"Revival", sometimes listed as "Revival (Love Is Everywhere)", is a song by the American rock band

the Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts ( ...

. It was the lead

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from their second studio album, ''

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'' (1970), released on

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. The song was written by guitarist

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, his first songwriting credit for the group. It was the first Allman Brothers song to chart, peaking at number 92 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1971. The song was covered by

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on his 1979's album ''Bottom Line''.

Background

His first songwriting contribution to the band, guitarist Dickey Betts initially wrote "Revival" as an

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. He began singing along, and lyrics came as an afterthought, which was not typical. Betts tended to naturally write instrumental songs first; he later commented, "You have to have an altogether different approach; an instrumental has to be real catchy and when you succeed it’s very satisfying because you have transcended words and communicated with emotion."

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plays the acoustic guitar heard on "Revival", as he was better at obtaining a nice acoustic sound due to his studio experience.

Chart performance

"Revival" was the first Allman Brothers song to chart, when it debuted and peaked at number 92 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during the week of January 9, 1971. It stayed at that position for a second week before falling to number 100. It dropped off the listing after that, spending only three weeks in total on the chart. The duration of the song on the album is 4:05, but on the 45 rpm the first 86 seconds were cut off, taking the song to 2:39.

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* {{Allman Brothers Band 1970 songs 1970 singles The Allman Brothers Band songs Songs written by Dickey Betts Song recordings produced by Tom Dowd Capricorn Records singles