[1960-1964 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1963, #32
Think of (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave as the female counterpart to Jerry Lee Lewis' Great Balls of Fire.
It's one of the first mainstream female performances that really exudes sexuality. When Martha Reeves sings:
"has my blood pressure got a hold on me | Or is this the way love's supposed to be?"
...she's doesn't need to cut back on the salt. That's a mating call.
After this song became a hit, female artists began to express themselves more freely, and made better music. As another Martha would say: that's a good thing.
The Jam did a great cover of this song about 15 years later.
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