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The Isley Brothers — It’s Your Thing
Album: It’s Our Thing
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It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.

If you want me to love you, maybe I will.
Believe me woman, it ain't no big deal.
You need love now, just as bad as I do.
Make's me no difference now, who you give your thing to.

It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.

It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.

I'm not trying to run your life,I know you wanna do what's right.
Give your love now, to whoever you choose.
How can you love, with the stuff you use now.

It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.

It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
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Woooo indeed!!
Posted 11 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 MayBaby wrote:

That bass! Those horns! That funk! Woooo!


YES!!!   Thanx RP!  
Posted 11 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:


If only...
Posted 11 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
One of the best songs of all time.  
Posted 1 year ago by arcancientaroma    [ Reply ]
 Belgium wrote:

Good song! Something else in the playlist!




Nope! only ONE TUNE. Please add MORE ISLEY BOTHERS TUNES!  Thank You.
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
According to Wiki,  released in February 1969.
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Good song! Something else in the playlist!
Posted 1 year ago by Belgium    [ Reply ]
SOCK IT TO ME, Isleys!  Yeah baby, hit me again!  I vote 9!
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The greatest. R&B and Funk and Rock and Roll GOATS.
Posted 1 year ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
hold it...

the spinners?

the O'jays?

this is how music will scramble your brains

Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
That bass! Those horns! That funk! Woooo!
Posted 2 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love the gospel/funk/r&b/soul style, from the early 60s into the late 70s, before disco changed the rhythmic feeling. 
This one's a strong 9 ,Long Live RP!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?



Man, it would be so awesome if Bill played MMM-bop right after this song with an on-air shout out to swissgraphics.
Posted 3 years ago by csetti    [ Reply ]
What ever you say gal 🐾.(Howling Wolf is damn proud .., I must say) Signed, sealed delivere”d ... .. I’m yours! 🎶Heart sealed delivered 🎶 I’m yours.
Posted 3 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 southcoastsounds wrote:
Click on Lyrics and be amazed at the lack of talent displayed by the writer

 
reminds me of the time Steve Allen attempted to mock Gene Vincent's Be Bop A Lula. Even now, some folks just don't get it. 
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:


Sounds like somebody's sensitive about, ummm, incontinence issues ...

If RP or any other radio station were to "drop" every song that was used in every commercial we'd lose a lot of great music. That's just silly. Personally, I'd rather hear this allegedly "played out" classic than the new garbage from Pusifer that aired just before.

 
Any chance you are related to the new Canadian Prime Minister?

Too bad. 
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Holy crap! Now I've gotta dance at 7:40 AM. This hit the spot. Always do. And then coffee. 😀
Posted 9 years ago by cdysthe    [ Reply ]
Ernie Isley....so awesome....
Posted 9 years ago by alaskan_listener    [ Reply ]
 HazzeSwede wrote:
From the "Sock It To Me " era !   Was fun for some time. Isley Bros did some good ones.this is one of them.

 
Yep, and a lot of people got into it for the laughs and coolness fad of it.

Good times. {#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me!!!!

Love it! 
Posted 9 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
These guys were my favorites growing up in the Bay Area......love them
Posted 9 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Man, the music from the year of my birth was/is awesome!!!  {#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 chedak wrote:
I always have dug that crazy bass line!  {#Bananajam}

 
From Wiki:
 
"Recorded in two takes and featuring the first appearance of 16-year-old Ernie on bass".

Dang.

And 4 years after Hendrix (yes, Jimi!) left the group.
Posted 10 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
 southcoastsounds wrote:
Click on Lyrics and be amazed at the lack of talent displayed by the writer

 
Funk music is seldom about scholarly lyrics, but if you need to be told that, it's probably too late. 
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Click on Lyrics and be amazed at the lack of talent displayed by the writer
Posted 11 years ago by southcoastsounds    [ Reply ]
It's not my thing.
Posted 11 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 JrzyTmata wrote:

Someone needs a laxative.

 
Or an adult diaper. 
Posted 11 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?


 
You watch way too much TV.
Posted 11 years ago by Jim_Highfield    [ Reply ]
Always will be a fantastic sound. Don't make 'em like this anymore. And I was born in '74.
Posted 11 years ago by DarceySuzanne    [ Reply ]
Aw right!  Bring 'em back!
Posted 11 years ago by mikec09    [ Reply ]
Brought an instant smile to my face. Classic Motown. What an era. Thanks for the memory, Bill.
Posted 12 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 
Someone needs a laxative.
Posted 12 years ago by JrzyTmata    [ Reply ]
Man, a honkin' brass section, a bass line that jumps off the speakers, and a drummer who knows how to work it.

I'm just sorry I'm at work. This requires dancing. 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
"Itch your thing!" Haven't been able to take this song seriously sense that popped into my head.
Posted 12 years ago by natural_tools    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
 
Bears repeating. 

Look, for some smackeroo I'll tell you who to sock it to.  
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
1969. My second year at university....and what would turn out to be one of the most magical music years of that era.. and pretty much any era...
From the Archies (Sugar,Sugar) to Zaeger and Evans(In the year 2525).
Spinning wheel, Come Together, The Israelites, Suspicious Minds, Galveston, Honky Tonk Women ... whoa ... something for everyone, lions and lambs...some set of musical planets lined up that year...amazing.

Posted 12 years ago by rashad    [ Reply ]
From the "Sock It To Me " era !   Was fun for some time. Isley Bros did some good ones.this is one of them.
Posted 13 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

  Dum.


Posted 13 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
V is for vagina... It's your thing!

Ha, Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 
I think of my thing. And I do what I wanna do. {#Moon}

Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 2Hawks wrote:
SO much fun then. Wish music was more fun now.

 
{#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
one out of many really funky songs, hopefully rp will play much more of them..
Posted 14 years ago by frank_eindhoven    [ Reply ]
things have been better that way since we stopped having regular t.v. —the damn Swiffer commercials, they're really funny— and I just realized, saw the "Who's That Lady" one on Hulu!!

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 

Sounds like somebody's sensitive about, ummm, incontinence issues ...

If RP or any other radio station were to "drop" every song that was used in every commercial we'd lose a lot of great music. That's just silly. Personally, I'd rather hear this allegedly "played out" classic than the new garbage from Pusifer that aired just before.
Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 

Shoot your TV !
Posted 14 years ago by parttime    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 

Should they delete Bach's Toccata as well?  It's not new either (and it gets a lot of play in other media).
Posted 14 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?
 
Ah ha. . . so. . . what you are actually saying is that it is PLAYED OUT for YOU. That YOU have seen it on some commercial. That YOU want it dropped. 

Sigh. . .  
Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 swissgraphics wrote:
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

 
you sound like one of those elderly people  {#Beat}   {#Bananasplit}
Posted 14 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
{#Beat} DROP THIS SONG. PLEASE...

What do you think of when you hear this?

I think of some annoying commercial featuring elderly people trying to feel young again via the use of a new laxative or through the new-found freedom of an adult diaper.

I realize at one point it was a quirky, fun, hip tune. And good for the Isley Brothers for writing such a jingly song. And I am a musician, too. I'd want someone to play my music, but this is NOT a new song. It is PLAYED OUT.

What's next on the playlist? MMM-Bop?

Posted 14 years ago by swissgraphics    [ Reply ]
actually i like (who's) that lady too from these guys. but its been rejected.

Posted 14 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
Its great reading everyone's comments, especially the crazy banana dancing!  I think that rocks just as much as this song.

I am imagining the album cover with dancing bananas 

Posted 14 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
I always have dug that crazy bass line!  {#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by chedak    [ Reply ]
Boogie On, Reggae Woman...
Posted 15 years ago by dave216j    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Cowboy}{#Bananapiano}  {#War}  {#Bananasplit}{#Sunny} {#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
We all need to visit Funky Town once in a while!  G R O O V E Y!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
IT'S your thang...do whatchawanna do...

Posted 15 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]

Classic {#Bananajam}


Posted 15 years ago by illinimax    [ Reply ]
I like, but it's too overplayed. Not as a song - as a commercial jingle. Kind of killed it for me.
Posted 15 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
And Hendrix was (briefly) part of band!
Posted 15 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Sorry, didn't care for it then and it hasn't grown on me over time.  I'll be pulling the average rating down a bit...
Posted 16 years ago by fizixidiot    [ Reply ]

now we're cookin'


Posted 16 years ago by bairdc    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
ah yea boi!
Posted 16 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
Whaddya know...my first 10. I'm old enough to remember this song on the radio, tho. Maybe I'm biased. ;)">
Posted 16 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
Love the song. Bonus, it reminds me irresistably of one of my mostest favoritest movies ever, Out of Sight.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Love those 'double stops' by the guitarist, gives me the shivers...
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
2Hawks wrote:
SO much fun then. Wish music was more fun now.
Check out Todd Snider...great sense of humor in his lyrics combined with equally talented music. Although drastically different than The Isley Bros., you won't be disappointed. www.toddsnider.net
Posted 18 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
cptbuz wrote:
Posted 18 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
SO much fun then. Wish music was more fun now.
Posted 18 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
I love this song, but I will forever and ever associate it with a wintery Detroit in "Out of Sight". It's one of the best movies of the last 10 years, IMHO.
Posted 18 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
groovy!
Posted 18 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Featuring the horny horns!
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
OMG!!!!!!!This was my absolute FAV song back in those carefree days of youth- Ayyyyyeeeee "It's your thing" Isley Brothers ROCK! Thanks Bill for throwing this one in!!
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This is an anthem for women's ownership of their own bodies. If it weren't for that lyric about "you want me to love you," I'd say it's a great speech for every father to give his daughter. Except that I hope he teaches her some self-respect along the way, too.
Posted 18 years ago by okelle    [ Reply ]
I can't tell ya who to sock it to
Posted 18 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
about time that this pleasant little site gave it up to "other" artists. gets to be too white "classic" rock in its tastes, or the evolution of popular music. reminds how in the 80s kroq in la still wouldn't touch black music even when most of songs were a tribute to it.
Posted 18 years ago by pobaldy    [ Reply ]
Wow. Listen to Kid Rock's "I Got One For Ya" and you'll know where he lifted a LOT of inspiration for that song. A lot of his CD, really. Kinda Cool.
Posted 18 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
soooooooooo infectious
Posted 18 years ago by dragonfish    [ Reply ]
I'm so glad to see you're all enjoying this booty-shakin' classic! This was my upload on the LRC and R&B (how apropos) thought enough of it to add it immediately!
Posted 18 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
I uploaded Fight The Power and it was rejected. good to see some Isley Bros. made it through.
Posted 18 years ago by JrzyTmata    [ Reply ]
Sock it to me BaBee!!!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Oh yeah...
Indeed! Uh, huh!
Posted 18 years ago by ciscochasbro    [ Reply ]
Ok...the first 7 ratings are six 10s and one 9. There is something right in this world. :)
Posted 18 years ago by tupshin    [ Reply ]
Thank you, RP. I'd say more, but it cuts into my dancing time.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah...
Posted 18 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]