Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)

Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)

Single infobox |
Name = Family Affair


Artist = Sly & the Family Stone
from Album = There's a Riot Goin' On
B-side = "Luv N' Haight"
Released = November 1971
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Funk
Length = 3:06
Label = Epic
5-10805
Writer = Sly Stone
Producer = Sly Stone
Chart position =
*#1 (US Pop Singles) & (R&B)
Reviews =
Last single = "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/"Everybody is a Star"
(1969)
This single = "Family Affair"
(1971)
Next single = "Runnin' Away"
(1972)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Music sample
Name = Family Affair
Audio file= Family Affair sample.ogg
"Family Affair" is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by Sly & the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double a-sided single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/ "Everybody is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the fourth and final number-one pop hit for the band. "Rolling Stone" magazine later ranked the song #138 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Overview

Released on November 6, 1971, [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Family+Affair+Sly&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE|0 Billboard.com - Search Results: Family Affiar Sly (singles charts)] . Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.] "Family Affair" was markedly different from the earlier Sly & the Family Stone hits. "Family Affair" is a somber, Rhodes piano based record with a rhythm box (or drum machine) providing the rhythm, making it the first number-one hit to feature a programmed rhythm track. Sly Stone and his sister Rose sing lead on the song. The lyrics reflect the good and bad aspects of being family, with Sly delivering his part in a low funk-styled tone instead of his earlier gospel-based shout.

"Family Affair" was the most successful hit of Sly & the Family Stone's career, peaking at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, while achieving the same on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks. The band's long-awaited fifth album, "There's a Riot Goin' On", debuted at number one on the Billboard album charts during the same period. "There's a Riot Goin' On" was typified by a deep, dark style of funk, evident in "Family Affair", that earned the album a place as one of the most influential albums of all time.

Partially recorded in a Winnebago, Sly Stone did not utilize the Family Stone for this recording, with the exception of his sister Rose. His friends Billy Preston and Bobby Womack played the keyboard and guitar lines, respectively, for the song, with Sly playing the bass and programming the rhythm box.

According to the biography "Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History", Sly Stone felt that this song wasn't strong enough to be released as a single. His manager and Epic Records had to convince him otherwise.

Notable covers and derivative recordings

"Family Affair" has been heavily covered, with versions by Tyrone Davis, The Brothers Johnson, MFSB, Iggy Pop, Bunny Wailer, and many more. The song's drum machine-created rhythm was duplicated in several early to mid-1970s recordings, in particular The Temptations' "Let Your Hair Down" (1973), and Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974).

A retooled cover was done in 1993 by Shabba Ranks featuring Patra and Terri & Monica as a single for the "Addams Family Values" soundtrack. This version charted on the Billboard pop chart at number 84, number 16 on the R&B chart, and number-six on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Madonna featured this song as an intro to "Keep It Together" on her Blond Ambition Tour in 1990.

In 2005, John Legend, Joss Stone, and Van Hunt recorded a cover featuring elements of the original recording for "Different Strokes by Different Folks", a Sly & the Family Stone tribute/remix album. This version of "Family Affair" won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

Credits

* All lead vocals by Sly Stone and Rose Stone
* Bass and drum programming by Sly Stone
* Rhodes piano by Billy Preston
* Guitar by Bobby Womack

Chart history

ly & the Family Stone version

habba Ranks version

ee also

*Hot 100 number-one hits of 1971 (USA)
*R&B number-one hits of 1971 (USA)
*R&B number-one hits of 1972 (USA)

References


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