Come and Get Your Love

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"Come and Get Your Love" is a 1974 hit single by the Native American rock band Redbone. The song was written and produced by band members Pat and Lolly Vegas. One of their most successful singles, the song was originally featured on Redbone's 1973 album, Wovoka; later the song appeared on many "greatest hits" albums released by the band, as well as on numerous compilation albums of the 1970s.

The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. It spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 and landed as the fourth-most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22, 1974, which indicates that it had shipped over a million copies in the United States. The song is Redbone's highest charting single and one of two Top 40 hits by the band. (An earlier recording, "The Witch Queen of New Orleans," peaked at number 21 in 1972.)

"Come and Get Your Love" also exists in a longer version, with an introductory slow part, plus a longer repeated coda. However, most radio stations rarely play it on the air. The song features a prominent part for electric sitar.

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Chart performance

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Certification

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Real McCoy version

In 1995, the German Eurodance group Real McCoy released a cover version of the song, which peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. This version also went to number one on the American dance chart in August 1995.

Critical reception

The Gavin Report wrote about the song: "Based on immediate programmer reaction, it seemed destined that this cover of Redbone's 1974 hit would be the obvious follow-up to the trio's hits, 'Another Night' and 'Runaway.' Polishing it up '90s- style gives the group a clear shot at plenty of radio and club play for the summer ahead."

Charts

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Cover versions

• Boys Town Gang, on their 1981 album Disc Charge
• Carol Jiani, on her 1995 album Superstar
• The Temprees, on their 1974 album Temprees 3
• John Coinman, on 1997 soundtrack album to The Postman
• Real McCoy, on their 1995 maxi-single Come and Get Your Love
• Cyndi Lauper sampled the main hook for her remix of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" on the soundtrack to the film To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar. It reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.
• Derek Miller, cover from the Rumble album was listed as the 3rd most popular indigenous single of 2015 by the Canadian Aboriginal Music Countdown.

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In popular culture

• The song appears in the debut episode of the 2008 TV series Swingtown.
• The song is featured in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy. In the film intro the character Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) dances to it while exploring alien ruins.
• The song is featured in the 1994 film Dance Me Outside.
• The song is featured in the 1999 film Dick.
• The song's melody is featured in the Bob's Burgers episode titled "The Kids Run the Restaurant," sung by Gene and his girl group The Cutie Patooties.
• Comedian Jimmy Pardo performed the song using his "air bass" on The Bob & Tom Show.
• Alltel, Dick's Sporting Goods, and J. C. Penney used the song for their advertisements.
• The song is used as the opening theme for Netflix's animated-comedy series F Is for Family.
• The song served as intro theme for Costa Rica's TV show Corte y Vamonos that was aired during 2014-2016 on Canal 9.
• The song is featured in Sky UK's advertisement for their superfast fibre broadband and stars X-Men character Quicksilver (Evan Peters).
• The song's main hook is featured in a brief song (mostly sung by African-Americans) that contains the lyrics "Hey (hey)/ What's the matter with your Afro . . . it won't grow . . . it ain't a natural!"
• The song is featured in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 video game.

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Personnel

• Lolly Vegas - lead guitar, electric sitar, vocals
• Tony Bellamy - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Pat Vegas - bass, vocals
• Butch Rillera - drums, background vocals

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References

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Bibliography

• The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition, 2010, ISBN 978-0823085545
• The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition, 2003, ISBN 978-0823076772

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