(We've Got) Honey Love

Album

Ridin' High

Label

Gordy Records

Genre

Soul

Media Type

45

Duration

2:36

Composer(s)

Richard Morris;Sylvia Moy

Entered Chart

Apr 19, 1969

Peak Date

May 17, 1969

Released

March 20, 1969

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Gordy 7085

B-Side

I'm In Love (And I Know It)

"(We've Got) Honey Love" is a 1967 song by Motown girl group The Velvelettes that later became a 1969 single released by another Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited here as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas) from their album Ridin' High released in 1968. The song returned the Vandellas to the top forty of Billboard's R&B singles chart where it peaked at number twenty-seven while it hit the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number fifty-seven. It was the group's sixth record where they were listed as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas following the successful "Honey Chile" single two years earlier. The song talked of how one woman's lover's charm was like "sugar and spice" adding names of candy and soda adding "a little bit of me, a little bit of you and we've got honey love." The Velvelettes, meanwhile, had recorded two versions of the song (one led by the group's lead singer, Carolyn 'Cal' Gill, the other is a rare lead for then group member - and future Vandella - Sandra Tilley), both of which would go unreleased for almost 40 years. All three versions were written by Richard Morris and Sylvia Moy, and produced by Morris (with Moy co-producing the versions by The Velvelettes). Every version also used the same track with The Andantes as background vocals.

Ooh, baby, we've tried love's recipe
Added each ingredient tenderly
A little bit of you, a little bit of me
And we've got honey love

Gone are the clouds
That darkened your sky
Gone are the tears I used to cry
Cause we've got H-o-n-e-y
Honey, honey love

Oh, darling, every life needs
Sugar and spice sometimes
Each kiss adds a little sugar
Just a pinch of spice
Ooh, we've got a love divine

One day we'll put the icing on top
The very day we tie that knot
Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop
Hey, it's sweet as honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey

(Honey, honey love)
(Honey, honey love)

We'll take a little sunshine, one loving cup
Just a little sunshine and you brighten up
We'll have sweet tomorrows
Cause with love and tender care

We'll build a sweet cottage for two
With all the tenderness love can do
A little bit of me, a little bit of you
And we've got honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey

We've got it, baby
Nothing can ever come between us
Cause we've got honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey