很多暢銷曲的創意來自電影或電視，而The Bellamy Brothers二重唱1979年的冠軍曲"If I Said You Had A Beautiful
Body - Would You Hold It Against Me"就是這樣一個例子。
該團團員David Bellamy回憶：這一首歌的構想來自喜劇演員Groucho
Marx，當年我們住在加州，有一天下午看他的重播節目的時候發現一句台詞很不賴，於是就拿來當歌名並完成整首歌。
"If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body"於1979年三月24日進鄉村歌曲排行榜，五月19日起獲得三週冠軍，那是Howard 與 David Bellam兄弟第六首進排行榜的暢銷曲，也是他們第一首冠軍曲。這一首歌在熱門流行歌曲排行榜則獲得第39名。
Homer Howard 與David
Milton Bellamy兄弟在佛羅里達州中西部長大，因為也是音樂工作者父親的鼓勵而投身音樂工作，他們初次演出就是和父親一同於佛州San Antonio的牛仔大會中表演。
經過1960年代後期在音樂界的努力後，他們最終自喬治亞州回到佛州自家農莊，有一天晚上他們怕吵到父母親而睡在隔壁的工寮，沒想到早晨起床時Howard在睡袋發現有條雞肉蛇，這事引發他的靈感，寫了一首"Spiders
And Snakes"，後來Jim Stafford 於1973年底推出得過第3名。
因為這首歌的成功，Howard從佛羅里達州搬到洛杉磯，而且成了Jim
Stafford的巡迴演出經紀人，在Jim的正牌經紀人引薦下，Howard
與David兄弟和華納兄弟唱片公司簽約，之後的"Let
Your Love Flow"使The Bellamy Brothers二重唱踏入主流音樂市場。
The Bellamy Brothers自1976 至 1994年一共有46首鄉村歌曲排行榜暢銷曲，其中包括10首冠軍曲，而在熱門流行歌曲排行榜他們的"Let Your Love Flow"則於1976年獲得過單週冠軍，這一首動聽的歌也是BMI全美最常播出100首歌曲排行榜第68名的歌。
Let Your Love Flow
There's a reason for the sunshine sky's
There's a reason why I'm feeling so high
Must be the season when that love light shines all around us
So let that feeling grab you deep inside
And send you reeling where your love can't hide
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason
There's a reason for the warm sweet nights
And there's a reason for the candle lights
Must be the season when those love lights shine all around us
So let that wonder take you into space
And lay you under it's loving embrace
Just feel the thunder as it warms your face you can't hold back
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
There's a reason why I'm feeling so high
Must be the season when that love light shines all around us
So let that feeling grab you deep inside
And send you reeling where your love can't hide
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason
There's a reason for the warm sweet nights
And there's a reason for the candle lights
Must be the season when those love lights shine all around us
So let that wonder take you into space
And lay you under it's loving embrace
Just feel the thunder as it warms your face you can't hold back
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
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