Hmmm, where have you heard this song before? Well, you probably know it better as the song played during the opening credits of Quentin Tarantino's feature length directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs. That's how I've always known it. And why shouldn't I? It was a perfect choice by Tarantino.
However, in the course of creating this blog post, I came across two interesting facts. First of all, the George Baker Selection was not an American soul band as I had imagined. They were actually a Dutch rock band. Secondly, the band made some sort of video for the song back when it was released in 1970. It seems clear after watching it that Tarantino must have seen the video, as well, because there are elements to it that he mimicked in the very opening scene for which it featured in Tarantino's classic. The link to that opening is below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6KGaQIW04
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