America: Muskrat Love

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[Lety]

Such a lovely song. It reminds me of my teens. Thanks for sharing.

[DanielJohnson]

The 70s had some of the best music. This song was among those that stand the test time.

[manuelxavier]

Makes me so nostalgic for the early 70s.

[alberto]

I'm 24 years old yet this song from another time completely captivates me

[stevenworlow]

If I had a yacht, I would have this on repeat.

[christopherunfus]

I saw America in concert before the pandemic. They played this song. Now I love it!

[thedisturbedsoul]

Remembering listening to this song with my dad on Saturday mornings

[MsJoaniePH]

America was kind of a unique group, both musically and vocally. This was another well done song of theirs and while it may not have been "hip enough" for its day, it has withstood the test of time. This was a really good performance on their part.

[peteluna]

I'm an America fan but didn't know of this song, it's a great mood song

[ferdievillas]

Song was originally released by Country artist Willis Alan Ramsey in '72. He wrote the song, titled it Muskrat Candlelight. America & Captain & Tennille later made it famous.

[omarllanos]

So much memories come along with this wonderful song!

[americabythereza]

Muskrat Love. When I was teenager. I miss it.

[davethebarber]

13 people think muskrats should remain celibate.

[runawayushould]

Was never crazy about the lyrics.... The melody fantastic....

[Spanishdog]

The most pleasant song I've ever heard about a cute little rodent.

[robertcavalier]

Your music fan Cav attended an "America" concert in Lincoln City, OR years ago. They were terrific! Easy-to-take ….. not too strong/not too sleepy …… Cool! *

[lightstheatreaction]

i love this song well i actually like all of their songs guitars piano playing and those three were cute in the 70s even later on, RIP to one of the original guy from this band you guys know who!

[maureencora]

I Play this Song Every Christmas with the Other Songs of the Holidays at Yule Tide.

[DexterHaven]

From Wiki: "Dan Peek would recall that America's label Warner Bros. "hated" the track and "begged us not to release it as a single...We were stupid to press the issue but we liked the song for its easy, acoustic, harmonic beauty not realizing that perhaps it was badly cast for us in order to retain the fairly hip image we had eked out". Peek adds that the single "easily hit the Top 40 on the strength of our past successes"[3] although "Muskrat Love" in fact marked a downturn in America's popularity with a low peak on the Hot 100 in Billboard at #67; the single did better on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart reaching 11.

In a 2012 interview Gerry Beckley said of "Muskrat Love": "It's a polarizing little number. After concerts, some people tell us they can't believe we didn't play it, while others go out of their way to thank us for not performing it."

[gogirl]

My big brother introduced me to this music 😊