Who sang this song

[andyj]

I dont know the title or the artist , but it begins "Gotta write a classic/gotta write it in an attic/babe im an addict/an addict for your love". Anyone know the answer?

[mozzer]

It's one of the worst records ever made... called "Classic", and the evil-doer was Adrian Gurvitz. Whatever happened to him...?

[Arthurdog]

It was sung by Adrian Gurvitz and is called Classic

[karaokeking]

it was adrian gurvitz about 1978.

[simon scott]

As previous responses confirm, the title of the song is "Classic", written by Adrian Gurvitz who enjoyed brief fame as a "progresive rock" musician when he joined his brother, and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker in the short-lived 'Baker-Gurvitz Army'. Mr Gurvitz was universally derided for his rather over-wrought ballad - not least because he rhymed "attic", "classic" and "addict" in the first three lines. Doubtless if you mentioned such thoughts to Mr Gurvitz, who enjoyed a major top three single in most of the English-speaking world, he would echo the words of Whigfield when a journalist advised her that 'Saturday Night' was pop pap - "Speak to my bank account!" was her response. Says it all really.

[frank0063]

the singer is Adrian Gurvits.

[john-e]

the song is called classic by Adrian Gurvitz