“Wear Your Love Like Heaven” by Donovan

"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" came out as a US single on Epic in 1967 and opens Donovan's double album A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, and it was written to order. Late in the sessions Epic chief Clive Davis pointed out that nothing so far looked like a hit single, so the Scottish songwriter wrote one. Mickie Most produced it, and the only other song on the album he took charge of was its B-side, "Oh Gosh".

It's a love song painted in seven dye and pigment colours, drawn from his passion for the brush. He sings, whistles and plays acoustic guitar, with Harold McNair on flute, Mike Carr on vibraphone, John Carr on congas and bongos, Eric Leese on electric guitar, Mike O'Neill on keyboard, Cliff Barton on bass and Keith Webb on drums. It reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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