Groove, Groove, Groove…
It doesn’t get much more basic than this 1971 Aretha Franklin hit that went to Number 9 for the year on the Billboard charts. It only has two chords and one of them ain’t in there much.
This one didn’t chart on the top 100 for 1971, but Aretha Franklin had two hits that made that list and both were cover tunes. Spanish Harlem came in at 49 and Bridge over Troubled Waters by Aretha charted at 52 for the year. I had no idea that she even covered those songs.
Three Dog Night’s Joy to the World finished at number 1 for 1971
I just decided to noodle along for this one.
Personnel
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano
- Donny Hathaway – electric piano, organ
- Bernard Purdie – drums
- Cornell Dupree – guitar
- Richard Tee – organ
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- The Sweethearts of Soul (Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith) [4] — backing vocals
- Robert Popwell, Dr. John – percussion
- The Memphis Horns
- Gene Paul – engineer
- Jerry Wexler – production
- Tom Dowd – horn arrangement, production
- Arif Mardin – production
Lyrics
Rock steady, baby
That’s what I feel now
Just call the song exactly what it is
Just move your hips with a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride
While you’re moving, rock steady
Rock steady, baby
That’s what I feel now
Just call the song exactly what it is
Just move your hips with a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride
While you’re moving, rock steady
Rock steady, baby
Let’s call this song exactly what it is (what it is, what it is, what it is)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is I might be doin’ (what it is)
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is I might be doin’ (what it is)
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
Rock steady, rock steady baby
Rock steady, rock steady baby
Rock steady, rock steady baby
Jump and move your hips with a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride
While you’re moving, rock steady
Rock steady
Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride
While you’re moving, rock steady
Rock steady
Let’s call this song exactly what it is (what it is, what it is, what it is)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is I might be doin’ (what it is)
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is I might be doin’ (what it is)
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
Rock steady baby
Rock steady, woo
Rock steady
Rock steady, woo
Rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady (what it is)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is is I might be doin’
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
It’s a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is)
In the hips from left to right (what it is)
What it is is I might be doin’
This funky dance all night
(Let me hear ya gotta feeling in the air)
(Gotta a feeling, an ain’t got a care)
(What fun to take this ride, rock steady will only slide)
Rock steady, steady baby, rock, rock steady, baby
Baby (what it is), baby, baby (what it is) baby
Any thoughts to add?