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song released by

The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers ( ) are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. With a career spanning over seven decades, ...

on their T-Neck imprint. Co-written by the three Isley brothers:

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, Rudolph and

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, Howard Kelly and Clive Otis, the song is an uptempo

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number that was featured on the group's 1972 album, '' Brother, Brother, Brother''. A successful record, it reached #3 on the national R&B charts and #24 on the pop singles chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 100 song for 1972.

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972 This is a list of ''Billboard'' magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of ''Billboard'' dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18 ...

Credits

Ronald Isley Ronald Isley (; born May 21, 1941) is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers. Early life Born in 1941 to Sally ...

: lead vocals * O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and

Rudolph Isley Rudolph Bernard Isley (born April 1, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers. Life and career Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rudy began singing in church at a youn ...

: background vocals *

Ernie Isley Ernest Isley (born March 7, 1952) is an American musician, best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and also the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley. Biography Ernie was born in Cincinnati, where his older brothers for ...

: guitar, drums *

Marvin Isley Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010)
– accessed June 2010 was the youngest member of the family music grou ...

: bass *

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References

1972 singles The Isley Brothers songs Songs written by O'Kelly Isley Jr. Songs written by Rudolph Isley Songs written by Ronald Isley T-Neck Records singles {{1970s-single-stub