Released: December 30, 1983

Featuring: Shakin’ Stevens

Songwriter: Brook Benton Clyde Otis Luchi de Jesus

Producer: Christopher Neil

If you're gonna give me good kisses like that
Honey don't you know I'm gonna give them right back
'Cause that's a kissing good way
(mmmm that's a kissing good way)
Ah that's a kissing good way
(That's a kissing good way)
That's a kissing good way
To mess around and fall in love
(Don't mess around, don't mess around)

Ooh if you're gonna start out hugging me tight (right)
Don't mess around come and hug me right
'Cause that's a hugging good way
(That's a hugging good way) Yeah ha ha
That's a hugging good way (that's a hugging good way)
That's a hugging good way
To mess around and fall in love
(Don't mess around, Sing it Bonnie, Don't mess around)

You know you called me on the phone (Yeah I got your number)
Just because I was alone
Ah you came around a wooing (why not)
You better ask somebody if you don't know what you're doing

Now that you've kissed me and you rocked my soul
Don't come round knocking rock 'n' roll
'Cause that's a hugging good way
(That's a rocking good way) That's a rocking good way
(That's a rocking good way) That's a rocking good way
To mess around and fall in love
Don't mess around (Tell me baby) Don't mess around

Well now you call me on the phone (yeah baby)
And just because I was alone
You came around a wooing (woh!)
Ah, you better ask somebody if you don't know what you're doing

Ah you kiss me and you rock my soul (I love your soul)
Don't come round knocking rock 'n' roll
'Cause that's a hugging good way (That's a rocking good way)
Shakey that's a rocking good way, That's a rocking good way
That's a rocking good way to mess around and fall in love, yeah
(Don't mess around) What a way to go (Don't mess around)
It's a rocking good way, That's a rocking good way
Mmmm that's a rocking good way (That's a rocking good way)
That's a rocking good way to mess around and fall in love
(Don't mess around, don't mess around)
Yeah, that's a rocking good way to mess around and fall in love
Keep on rocking (I'm with you baby)
It's a rocking good way (Ah, you'd better know it)
A rocking good way
Ah baby you've got what it takes...

Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins) was born on June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Wales. She was one of the most famous singers in the 80’s and is known for her noticeably rough and husky vocals.

Her first single, charting at #9 in her home country, “Lost In France,” put her in the public eye. After a bit of silence throughout the late 70s and early 80s, her best-selling and best-performing single on the charts of all time, “Total Eclipse of The Heart,” was released. Her 5th album, Faster Than The Speed of Night, also topped the charts in a few countries possibly because it contained Total Eclipse. Another notable song, “Holding Out for a Hero,” was released one year later for the Footloose soundtrack.

Tyler married Robert Sullivan, an Olympic judo contestant in 1973. They have no children. As of 2018, she is 66 years old and still in good health.