![]() ![]() ![]() The original mix in comparison sounded like a band rehearsing in a garage, and (the remix) sounds like the finished song. “Looking back at the… original,” Palmer said, “the performance was there but someone was asleep at the mixing desk. “Bad Case Of Loving You” was Palmer's last Top 40 hit until “Addicted To Love,” which hit Number One in 1986.įor his Addictions, Volume 1 retrospective, Palmer ordered up a remix of “Bad Case Of Loving You” by Eric “ E.T.” Thorngren, who added “Addicted To Love” guitarist Eddie Martinez to beef up the track. This stomach-churning video captures what could be the most extreme case of head lice ever seen, as hundreds of nasty creepy crawlies are brushed from a poor. The success of “Bad Case Of Loving You” helped drive Palmer's fifth solo album, Secrets, to Number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart and to Number 54 in the U.K. The song went down just as well as my familiar songs from that time and it became an instant part of my repertoire.” ![]() I fell in love with it immediately, learnt it at the sound check that night and played it live. Palmer recalled, “He happened to be playing the… song as a demo in the car. Palmer heard it from a Midwest promotion rep for his record company. The song was written by John “ Moon” Martin. Robert Palmer's second Top 20 single, “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” peaked at Number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 29th, 1979. Thomas Leonard from Pittsburgh, Pa, PaThe initial success of the single Bad Case of Loving You propelled the album Secrets to #19 on The Us Charts, Palmer's best showing of the 1970s.Recorded: Early 1979 in New Providence, The Bahamas.Thomas Leonard from Pittsburgh, Pa, PaThe Thompson Twins had a US Top 20 hit remaking the song in the early 80s.He just missed having two more #1s when "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" and "Simply Irresistible" both reached #2 on the Top 100. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 15th 1979, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" by Robert Palmer entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #74 and on September 23rd, 1979 it peaked at #14 (for 2 weeks) and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd on October 13th, 1979 it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart.īetween 19 he had eighteen Top 100 records five reached the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Addicted To Love", for 1 week in 1986.Martin had a top 40 hit of his own in 1979 called Rolene. Ron from PaThis song was written by Moon Martin.G from Dallas, TxThis song is used in the 1988 movie, "The Return of the Living Dead Part II".Fletch from Tacoma, WaIt just dawned on me that I believe grammatically speaking, he is saying he is in love with the doctor.Martin scored a few more minor hits ("No Chance" - #50, "Love Gone Bad" - #105), but never broke big despite widespread acclaim. Martin's single "Rolene" made #30 in October. Palmer's version went to #14 US in September 1979, which was around the same time Martin's second album, Escape From Domination, was issued. Palmer included it in his set and got a great response, so he recorded it for his Secrets album. Robert Palmer heard the song when he was being driven to one of his shows by a rep from his label, who played it for him. A song called "Hot Nite In Dallas" was chosen as a single, but "Bad Case Of Loving You" was only given limited release in Europe. It got some good reviews but went nowhere on the charts. Shots From a Cold Nightmare was his debut album. He nearly joined some of Ronstadt's other backing musicians in a little band called the Eagles, but ended up a solo artist and signed a deal with Capitol Records. He took up with Linda Ronstadt, and played on her self-titled album (they lived together at her farm house in Topanga Canyon for a while). When the group broke up in 1971, Martin took on studio work. Martin is a singer/guitarist/songwriter from Oklahoma who made his way to California in the late '60s with his band Southwind. This song was written by Moon Martin (John David Martin - he got the name Moon because he often used it in his lyrics), who released the original version on his 1978 album Shots From a Cold Nightmare. ![]()
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