![]() ![]() Take in the tightly-permed, shirt-buttons-are-merely-suggestions, try-hard funkiness that is Wild Cherry, and watch them “Play That Funky Music” below.You slip your finger through the tear in my t-shirt You stirrin' up dirty in the back of my mind You keep on flirtin' cause you know that it's workin' You stuck in my head girl writing the lines Couldn't sing this song without you if I tried We're just hanging around Burnin' it down Sippin' on some cold Jack Daniel's Jammin' to some old Alabama with you, baby Laying right here naked in my bed I'm just doing my thing You love it when I sing Say it makes you feel like an angel We about to get a little tangled up right about now So girl let's keep burnin' it down Burnin' it down Girl when you want it, you know that I'm on it You know that I love lovin' up on you Let's hit the switch and let our shadows dance We're just hanging around Burnin' it down Sippin' on some cold Jack Daniel's Jammin' to some old Alabama with you, baby Laying right here dreaming in my bed I'm just doing my thing You love it when I sing Say it makes you feel like an angel We about to get a little tangled up right about now So girl let's keep burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down I wanna rock it all night Baby girl, will you rock it out with me? I wanna crawl through the dark We're just hanging around Burnin' it down Sippin' on some cold Jack Daniel's Jammin' to some old Alabama with you baby Laying right here naked in my bed I'm just doing my thing You love it when I sing Say it makes you feel like an angel We about to get a little tangled up right about now So girl let's keep burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down Burnin' it down I wanna rock it all night Baby girl, will you rock it out with me? I wanna crawl through the dark Just to feel your heartbeat against me Wild Cherry broke up after the flop of their last album, but not before finding their disco footing and bringing down the house. The band’s three subsequent albums – Electrified Funk in 1977, I Love My Music in ’78, and Only the Wild Survive from ’79 – were met with very little acclaim and none produced a charting single. They saw minor follow-up success in international markets with the song “Hot to Trot,” but nothing as big as their breakthrough single. “Play That Funky Music” would be the only hit on the album and for the band. On top of receiving a multitude of awards, from Top R&B Single of the Year to Best New Vocal Group, the song and the album were both certified platinum. The song peaked at No.1 on Billboard‘s pop and R&B charts with the band being named Best Pop Group of the Year by the magazine. “Play That Funky Music” was a huge hit when it was released on Wild Cherry’s self-titled album in 1976. ![]() Somebody turned around and shouted One Hit Wonder Oh, but now it’s so much better (it’s so much better)īut I’ll never lose that feelin’ (you know, I won’t) The song closes, explaining the positive effect disco had on the group. Once the band found their disco sound, success followed. But seeing the power disco had over listeners, it was a musical change that made sense. Wild Cherry themselves resisted becoming a disco band at first. The singer admits the change wasn’t an easy one. Pulling from the question hurled at them that fated night -and poking fun at themselves along the way-Wild Cherry delivers the song’s unforgettable, shake-it-worthy chorus: The groovy scene that is being laid out in the song intrigues the narrator. Now the band was left with two options, to either give up or give in. The hard rock sound was out and disco fever was becoming more and more contagious. They didn’t have trouble getting regular gigs, it was keeping them that was the issue. The opening lines set the stage for the group’s journey.ĭuring the band’s early days of rock covers, they had a small following. ![]() Kicking off with a galloping bass line and guttural Hey, do it now, the band delivered the danceable tune crowds had been begging for. The tune is autobiographical, telling an epic tale of that night, that patron’s inspirational, if not pointed, query, and the band’s subsequent sound change. These white boys were finally going to “Play That Funky Music.” Wild Cherry answered the audience member’s question. Wild Cherry’s debut album (Epic Records) Meaning Behind The Lyrics ![]()
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