"One Way Love" is a song written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy under their pseudonyms Bert Russell and Norman Meade. It was first a single for the Drifters, who reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their version.
Background Cash Box described the Drifters' version as "a pulsating, thump-a-beat cha cha opus...that the boys knock out in their very commercial manner."
Cover versions The song became a UK top 10 hit for Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers in 1964, reaching number 9. The song was covered by the Gamblers in 1965.Martin Charles Strong The Essential Rock Discography, Canongate Books, 4 October 2006, p.302, The song was covered by Dexys Midnight Runners in 1980Martin Charles Strong The Essential Rock Discography, Canongate Books, 4 October 2006, p.302, and appeared on their single "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)".
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