"Let's Groove" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Raise! | ||||
B-side | "Let's Groove" (Instrumental) | |||
Released | September 1981 | |||
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Length | 5:39 (album version) 4:02 (single version) 3:56 (video version) 6:43 (12" Disco Single) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
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"Let's Groove" on YouTube |
"Let's Groove" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as the first single from their eleventh studio album, Raise! (1981). It is written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn, and produced by White. The song was a commercial success, and was the band's highest-charting single in various territories. It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and other component charts in America. In 1979 and the early 1980s, there was a severe backlash against disco music. In spite of this, the band decided to revive the disco sound that was included on their previous works and later records. Musically, "Let's Groove" is post-disco, pop and funk which includes instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards along with live electric guitars.
This post-disco pop funk epic is centered on a relentless, repeating bassline that really does make you want to, uh, groove.