Ian Thomas Band

If You're Lookin'
b/w Fun
(¹Tranquillity Base)
© 1970 RCA Records 74-0330

Peak position on the RPM 100 Singles Chart:
# 24 on June 27, 1970.
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Lyrics written by Ian Thomas:

The way she smiles is with me now
The way she loves is with me now
She don't love me anymore
Thinkin' of me no more

Never wants to come along
Never ever thinking love is for* but anyone
Never wants to come along
Never ever thinking love is for* but anyone

There's no time now, no, to change her mind
Maybe she'll learn, maybe she'll find
She don't love me anymore
Thinkin' of me no more

Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin'
Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin', really lookin'
Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin'
Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin', really lookin'
Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin'
Someday you'll find there is love in the world
If you're lookin', really lookin'

Other details:
Formed from the Dundas, Ontario folk group Ian, Oliver & Nora, their record, “If You're Lookin',” became one of the biggest selling singles in Canada in 1970.
The band is remembered as the first rock group 'in residence' with a major symphony orchestra. Under the direction of Boris Brott, they performed numerous concerts with the Toronto Symphony and the Hamilton Philharmonic. Regulars on the concert circuit, the group also appeared frequently on Canadian television, in their own specials and as guests on Music Machine and Take Thirty, among others.
Managed by John Harris and Dave Paget, Tranquillity Base were always critically acclaimed for their vocal abilities. In addition to their hit single they recorded an album which remains in the vaults at RCA. The group and the company A&R man could not agree on a musical direction and so nothing was ever released.
When Ian Thomas decided to leave the group it signalled the end for Tranquillity Base. He of course went on to fame as a solo artist and in 1973 had his first big hit with “Painted Ladies.”

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