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"Fire" is a song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. It was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975. [3] It spent two weeks atop the soul chart. "Fire" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it peaked at No. 10. [4]
"Surrender to Me" is a 2022 single by FireCityFunk first written and recorded in 1978, but unreleased until 2022 when it became the subject of a viral TikTok video by the son of Curly Smith, ex-drummer for Boston, who co-wrote the song and provided its vocals. [1] [2] Following the viral spread of the song, Smith's son persuaded him to release ...
Funk songs by The Ohio Players, Earth, Wind & Fire, and James Brown raised issues faced by lower-income Blacks in their song lyrics, such as poor "economic conditions and themes of poor inner-city life in the black communities". [54]
"September" has a funk groove based on a four-measure pattern that is consistent between verses and choruses, built on a circle of fifths. [7]Written in the key of A major, and using a chord progression written by Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, vocalist Maurice White and songwriter Allee Willis wrote the song over one month.
In a positive review, AllMusic's Ned Raggett felt that both the album and title track are worthy of the credo and that the other songs range from "the good to astoundingly great." [8] Record Collector magazine's Paul Rigby called Free Your Mind a "superb" album which mixes "a dirty groove with wacked-out sound effects and razor-sharp lyrics. [3]
While Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars celebrate having the No. 1 song for the 13th straight week on Billboard with "Uptown Funk," the group Six13 gave the hit track a Passover makeover, calling it ...
"Getaway" is a song by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1976 on Columbia Records as the first single from the band's seventh studio album Spirit. [1] The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [2] [3] "Getaway" also peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Dance Singles charts. [4]
"Hot like Fire" was described as "sleek" "fine Trip hop" [1] [2] and it is a "panting minimalist controlled-blaze baby-maker" with suggestive lyrics. [3] [4] The production on the song's 1997 single release differs from the album version and it has a "more jeep-friendly beat". [1]