Billy Idol - To Be A Lover / All Summer Single (1986) - single

"To Be a Lover" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 album Whiplash Smile. As the album's lead single, it became Idol's second top 10 hit in the US.
The song was co-written (with Booker T. Jones) and originally performed by William Bell as a soul ballad titled "I Forgot to Be Your Lover", released in late 1968. In 1986, the track was again reworked and became the second high-profile cover Billy Idol released as a single, after 1981's "Mony Mony."




A - To Be A Lover  (3:50)
Written-By – Brooker T. Jones, William Bell / Producer – Keith Forsey
B - All Summer Single  (4:32)
Written-By – B. Idol / Producer – Keith Forsey

Genre:  Pop, Rock
Label:  Chrysalis Records
Catalog#  108391

(P) 1986