Signature
key confidence medium · relative Bb major · tempo confidence high · double-time 204.4 · low end 52% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Written byAl Greensource
- Written byAl Jackson, Jr.source
- CoveredArturo Sandovalsource
- CoveredDonny Osmondsource
- CoveredEric Alexandersource
- CoveredGuy Sebastiansource
- CoveredHouston Personsource
- CoveredJerry Vivinosource
- CoveredJimmy Smithsource
- CoveredJunior Mancesource
- CoveredOne for Allsource
- Sampled byPublic Enemy, Live and Undrugged, Parts 1 & 2source
- Sampled byPublic Enemy, Live and Undrugged, Parts 1 & 2source
- CoveredRoberta Flacksource
- CoveredSoul for Realsource
- CoveredTina Turnersource
- Written byWillie Mitchellsource
Why it is here
- The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for nine weeks, and Billboard ranked it the eleventh-highest selling song of 1972. source
- It was selected by the Library of Congress in 2010 for the National Recording Registry as a recording deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and the 1971 Hi Records recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. source
- Rolling Stone ranked it the 60th greatest song of all time on its 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. source
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