Signature
key confidence medium · relative D minor · tempo confidence medium · double-time 177.8 · low end 39% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Sampled by2Pac, Keep Ya Head Upsource
- Sampled by2Pac, Keep Ya Head Upsource
- CoveredAngie Stonesource
- CoveredBeth Ortonsource
- Sampled byGirl Talk, Once Againsource
- Sampled byGirl Talk, Once Againsource
- CoveredLaura Nyrosource
- CoveredNina Simonesource
- CoveredPaul Stanley’s Soul Stationsource
- Written byStan Vincentsource
- CoveredThe New Birthsource
- CoveredThe Posiessource
- CoveredThe Spinnerssource
- CoveredTrey Anastasio Bandsource
- CoveredValerie Cartersource
Why it is here
- The song broke out in the key markets of Philadelphia and Detroit before rising up the charts, and Billboard ranked it the No. 21 song of 1970. source
- It became the Five Stairsteps' only pop Top 40 hit and their last R&B top 40 hit until 1976, going on to become the group's signature song that inspired more than twenty covers. source
- The song is ranked #402 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.