# The 1975 song Bad Company wrote to “prove” they weren’t a one-hit wonder

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1975-song-bad-company-wrote-to-prove-they-werent-a-one-hit-wonder/
- Published: 2026-11-01T01:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T01:39:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1975-song-bad-company-wrote-to-prove-they-werent-a-one-hit-wonder/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Bad Company wanted their second album to prove they were more than a one-hit act.
- Paul Rodgers began the song’s verses in 1968.
- Mick Ralphs added the heavy chorus riff.

## Summary

After the success of their 1974 debut, Bad Company felt pressure to show they could sustain it with a strong follow-up. The band’s 1975 song ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ became a major track on their second album, Straight Shooter, and Paul Rodgers later described it as a possible “legacy song”.

Rodgers began writing the verses in 1968, drawing on a youthful experience in California, and first brought the song to guitarist Mick Ralphs as a gentle, country-style ballad. Ralphs added the heavy chords that drive its chorus, creating a sharp contrast between the wistful verses and forceful refrain. Bad Company recorded the album over two months at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, using a mobile studio in a caravan outside.

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