98.6

Album

98.6 / Ain't Gonna Lie

Label

Mercury Records

Genre

Sunshine Pop

Duration

5:00

Composer(s)

Tony Powers;George Fischoff

Entered Chart

Dec 10, 1966

Peak Date

Feb 11, 1967

Released

November 1966[

Recorded

October 1966

Catalog #

Mercury 72639

B-Side

The Teeny Bopper Song

Backing vocals were provided on this by harmony kings The Tokens. Barry James Keefer (aka Keith) told Mojo magazine June 2008 about this effervescent celebration of the joys of love: "I had very little hope it would be a success. I was talking to my girlfriend after that session, saying I couldn't believe I had just recorded a song with a number related to a person's body temperature." Keefer first recorded with The Admirations, when he was originally called Keif. His name was changed to Keith when it was noted that Keif was too close to the Moroccan word for cannabis. The Admirations' sole single flopped in 1965, but their producer Jerry Ross, who produced Bobby Hebb's hit "Sunny", didn't forget Keith and led him to #39 in the US charts with "Ain't Gonna Lie." This song was the follow-up and became an international hit. Keith later spent a couple of years as the vocalist in Frank Zappa's band.

Good mornin' sun, I say it's good to see you shinin'
I know, my baby brought you to me
She kissed me yesterday, hello to silver linin'
Got spring and summer running through me

Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again
Oh, hey, 98.6, her lovin' is the medicine
That saved me, oh, I love my baby

Hey everybody on the street, I see you smilin'
Must be because I found my baby
You know, she's got me on another kind of highway
I want to go to where it takes me

Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again
Oh, hey, 98.6, her lovin' is the medicine
That saved me, oh, I love my baby

You know, she's got me on another kind of highway
I want to go to where it takes me

Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again
Oh, hey, 98.6, her lovin' is the medicine

That saved me, oh, I love my baby