"Lovin' Every Minute of It" is a song released in 1985 on the Canadian rock band

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's album of the same title. The song reached #9 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming their first US Top 10 hit, when released as a single later that year. It was written by

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.LP liner notes. In Canada, the song peaked at #11.

Background

Loverboy were almost done writing songs for their upcoming album, but they felt they needed one more song — preferably a big hit — to round out the record. However, everyone in the band was out of ideas. They begged their manager,

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, to find someone who could write one more song. Shipley called legendary producer

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, who agreed and wrote "Lovin' Every Minute of It" in two or three days. However, Lange was in England while Loverboy were in Canada, and the band needed to know how the song sounded. Singer Mike Reno said,

Charts

References

External links

* 1985 singles 1985 songs Columbia Records singles Loverboy songs Song recordings produced by Bruce Fairbairn Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange {{1980s-rock-song-stub