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

Sly & The Family Stone

Sly & The Family Stone

Vocals

Larry Graham

Bass

Jerry Martini

Saxophone

Freddie Stone

Guitar

Greg Errico

Drums

Cynthia Robinson

Cynthia Robinson

Trumpet

Rose Stone

Vocals

Sly Stone

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sylvester Stewart

Sylvester Stewart

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sly & The Family Stone

Sly & The Family Stone

Producer

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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