Throwing back to the week of January 31, 1976, we find Ohio Players stop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Love Rollercoaster,’ enjoying its first and only week at #1.
The R&B/funk band had made it to #1 a year earlier with ‘Fire.’ After this hit, they would never again reach the top ten, though later in 1976 they would hit #18 with ‘Who’d She Coo?’
‘Love Rollercoaster’ birthed an urban legend when a rumor spread that the recording captured the sound of somebody being murdered in the studio. If you listen closely at around 1:24 into the song, you’ll hear what sounds like a scream.
The sound came from vocalist William Beck, but a California DJ suggested a model who appeared on the album’s cover art was stabbed during the studio session. The claim was repeated by Casey Kasem, and you suddenly had the 1970s version of viral fake news.
Band member Jimmy Williams says the group didn’t rush to quiet the rumors because “you sell more records that way.”
Rollercoaster of love (Say what?)
Rollercoaster (Huh, huh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Rollercoaster (Ride) of love
Rollercoaster
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Rollercoaster of love (Love rollercoaster)
Rollercoaster (Bow wow wow, right!)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Rollercoaster of love
Rollercoaster
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Chorus]
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(Why don’t you ride, child?)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride
Ride
[Verse]
Rollercoaster of love (Say what?)
Rollercoaster (Love rollercoaster, girl)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Listen) Rollercoaster of love (Huh, huh, huh)
Rollercoaster
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Rollercoaster of love (Love rollercoaster, child)
Rollercoaster
Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Lovin’ you is real damn wild)
[Chorus]
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(A crazy ride, girl)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
Ride
[Verse]
Rollercoaster (Love rollercoaster, girl) of love
Rollercoaster
Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Loving you is a crazy world, child)
Rollercoaster (Huh) of love (Let me ride)
Rollercoaster (One more time)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Rollercoaster of love (High, high, high, high, child)
Rollercoaster (Whoa)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh (High)
Rollercoaster of love
(Ya-da-da-da-da-da-da) Rollercoaster
(A-da-da-da-da-da) Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Chorus]
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(Why don’t you let me ride sometime?)
Your love is like (Listen here) a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (You know one thing I like to ride?)
(I like to ride, girl, listen here)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (I like to ride, I like to ride, high)
(Wow, wow, wow, child, woo)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Girl, love rollercoaster, girl)
(High, hey, high)
[Outro]
Your love is like a rollercoaster baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(Ride on it, ride on it)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (On the love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(Ride on it, ride on it)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Why don’t you let me ride on it? Ha-ha-ha)
(Your love rollercoaster)
Love’s like you’re on a rollercoaster, baby, baby, love’s like a rollercoaster
Love’s like you’re on a rollercoaster, baby, baby, love’s like a rollercoaster
Love’s like you’re on a rollercoaster, baby, baby, love’s like a rollercoaster
Love’s like you’re on a rollercoaster, baby, baby, love’s like a rollercoaster
Love’s like you’re on a rollercoaster, baby, baby, love’s like a rollercoaster
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