Throwing back to the week of June 21, 1975, we find the husband and wife duo Captain & Tennille atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Love Will Keep Us Together,’ their debut single.
The track is a faithful cover of a Neil Sedaka song released a couple of years earlier. Toni Tennille gives a nod to Sedaka in the final seconds, singing “Sedaka is back” over the fade-out.
Captain & Tennille landed seven Top 10 songs during the five-year span of 1975-1979, including another chart-topper in ‘Do That To Me One More Time.’
I mentioned today’s SOTD to my wife and she commented that it’s a song about a woman asking her man not to cheat on her. I realized I’d never paid any attention to the lyrics.
That happens to me a lot. I might even sing along, knowing the words but not assigning any meaning to them. There are some artists whose lyrics I give close attention, but I think mostly I experience vocals as just another element of the sound.
Old songs. Great memories.
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Love
Love will keep us together
Think of me, babe whenever
Some sweet talking girl comes along
Singing a song
Don’t mess around
You just got to be strong
[Chorus]
Just stop
‘Cause I really love you
Stop, I’ll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
[Verse 2]
You
You belong to me now
Ain’t gonna set you free now
When those girls start hanging around
Talking me down
Hear with your heart
And you won’t hear a sound
[Chorus]
Just stop
‘Cause I really love you
Stop, I’ll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
[Bridge]
Young and beautiful
Someday your looks will be gone
When the others turn you off
Who’ll be turnin’ you on
I will, I will, I will
I will, be there to share forever
Love will keep us together
I said it before
And I’ll say it again
While others pretend
I need you now and I need you then
[Chorus]
Just stop
‘Cause I really love you
Stop, I’ll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
Whatever
Whatever, I will, I will, I will, I will
You better stop
‘Cause I really love you
Stop, I’ve been thinkin’ of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
Whatever
Whatever, I will, I will, I will
[Outro]
Sedaka is back!
Meet Me In Montauk 
Kinda hard to miss the subject matter of this song, although I get how often times darker lyrics can be obscured in a bright pop song. Let Fiona Apple do a cover of this with some dissonant dramatic piano chords and vocal delivery and I’m sure the lyrical meaning would be inescapable.🤣
The lyrics definitely describe her intentions although I don’t recall thinking about that when I listened to it so long ago 🤷♀️