CURRENT SINGLE: “Love Talking”
Mike Eli went on a writing binge when Eli Young Band wasn’t able to tour during the pandemic, which is how he ended up co-writing seven of the nine songs on their new album, Love Talking, including the title track, which is their latest single. Incidentally, Mike says, “‘Love Talking was written right at the end of 2020. We were getting ready to record the new project and it was kind of one of those last-minute additions to picking songs for the next record.”
Fortunately, the song was written in time to be a part of the new album. Mike co-write it with Eric Arjes and Jeffrey East, and he says, “It was a lot different and it felt vibey and it felt like something that could really add to the show in a really cool way.”
The rest of the band agreed with Mike, so they recorded it, and not only did the song make the album, it became the title track, the first single off the album and the name of Eli Young Band’s tour. Mike is also proud that he and his co-writers found a new way to talk about falling in love, which, of course, is something that has been written about thousands of times “I’m really glad we wrote it,” says Mike. “I think it was a really cool idea. I think it was really smart.”
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Mike Eli – “‘Love Talking was written right at the end of 2020. We were getting ready to record the new project and it was kind of one of those last-minute additions to picking songs for the next record. It was a lot different and it felt vibey and it felt like something that could really add to the show in a really cool way. I’m really glad we wrote it. I think it was a really cool idea. I think it was really smart.”