Artist
Sly and the Family Stone
Lyrics
Cynthia: Get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the fonky music!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?
Freddie: All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar
and make it easy to move your feet
Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom,
so that the dancers just won't hide
Sly: You might like to hear my organ
playing ""Ride Sally Ride""
You might like to hear the horns blowin',
Cynthia on the throne, yeah!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':
Cynthia: All the squares, go home!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Get on up and dance to the fonky music!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
Freddie: Hey Greg!
Greg: What?
Freddie: All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat
I'm gonna add a little guitar
and make it easy to move your feet
Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom,
so that the dancers just won't hide
Sly: You might like to hear my organ
playing ""Ride Sally Ride""
You might like to hear the horns blowin',
Cynthia on the throne, yeah!
Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':
Cynthia: All the squares, go home!
All: Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music
RS500_rank
223
Length
2:58
BPM
128.1
Released Year
1968
Genre Era
Genre
Key
G m
Produced By
Stone
Released Info
Jan. '68 on Epic
Chart Weeks
15 weeks
Chart Top
No. 8
Musicbrainz ID
f4f0e62d-2932-ee25-142d-8d6a52692761
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone)
Album
Dance to the Music (Sony)
Song Status
Saxman Jerry Martini claims Stone did this song just to satisfy CBS executives' desire for a hit. "He hated it," Martini said. "It was so unhip to us." But "Dance" fit Stone's vision for the band: "I wanted everyone to get a chance to sweat."