Jungle Love (Steve Miller Band song)


"Jungle Love" is a 1977 song by the Steve Miller Band, featured on the album Book of Dreams. It was written by Lonnie Turner and Greg Douglass. It reached on the Billboard Hot 100.
According to Greg Douglass, Turner and Douglass originally wrote the song for Dave Mason. Turner gave a demo of the record to Miller, who liked it, and the Steve Miller Band recorded it in 30 minutes on the last day of recording for Book of Dreams.

Guitar tuning

Greg Douglass' guitar is tuned to 'Open A'. It is the only guitar on the studio recording.

In television

"Jungle Love" has been used on multiple occasions in the television series Everybody Loves Raymond. It was featured on the season 6 episode "Snow Day", which aired January 14, 2002: at the end, all the characters, except Marie and Frank, chaotically danced to the song. The song was then used as the opening credits theme music in seasons 7-9.