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As a single "Machine Gun" also reached No. 20 on both the UK Singles chart and the Canadian RPM Pop Singles chart. [4] [5] The song is also featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Boogie Nights. The second single to be released, "I Feel Sanctified", reached number 12 on the R&B charts, and concerns a man spiritually blessed by his ...
The improvisatory material revolves around a core descending riff and bassline: the song opens with a Uni-Vibe-based guitar riff intended to mimic the sound of a firing machine gun. The bass and drum patterns then commence. The rather sparse lyrics, which differ in every performance, relate the point of view of a soldier fighting in war:
The Very Best of The Commodores is the seventh compilation album by American funk/soul band Commodores, released in 1995 on Motown Records. [2] The album charted at No. 26 on the UK Pop Albums chart and at No. 39 on the New Zealand Pop Albums chart. [3] [4] The album has been certified Silver in the UK by the BPI. [5]
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University ) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972 ...
His influence is clear from his 1971 single “Outa-Space,” which became the prototype for a certain clavinet-driven ’70s jam (the Commodores’ song “Machine Gun,” featured in “Boogie ...
"Zoom" is one of the Commodores' best known tunes, despite not being released as a single in the US. It reached #38 on the UK singles chart. Fergie sampled "Zoom" in her song "All That I Got (The Make-Up Song)" on the album The Dutchess. In the UK and other Western European countries this album was released as Zoom on Tamla Motown.
Machine Gun (Commodores song) N. Nightshift (song) O. Oh No (Commodores song) Old-Fashion Love; Only You (Commodores song) P. Painted Picture; S. Sail On (song)
The discography of American soul band the Commodores includes 15 studio albums and 39 singles spanning three decades, from 1974 to 1993.. The band reached the top of the Billboard charts twice with their international smash hit singles "Three Times a Lady" and "Still".