Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “lost.”
The Love I Lost by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes was originally written as a ballad by Philly soul songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. The song was transformed into a disco song and released from the Black & Blue album in September 1973. Selling more than a million copies, it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent 2 weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It also reached number 21 in the United Kingdom on the BBC Top 50 singles chart in early 1974.
This isn’t the greatest video… because video wasn’t a thing 45 years ago, but it is an original recording and the tall guy in the center is a very young Teddy Pendergrass before his Love TKO/Close the Door days.
Enjoy!
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The Love I Lost
by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Songwriter: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
[Chorus]
The love I lost
Was a sweet love
The love I lost
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never no no never
Love again ooh
I can remember planning
Building my whole world around you
And I can remember hoping
That you and I could make it on through
But something went wrong
We loved each other
We just couldn’t get along
Take a good look at me
I’m in misery, can’t you see
The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was a sweet love (yes it was)
The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never no no never
Love again
I can’t remember nothing, no no no
But the good times we used to share (my love)
I’m so sad and lonely
But without you my life is so dead
I’m sorry to say
You go your way and I’ll go my way
It hurts deep inside
The day we said goodbye, but
[Chorus]
The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was a sweet love (yes it was)
The love I lost
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again (I’ll never love again)
I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again ooh ooh ooh ooh
I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again
Never (never) no no never [Repeat until fade]
Felicia Denise, Author 
Now that is a great song! I think we danced to that at my grad. Thanks for sharing.
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Great choice! I love this!
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Love this song.
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Another one that makes you want to dance, despite the lyrics. I’m a little “lost” on this one, though, because I thought it was going to be new to me, then the music started and I was like “Wait, I know this one!” but then they started singing and I was like “Or maybe not…” So, I’m thinking someone must have borrowed the background music of this song for another one at some point in time. Either way, thanks for sharing! 😀
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I get a song like that every week! I’m sure i DON’T know it, but then again…it sounds familiar! LOL!
Thanks, AC! 🙂
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