Call it a love song, call it a crush song—either way, Mayer Hawthorne’s infectious track “Hooked,” off his 2011 album How Do You Do, reels us in and does not let us go. The old school soul sound that permeates the record is on full display in “Hooked,” and the high energy vocals and funky horns keep us hollering for more.
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