“Feel Like Makin Love” by Bad Company

"Feel Like Makin' Love" first turned up on Straight Shooter, Bad Company's second album, and Swan Song put it out as a single in June 1975. Paul Rodgers had started the lyric years earlier, at 19, at a camp in California while he was touring the States with Free; when he finally played it for Mick Ralphs, the guitarist added the huge, muted chord in the chorus that turns it from a country ballad into a chest-thumping rocker.

That switch is the whole trick. The verses sway and strum, Rodgers singing low and easy, and then Ralphs' guitar comes down like a sledgehammer, with Boz Burrell and Simon Kirke locking in behind it. The band produced it themselves, with Ron Nevison recording and mixing. VH1 later put it at 78 on its list of the best hard rock songs ever.

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