The Loving

(Partridge)

The Loving single cover art

Recordings Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version, 3'54.
   Released on Oranges & Lemons.
   Released in August 1989 as a single in the U.K.
   Scott Thunes - part of the crowd.

   Andy: “My first idea was if ‘the loving’ was a product in a box that you could buy. But it got watered down and the lyrics grew. Now it simply says that you need to give it and get it. We made the music grand and large to underscore that this means everybody. It's ‘All You Need Is Love’ in another form.”

   Andy: “I wanted something anthemic like ‘All The Young Dudes’. The crowd's faked up with multi-tracking.”

2. Demo version.
   Released on 25 September 2006 on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Eight in the U.K.
   Also released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.

   Andy: “Alright dear, I'll babysit Harry. We are in the kitchen. I'll use the time to work on a newey of mine, ‘The Loving’. I try to play quietly but of course baby Harry wakes. You can hear him gurgling just prior to the intro. He got his own back waking me up for the next few years. Love him.”

3. 2015 stereo mix.
   Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
   Released on the CD/Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
4. 2015 5.1 mix.
   Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
   Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
5. 2015 instrumental mix.
   Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
   Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.

Art

promotional “The Loving” truncheon

Lyrics

  All around the world, every boy and every girl, need the loving. The humble and the great, even those we think we hate, need the loving. Soldiers of the Queen, all the hard men that we've seen, need the loving. Babies at the breast, those in power and those suppressed, need the loving.
  Let's face it you just can't hide, your first taste'll send you reeling, like a firework to which we're tied, be prepared to go through your ceiling now.
  The loving's coming, the loving's more than just an ad man's vision. The loving's strumming, on your heart strings, so loud that you can't help but listen.
  Sailors on the seas, or the clergy on their knees, need the loving. All the rich and poor, even those we fight at war, need the loving.   That thing that we need most of, that stuff we should try before we've died. Everyone is begging to be loved, with a free gift, a working heart inside.
  The loving's coming, the loving's advertised in all the papers. The loving's humming, your favourite song, but for once it won't annoy the neighbours.
  The loving, the loving.
  All round the world, every boy and every girl, need the loving. Cold-hearted or warm, every single person born, needs the loving. Way out there in space, think we'll find that alien race, needs the loving. And just to end the list, everything that could exist, needs the loving.
  The loving's coming!

© 1989 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:04:33 -0400
From: "J. D. Mack" <jdmack01 (at) verizon dot net>
Subject: Something for the Chalkhills website
Message-id: <6a2b0d1f-9508-602f-eb91-c715a1d83220 (at) verizon dot net>

Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 23:34:28 +0100
From: Tim Harris <Tims (at) wordsrus dot demon dot co dot uk>
Subject: 'The Loving' - guitar chords
Message-ID: <CCpPWDA0bE3xEwlR (at) wordsrus dot demon dot co dot uk>


(capo on 2nd fret)

(intro)    Bb    Dm     Fm      Gsus4 G

C              G/B         Am            Em/G           Dm7     G
All around the world every boy and every girl need the loving
    C              G/B          Am              Em/G          Dm7     G
The humble and the great even those we think we hate need the loving
C               G/B           Am                  Em/G          Dm7    G
Soldiers of the queen all the hard men that we've seen need the loving
C             G/B             Am              Em/G                Dm7    G
Babies at the breast those in power and those suppressed need the loving
Bb               F/A
Lets face it you just can't hide
Ab                    Eb               (?Cm)
Your first taste will send you reeling
Bb                 F/A
Like a firework to which we're tied
Ab                Eb
Be prepared to go through your ceiling Now
G7 (no 5th)
The loving's coming, the loving's more than just an ad man's vision

The loving's strumming on your heart strings

So loud that you can't help but listen

etc.
--
Tim Harris

Date: Thu, 13 Jul 89 16:36:44 BST
From: toby <toby (at) hce dot computer-science dot manchester dot ac dot uk>
Subject: The Loving

I had a go at the basic changes for `The Loving'. Any comments?  Does
anyone have `Funk-pop-a-roll'? Or `Love on a farmboy's wages?'

Intro: C   Em    Ebdim    Bb A

Verse: D              F#m          Bm            A             G    A
       All around the world, every boy and every girl need the Loving

Bridge 1: C                   Em
          This thing that we need most of

          Bb                   G
          That stuff we should try before we die

          C                   Em
          Everyone is begging to be loved

          Ebdim              G
          With a free gift a working heart inside

Bridge 2: A7                  G
          The Loving's coming

Toby

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