Listen to Dance to the Music by Sly & The Family Stone

Dance to the Music

Sly & The Family Stone

R&B/Soul

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Larry Graham

Bass

Jerry Martini

Saxophone

Freddie Stone

Guitar

Rosie Stone

Keyboards

Greg Errico

Drums

Cynthia Robinson

Cynthia Robinson

Trumpet

Elva Mouton

Background Vocals

Little Sister

Background Vocals

M. McCreary

Background Vocals

Sly Stone

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sylvester Stewart

Sylvester Stewart

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brian Ross-Myring

Brian Ross-Myring

Engineer

Don Puluse

Engineer

Sly Stone

Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Say, get up and dance to the music

Get on up and dance to the music

[Chorus]

Dance to the music

Dance to the music

Dance to the music

Dance to the music

Hey, Greg?

What?

[Verse 1]

All we need is a drummer

For people who only need a beat, yeah

[Verse 2]

I'm gonna add a little guitar

And make it easy to move your feet

[Verse 3]

I'm gonna add some bottom

So that the dancer, they just won't hide

[Verse 4]

You might like to hear my organ

I said ride, Sally, ride, now

[Bridge]

Cynthia

What?

Jerry

What?

If I could hear the horns blow

Cynthia on the throne, yeah

[Bridge]

Listen to me

Cynthia and Jerry got a message they're sayin'

All the squares, go home

Yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

Listen to the voices

[Outro]

Dance to the music

Dance to the music (Hey, yeah, yeah)

Dance to the music

Dance to the music (Yeah)

Dance to the music

Written by: Sylvester Stewart

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