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Let's Groove

April 25, 2024

For the song by Archie Bell & the Drells, see Dance Your Troubles Away.

"Let's Groove" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as the first single from their eleventh studio album, Raise! (1981). It is written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn, and produced by White. The song was a commercial success, and was the band's highest-charting single in various territories. It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and other component charts in America. In 1979 and the early 1980s, there was a severe backlash against disco music. In spite of this, the band decided to revive the disco sound that was included on their previous works and later records. Musically, "Let's Groove" is post-disco, pop and funk which includes instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards along with live electric guitars.

"Let's Groove"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Raise!
B-side"Let's Groove" (Instrumental)
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Genre
Length5:39 (album version)
4:02 (single version)
3:56 (video version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"And Love Goes On"
(1981) 		"Let's Groove"
(1981) 		"Wanna Be with You"
(1981)
Music video
"Let's Groove" on YouTube

Overview edit

"Let's Groove" was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. With a duration of five minutes and thirty nine seconds, the song has a tempo of 126 beats per minute.[2][3]

Critical reception edit

Ken Tucker of Rolling Stone described Let's Groove as "city music" where "the horn section screams like a car running a red light."[4] Record World praised the "deep, brawny bass line."[5] Ed Hogan from AllMusic noted that White "brought in guitarist Roland Bautista and began co-writing, with Emotions member Wanda Vaughn and her husband Wayne Vaughn, a song that reflected the then-emerging electronic sound of the '80s. Not to be confused with the same-named hit by Archie Bell & the Drells, "Let's Groove" certainly was a change. Starting off with a robotic-sounding vocoder riff, it served up a more gritty-sounding EWF for the 1980s, laced with Brecker Brothers-supplied horn blasts that rival those of EWF's 1976 gold single 'Getaway'."[6] People though said that the album's "biggest disappointment is Let's Groove, yet another gotta-boogie tune."[7] Jordan Bartel of The Baltimore Sun noted that the song was "quite possibly the funkiest thing to come out of the early 1980s".[8] Richard Williams of The Times wrote "Let's Groove, the bass-heavy new single, is a reliable pointer".[9] Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly declared that "I actually love this song, especially the little computer voice in the background, like Pac-Man has come to life to boogie just for me!"[10]

NME placed Let's Groove at number 16 on their Singles of the Year list of 1981.[11] "Let's Groove" was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[12]

Commercial performance edit

The song peaked at number three in the US, becoming their 7th and last top 10 hit.[13] It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in late 1981 and early 1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year-end charts.[14]

The single sold over a million copies in the US and has been certified gold by the RIAA as until the RIAA lowered the sales levels for certified singles in 1989, a gold single equalled 1 million units sold.[15] "Let's Groove" was also certified platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.[16]

Music video edit

The accompanying music video of "Let's Groove" was the first ever to be played on Video Soul on BET.[17][18] Heavy with vintage electronic effects, the video was created by Ron Hays using the Scanimate analog computer system at Image West, Ltd.[19]

The style of the music video influenced that of Bruno Mars' "Treasure".[20]

Personnel edit

  • Writing – Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
  • Producer – Maurice White
  • Assistant Producer - Larry Dunn, Verdine White
  • Programmer – Larry Dunn
  • String, horn arrangement – Billy Meyers

Engineers[21]

  • Assistant Engineer – Tom Perry
  • Mixing Engineer – Mick Guzauski, Tom Perry
  • Recording Engineer – Ken Fowler, Mick Guzauski, Ron Pendragon

Performers[22]

  • Saxophone – Tom Saviano
  • Alto Saxophone – Don Myrick
  • Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk, Don Myrick
  • Bass – Verdine White
  • Cello – Frederick Seykora, Jerome Kessler, Larry Corbett, Marie Louise Zeyen, Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford
  • Concert Master – Assa Drori, James Getzoff
  • Drums – Fred White
  • Guitar – Beloyd Taylor, Johnny Graham, Roland Bautista
  • Keyboards – Billy Meyers, David Foster, Wayne Vaughn
  • Percussion – Fred White, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson
  • Piano – Larry Dunn
  • Synthesizer – Larry Dunn, Michael Boddiker
  • Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Dick Hyde, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
  • Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Hall, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis
  • Viola – Alan Deveritch, Allan Harshman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Pamela Hochhalter, Virginia Majewski
  • Violin – Anton Sen, Arkady Shindelman, Arnold Belnick, Betty Lamagna, Brian Leonard, Denyse Buffum, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Jerome Reisler, John Wittenbert, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Marvin Limonick, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Ross, Norman Leonard, Reginald Hill, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Thomas Buffum, William Hymanson, William Kurasch
  • Vocal – Beloyd Taylor, Maurice White, Ms. Pluto, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson
  • Background Vocal – Maurice White, Philip Bailey

Accolades edit

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1981 NME UK[11] Singles of the Year 16

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[49] Platinum 90,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Sampling edit

"Let's Groove" was interpolated in "Feels" by Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean,[50] and in "Alright" by Kent Jones.

CDB version edit

"Let's Groove"
 
Single by CDB
from the album Glide with Me
Released1995
Recorded1994
Length4:17
LabelSony Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
CDB singles chronology
"Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)"
(1994) 		"Let's Groove"
(1995) 		"Don't Stop"
(1996)

In 1995, "Let's Groove" was covered by the Australian R&B/pop boy band CDB. In Australia, the song reached number 2 and was certified platinum for shipments of over 70,000 units.[51][52] In New Zealand, it peaked at number 1 for three weeks and also received a platinum certification, indicating sales exceeding 10,000 copies.[53][54] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, "Let's Groove" won the Highest Selling Single category.[55]

Track listing edit

CD single (662147 2)[56]

  1. "Let's Groove" – 4:17
  2. "You Will Be Mine" – 4:07
  3. "Let's Groove" (Summer Groove) – 5:05
  4. "Let's Groove" (Instrumental) – 4:19

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[51] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[53] 1

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1995) Position
Australia (ARIA)[52] 8
Chart (1996) Position
Australia (ARIA)[57] 80
New Zealand (RIANZ)[58] 14

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[52] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Platinum 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Asia's Got Talent judges version edit

"Let's Groove"
Single by Asia's Got Talent judges
ReleasedMay 14, 2015
Length3:32
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Foster

"Let's Groove" was covered by the Asia's Got Talent judges—David Foster, Anggun, Melanie C and Vanness Wu—and released as a promotional single on May 14, 2015, by Universal.[59] It was released as a charity single for the May 2015 Nepal earthquake and all money raised was donated to the victims.[60] This version was produced by David Foster.[61]

Promotion edit

On May 14, 2015, the four artists performed the song in the final of first season of Asia's Got Talent.[62] On June 4, the Asia's Got Talent released the behind the scenes video of the recording.[63]

Track listing edit

  • Digital download[59]
  1. "Let's Groove" – 3:32

Release history edit

Country Date Format Label
Hong Kong[59] May 14, 2015 Digital download Universal
Indonesia[64]
Malaysia[65]
Singapore[66]
Vietnam[67]

See also edit

References edit

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For the song by Archie Bell amp the Drells see Dance Your Troubles Away Let s Groove is a song by American band Earth Wind amp Fire released as the first single from their eleventh studio album Raise 1981 It is written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn and produced by White The song was a commercial success and was the band s highest charting single in various territories It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States New Zealand United Kingdom Canada and other component charts in America In 1979 and the early 1980s there was a severe backlash against disco music In spite of this the band decided to revive the disco sound that was included on their previous works and later records Musically Let s Groove is post disco pop and funk which includes instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards along with live electric guitars Let s Groove Single by Earth Wind amp Firefrom the album Raise B side Let s Groove Instrumental ReleasedSeptember 1981GenrePost disco 1 funk 1 pop 1 Length5 39 album version 4 02 single version 3 56 video version LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Maurice WhiteWayne VaughnProducer s Maurice WhiteEarth Wind amp Fire singles chronology And Love Goes On 1981 Let s Groove 1981 Wanna Be with You 1981 Music video Let s Groove on YouTube Contents 1 Overview 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Music video 5 Personnel 6 Accolades 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 Sampling 10 CDB version 10 1 Track listing 10 2 Charts 10 2 1 Weekly charts 10 2 2 Year end charts 10 3 Certifications 11 Asia s Got Talent judges version 11 1 Promotion 11 2 Track listing 11 3 Release history 12 See also 13 ReferencesOverview edit Let s Groove was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions With a duration of five minutes and thirty nine seconds the song has a tempo of 126 beats per minute 2 3 Critical reception editKen Tucker of Rolling Stone described Let s Groove as city music where the horn section screams like a car running a red light 4 Record World praised the deep brawny bass line 5 Ed Hogan from AllMusic noted that White brought in guitarist Roland Bautista and began co writing with Emotions member Wanda Vaughn and her husband Wayne Vaughn a song that reflected the then emerging electronic sound of the 80s Not to be confused with the same named hit by Archie Bell amp the Drells Let s Groove certainly was a change Starting off with a robotic sounding vocoder riff it served up a more gritty sounding EWF for the 1980s laced with Brecker Brothers supplied horn blasts that rival those of EWF s 1976 gold single Getaway 6 People though said that the album s biggest disappointment is Let s Groove yet another gotta boogie tune 7 Jordan Bartel of The Baltimore Sun noted that the song was quite possibly the funkiest thing to come out of the early 1980s 8 Richard Williams of The Times wrote Let s Groove the bass heavy new single is a reliable pointer 9 Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly declared that I actually love this song especially the little computer voice in the background like Pac Man has come to life to boogie just for me 10 NME placed Let s Groove at number 16 on their Singles of the Year list of 1981 11 Let s Groove was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best R amp B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group 12 Commercial performance editThe song peaked at number three in the US becoming their 7th and last top 10 hit 13 It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in late 1981 and early 1982 and was the second R amp B song of 1982 on the year end charts 14 The single sold over a million copies in the US and has been certified gold by the RIAA as until the RIAA lowered the sales levels for certified singles in 1989 a gold single equalled 1 million units sold 15 Let s Groove was also certified platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry 16 Music video editThe accompanying music video of Let s Groove was the first ever to be played on Video Soul on BET 17 18 Heavy with vintage electronic effects the video was created by Ron Hays using the Scanimate analog computer system at Image West Ltd 19 The style of the music video influenced that of Bruno Mars Treasure 20 Personnel editWriting Maurice White Wayne Vaughn Producer Maurice White Assistant Producer Larry Dunn Verdine White Programmer Larry Dunn String horn arrangement Billy Meyers Engineers 21 Assistant Engineer Tom Perry Mixing Engineer Mick Guzauski Tom Perry Recording Engineer Ken Fowler Mick Guzauski Ron Pendragon Performers 22 Saxophone Tom Saviano Alto Saxophone Don Myrick Tenor Saxophone Andrew Woolfolk Don Myrick Bass Verdine White Cello Frederick Seykora Jerome Kessler Larry Corbett Marie Louise Zeyen Paula Hochhalter Selene Burford Concert Master Assa Drori James Getzoff Drums Fred White Guitar Beloyd Taylor Johnny Graham Roland Bautista Keyboards Billy Meyers David Foster Wayne Vaughn Percussion Fred White Maurice White Philip Bailey Ralph Johnson Piano Larry Dunn Synthesizer Larry Dunn Michael Boddiker Trombone Bill Reichenbach Charles Loper Dick Hyde George Bohanon Lew McCreary Louis Satterfield Trumpet Chuck Findley Gary Grant Jerry Hey Larry Hall Michael Harris Oscar Brashear Rahmlee Michael Davis Viola Alan Deveritch Allan Harshman Gareth Nuttycombe Pamela Hochhalter Virginia Majewski Violin Anton Sen Arkady Shindelman Arnold Belnick Betty Lamagna Brian Leonard Denyse Buffum Endre Granat Haim Shtrum Henry Ferber Irving Geller Jerome Reisler John Wittenbert Mari Tsumura Botnick Marvin Limonick Myra Kestenbaum Nathan Ross Norman Leonard Reginald Hill Ronald Folsom Sheldon Sanov Thomas Buffum William Hymanson William Kurasch Vocal Beloyd Taylor Maurice White Ms Pluto Philip Bailey Ralph Johnson Background Vocal Maurice White Philip BaileyAccolades editYear Publication Country Accolade Rank 1981 NME UK 11 Singles of the Year 16Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1981 1982 Peakposition Australia Kent Music Report 23 15 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 24 9 Canada Top Singles RPM 25 7 Finland Suomen virallinen lista 26 6 France IFOP 27 2 Ireland IRMA 28 5 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 29 5 Netherlands Single Top 100 30 5 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 31 2 South Africa Springbok Radio 32 8 Spain AFYVE 33 10 UK Singles OCC 34 3 US Billboard Hot 100 35 3 US Dance Club Songs Billboard 36 3 US Hot Soul Singles Billboard 37 1 US Cash Box Top 100 38 3 US Record World Singles 39 4 Chart 2012 Peakposition France SNEP 40 123 Chart 2013 Peakposition France SNEP 40 109 Year end charts edit Chart 1981 Position France IFOP 41 30 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 42 67 Netherlands Single Top 100 43 54 US Cash Box Top 100 44 17 Chart 1982 Position Australia Kent Music Report 45 100 Canada Top Singles RPM 46 50 US Billboard Hot 100 47 33 US Hot Soul Singles Billboard 14 2 US Top Disco Dance Singles Albums Billboard 48 36Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Denmark IFPI Danmark 49 Platinum 90 000 United Kingdom BPI 16 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 15 Gold 1 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Sampling edit Let s Groove was interpolated in Feels by Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams Katy Perry and Big Sean 50 and in Alright by Kent Jones CDB version edit Let s Groove nbsp Single by CDBfrom the album Glide with MeReleased1995Recorded1994Length4 17LabelSony MusicSongwriter s Maurice WhiteWayne VaughnProducer s Andrew De SilvaAnt DaleVince Deltito 51 CDB singles chronology Hey Girl This Is Our Time 1994 Let s Groove 1995 Don t Stop 1996 In 1995 Let s Groove was covered by the Australian R amp B pop boy band CDB In Australia the song reached number 2 and was certified platinum for shipments of over 70 000 units 51 52 In New Zealand it peaked at number 1 for three weeks and also received a platinum certification indicating sales exceeding 10 000 copies 53 54 At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996 Let s Groove won the Highest Selling Single category 55 Track listing edit CD single 662147 2 56 Let s Groove 4 17 You Will Be Mine 4 07 Let s Groove Summer Groove 5 05 Let s Groove Instrumental 4 19 Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart 1995 1996 Peakposition Australia ARIA 51 2 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 53 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1995 Position Australia ARIA 52 8 Chart 1996 Position Australia ARIA 57 80 New Zealand RIANZ 58 14 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 52 Platinum 70 000 New Zealand RMNZ 54 Platinum 10 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Asia s Got Talent judges version edit Let s Groove Single by Asia s Got Talent judgesReleasedMay 14 2015Length3 32LabelUniversalSongwriter s Maurice WhiteWayne VaughnProducer s David Foster Let s Groove was covered by the Asia s Got Talent judges David Foster Anggun Melanie C and Vanness Wu and released as a promotional single on May 14 2015 by Universal 59 It was released as a charity single for the May 2015 Nepal earthquake and all money raised was donated to the victims 60 This version was produced by David Foster 61 Promotion edit On May 14 2015 the four artists performed the song in the final of first season of Asia s Got Talent 62 On June 4 the Asia s Got Talent released the behind the scenes video of the recording 63 Track listing edit Digital download 59 Let s Groove 3 32 Release history edit Country Date Format Label Hong Kong 59 May 14 2015 Digital download Universal Indonesia 64 Malaysia 65 Singapore 66 Vietnam 67 See also editList of number one R amp B singles of 1981 U S List of number one singles from the 1990s New Zealand References edit a b c Smith Ben August 20 2014 Meghan Trainor Helps Count Down 10 Songs That Are All About That Bass VH1 Archived from the original on August 21 2014 Retrieved October 27 2014 This post disco pop funk epic is centered on a relentless repeating bassline that really does make you want to 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