‘Can't Get Enough’ is the debut single by English rock supergroup Bad Company. Appearing on the band's 1974 self-titled debut album, it is their biggest hit and is considered their most popular song. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. The song is also frequently played on classic rock radio stations.
The song was both the first and the highest-charting single released by Bad Company. It still receives heavy airplay today on Classic Rock radio. Bad Company would go on to rack up nine Billboard Top 40 singles from 1974 until 1992. The album Bad Company, their debut, hit #1 on Billboard's Albums chart and sold five million copies.
‘Can't Get Enough’ was written by guitarist Mick Ralphs when he was still with Mott the Hoople, but the band (or their record label) rejected it. When he joined Bad Company, they were happy to record the song. Ralphs also brought ‘Movin' On’ with him, which became the group's next single, as well as ‘Ready For Love,’ which he originally recorded with Mott, but re-did with Bad Co. When first composing ‘Can’t Get Enough’, Ralphs said that "It never really sounds right in standard tuning. It needs the open C to have that ring." It borrows from the riff Ralphs used for his 1972 Mott the Hoople song, ‘One of the Boys’.
Billboard described ‘Can't Get Enough’ as a "good, solid rocker" and praised Paul Rodgers' vocal performance. Cash Box called it "one of the best rockers to come out of Britain in years," describing it as "Top 40 oriented with a heavier flair." Record World said that "lead singer Paul Rodgers is just enough of a controlled powerhouse to turn this into a solid top 40 item."
Labels – Island, Swan Song
Songwriter – Mick Ralphs
Producers – Bad Company
SONG LYRICS
[Intro]
One, two, one, two, three, four[Verse 1]
Well, I take whatever I want
And, baby, I want you
You give me something I need
Now tell me I got something for you
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on
Come on
Come on and do it
Come on and-uh do what you do
[Chorus]
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
Listen
[Verse 2]
Well, it's late, and I want love
Love that's gonna break me in two
Don't you hang me up in your doorway
Don't you hang me up like you do, say it!
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on
Come on
Come on and do it
Come on, come on, do what you do, Woo!
[Chorus]
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
[Bridge]
Well, I say now!
[Outro]
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
Say it again, aah
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I've got to tell ya baby, that I
I love you so much I can't get enough of your love
I love you so much I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
Mmm, you know what I'm saying baby
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough, enough of your love
I can't get enough, enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love, yeah!
Woo! Ah, come on, baby!
Come over here right now!
Oh oh oh oh...