Gudbye T' Jane' when we made it, it was knocked up in half an hour at the end of one of our studio sessions. The same for our second single, 'Coz I Luv You'. It was namby-pamby to us, a throwaway for an album. It shot to number one in two weeks and we thought, 'What a pile of shit!' It was so wet."
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