It's Your Thing

"It's Your Thing"
Single by The Isley Brothers
from the album It's Our Thing
B-side"Don't Give It Away"
Released1969
RecordedJanuary 1969
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
Genre
Length2:47
LabelT-Neck: TN 901
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers singles chronology
"Put Yourself in My Place"
(1969)
"It's Your Thing"
(1969)
"I Turned You On"
(1969)
Official Audio
"It's Your Thing" on YouTube

"It's Your Thing" is a funk single by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1969, the anthem was an artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968.

The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: "It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to". The song is ranked No. 420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022. ...and then the whole vicious lope explodes in a euphoric storm of woozy, joyous psych-funk.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (May 20, 2021). "Blame It on the Feign Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 11, 2024.