Honey Love

The Drifters

About Honey Love

"Honey Love" is a 1954 song by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter. With influences taken from calypso music, "Honey Love" was the group's third single release, fourth release on the charts and second number one single on the R&B chart. Soon after release, the song was targeted by police in Memphis, confiscating copies of the record before they could be loaded into local jukeboxes due to their objection to what they described as 'suggestive lyrics' in the song.


Year:
1996
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Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo
Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo
Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me
Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo

I need it, I need it when the moon is bright
I need it, I need it when you hold me tight
I need it, I need it in the middle of the night
I need your honey love

I want it, I want it when the lights are low
I want it, I want it just before you go
I want it, I want it because I love you so
Have a little of mercy and give some honey love

Now throw your arms around me
Pretend that you're lovey-dove
Now you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze
Squeeze, squeeze, ooh, squeeze
That's a honey love

I'm gonna get it, get it in the morning sun
I'm gonna get it, get it when the day is done
I'm gonna get it, get it 'cause it's so much fun
I'm gonna get me some honey love

Yes, I love it, I love it 'cause it feels so fine
I love it, I love it, yes it thrills my spine
I love it, I love it 'cause you're mine all mine
I love your honey love

Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo
Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo
Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me
Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo

Let's you and me get closely
Just like the fingers in a glove
Let's kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss
That's a honey love

Ooh whee, I need it, I need it when the moon is bright
I need it, I need it when you hold me tight
I need it, I need it in the middle of the night
I need honey love

I need, oh yeah, honey love
I need, oh baby, honey love
I need, get it boy, honey love
I need your honey love

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The Drifters

The Drifters are a long-lived American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed to serve as backing group for Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953. more »

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Written by: CLYDE MC PHATTER, GERALD WEXLER

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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11 facts about this song

Release Date
"Honey Love" was released in the year 1954.
Record Label
The song was released under the Atlantic Records label.
Artists
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters were the artists who performed this song. Clyde McPhatter was a well-known rhythm and blues, soul and rock and roll singer.
Chart Performance
The song was a hit, reaching number one on Billboard's R&B chart and number 21 on Billboard's pop chart.
Controversy
"Honey Love" was banned by some radio stations due to its suggestive lyrics, controversy that was typical of early rock and roll pioneers.
Songwriters
Jerry Wexler, who later became an influential music producer, co-wrote "Honey Love" with Ahmet Ertegun.
Influence
"Honey Love" as well as other songs by The Drifters, laid the groundwork for later soul and R&B artists, influencing the likes of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding.
Group's Line-Up
When "Honey Love" was recorded, The Drifters included Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher, Andrew Thrasher, and Willie Ferbie.
Cover Versions
The song has been covered by various artists including Elvis Presley and Narvel Felts.
Achievement
This single was The Drifters' second number one hit on the R&B chart.
Historical Contribution
"Honey Love" further solidified the collaboration between Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters, one of the most important connections in the history of rhythm and blues music.

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