The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2

Infobox Single
Name = The Pride (Part I & II)


Artist = The Isley Brothers
from Album = Go For Your Guns
B-side = "The Pride (Part II)"
Released = 1977
Format = 7" Single
Genre = Funk
Length = 5:34
Label = T-Neck
2262
Writer = Rudolph Isley
O'Kelly Isley
Ronald Isley
Ernie Isley
Marvin Isley
Chris Jasper
Producer = The Isley Brothers
Last single = "Who Loves You Better Pts. 1 & 2"
(1976)
This single = "The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2"
(1977)
Next single = "Livin' in the Life"
(1977)

"The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2" is a 1977 funk song by The Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint. The song, which was the first single released from their album, "Go For Your Guns", was written as a warning to politicians to be the leader that the people need and to others who want change reminding them that "the pride makes (them) feel that (they) belong". The song was one of several socially-conscious political songs the Isleys recorded throughout the 1970s including "Fight the Power Pts. 1 & 2" and "Harvest for the World". While the song peaked at a dismal number sixty-three on the pop charts, it reached number-one on the R&B singles chart becoming the group's third #1 on the chart.

Credits

*Ronald Isley: lead vocals
*Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley and O'Kelly Isley, Jr.: background vocals
*Ernie Isley: guitars and drums
*Marvin Isley: bass and percussion
*Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards, synthesizers and clavinet