B-side “Blues in F”
Released 28 October 1966
Format 7-inch single
Recorded 9–10 and 14 June, 1966
Genre
Blue-eyed soul R&B
Length 2:58
Label Fontana
Songwriter(s)
Steve WinwoodSpencer DavisMuff Winwood
Producer(s)
Chris Blackwell, Jimmy Miller
“Gimme Some Lovin'” is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, although solely credited to Winwood on the UK single label, and performed by the Spencer Davis Group.
As recalled by bassist Muff Winwood, the song was conceived, arranged, and rehearsed in just half an hour. At the time, the group were under pressure to come up with another hit, following the relatively poor showing of their previous single, “When I Come Home”, written by Jamaican-born musician Jackie Edwards, who had also penned their earlier number one hits, “Keep On Running” and “Somebody Help Me”. The band auditioned and rejected other songs Edwards offered them, and they let the matter slide until, with a recording session looming, manager Chris Blackwell took them to London, put them in a rehearsal room at the Marquee Club, and ordered them to come up with a new song.