"Jungle Love" is a 1977 song by the Steve Miller Band, featured on the album Book of Dreams. It was written by Lonnie Turner (longtime bass player for the Steve Miller Band)Lonnie Turner biography at AllMusic (accessed 2012-06-15). and Greg Douglass (a well-known San Francisco sideman who also played with Hot Tuna and Greg Kihn, among many others).Jay Allen Sanford, "Rock On and On", San Diego Reader, June 4, 2008. It reached on the Billboard Hot 100.

According to Greg Douglass, he and Turner wrote the song for Dave Mason, who turned it down.Jay Allen Sanford, "Jamming with 2 AC/DC Drummers Is Just Another Week For Greg Douglass", San Diego Reader, October 17, 2011. Turner gave a demo of the record to Miller, who liked it, and the Steve Miller Band (with Douglass playing guitar) recorded it in 30 minutes on the last day of recording for Book of Dreams.Jay Allen Sanford, "Jungle Live", San Diego Reader, July 21, 2010.

Cash Box called it "a hard-rocking, energetic tune" and said that "the vocal here is delivered with a shout, but carefully orchestrated instruments, especially the organ, make a clear statement of each melodic hook." Record World called it an "up-beat, well-produced single-with a synthesizer opening."

Guitar tuning Greg Douglass' guitar is tuned to 'Open A' (which is, low to high, E-A-E-A-C#-E), and is performed on a 1965 Epiphone Riviera through a Quilter "Duck" amplifier. It is the only guitar on the studio recording.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1977)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)87U.S. Cash Box Top 10017

Year-end charts Chart (1977)RankCanada 145US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)143

In television "Jungle Love" has been used on multiple occasions in the television series Everybody Loves Raymond. It was featured on the season 6 episode "Snow Day", which aired January 14, 2002: at the end, all the characters, except Marie and Frank, chaotically danced to the song. The song was then used as the opening credits theme music in seasons 7-9.Greg Douglass, San Diego Reader (accessed 2012-06-15).

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