To Be a Lover in early 1969. This version has since been sampled by Ludacris on his song "Growing Pains" from "Word of Mouf", by Jaheim on "Put That Woman First" from "Still Ghetto" and by Dilated Peoples on the song "Worst Comes to Worst". In 1977, the song was covered as a more uptempo reggae number by the Jamaican singer George Faith under the amended title of "To Be a Lover (Have Mercy)" for his Lee "Scratch" Perry-produced album also called "To Be a Lover". In 1986, the track was again reworked and became the second high-profile cover Billy Idol released as a
Everybody Loves a Lover "Live! At Caesar's Palace". In its original traditional pop format, "Everybody Loves a Lover" has also been recorded by The Angels (whose 1962 version bubbled under the Hot 100 with a #103 peak), Alice Babs (as "Den som glad är" ), Chisu (as "Kellä Kulta, Sillä Onni" ), Sacha Distel (as "Dis! O Dis!" ), Nana Gualdi (as "Junge Leute Brauchen Liebe" ), Jan Howard, Laila Kinnunen (as "Kellä Kulta, Sillä Onni" ), Lill-Babs (as "Den som glad är" ), Angélica María (as "Vivaracho" ), Guy Mitchell, Jane Morgan, Line Renaud (as "Dis! O Dis!" ), and Keely Smith. In