Let's Groove

Infobox Single
Name = Let's Groove


Artist = Earth, Wind & Fire
from Album = Raise!
B-side = "Let's Groove" (Instrumental)
Released = October 21, 1981
Recorded = 1980
Genre = Post-disco, Dance, Emotio-Electro, Funk, Soul music
Length = 5:35 (Album Version), 4:01 (Radio Version)
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
Producer = Maurice White
Last single = "Back on the Road"
(1980)
This single = "Let's Groove"
(1981)
Next single = "And Love Goes On"
(1981)Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Let's Groove by Earth, Wind & Fire.ogg

"Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album "Raise!" the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song was one of the band's biggest hits, peaking at #3 in the US and in the UK.cite book |title= Rock N' Roll Gold Rush |last= Dean |first= Maury |authorlink= Maury Dean |coauthors= |year= 2003 |publisher= Algora |location= |isbn= 0-87586-207-1 |pages= 289 |url= ] It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.

Covers and other versions

*The song has been sampled in the 1991 single "Skat Strut" by MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob.
*The song was used in the trailer for the Disney film "The Emperor's New Groove", although it is not featured in the film itself nor on the soundtrack. However, B5 made a remix for the song for the sequel, "Kronk's New Groove".
*The song was covered in 1995 by R&B band CDB in Australia, where it went platinum and went to #1 in New Zealand.
*It makes an appearance in "" under 80's music.
*The song has been sampled for the song Speed Disco Vol. 1 on DJ Sharpnel's SRPC-0017 - "UG★Psyclone"

Chart positions

References