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The Isley Brothers — It's Your Thing
Album: Greatest Hits, Volume 1
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7.6

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Total ratings: 830









Released: 1969
Length: 2:35
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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!!
 MayBaby wrote:

That bass! Those horns! That funk! Woooo!


YES!!!   Thanx RP!  
 scraig wrote:


If only...
One of the best songs of all time.  
 Belgium wrote:

Good song! Something else in the playlist!




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

the spinners?

the O'jays?

this is how music will scramble your brains

That bass! Those horns! That funk! Woooo!
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!!
 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.
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.
 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. 
 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. 
Holy crap! Now I've gotta dance at 7:40 AM. This hit the spot. Always do. And then coffee. 😀
Ernie Isley....so awesome....
 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}
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! 
These guys were my favorites growing up in the Bay Area......love them
Man, the music from the year of my birth was/is awesome!!!  {#Bananajam}
 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.
 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. 
Click on Lyrics and be amazed at the lack of talent displayed by the writer
It's not my thing.
 JrzyTmata wrote:

Someone needs a laxative.

 
Or an adult diaper. 
 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.
Always will be a fantastic sound. Don't make 'em like this anymore. And I was born in '74.
Aw right!  Bring 'em back!
Brought an instant smile to my face. Classic Motown. What an era. Thanks for the memory, Bill.
 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.
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. 
"Itch your thing!" Haven't been able to take this song seriously sense that popped into my head.
 coding_to_music wrote:
 
Bears repeating. 

Look, for some smackeroo I'll tell you who to sock it to.  
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.

From the "Sock It To Me " era !   Was fun for some time. Isley Bros did some good ones.this is one of them.
 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.


V is for vagina... It's your thing!

Ha, Bill!
 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}

 2Hawks wrote:
SO much fun then. Wish music was more fun now.

 
{#Yes}

one out of many really funky songs, hopefully rp will play much more of them..
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!!

 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.
 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 !
 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).
 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. . .  
 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}
{#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?

actually i like (who's) that lady too from these guys. but its been rejected.

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 

I always have dug that crazy bass line!  {#Bananajam}
Boogie On, Reggae Woman...
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Cowboy}{#Bananapiano}  {#War}  {#Bananasplit}{#Sunny} {#Cheers}
We all need to visit Funky Town once in a while!  G R O O V E Y!  {#Bananasplit}
IT'S your thang...do whatchawanna do...

Classic {#Bananajam}


I like, but it's too overplayed. Not as a song - as a commercial jingle. Kind of killed it for me.
And Hendrix was (briefly) part of band!
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...

now we're cookin'


{#Dancingbanana}
ah yea boi!
Whaddya know...my first 10. I'm old enough to remember this song on the radio, tho. Maybe I'm biased. ;)">
Love the song. Bonus, it reminds me irresistably of one of my mostest favoritest movies ever, Out of Sight.
Love those 'double stops' by the guitarist, gives me the shivers...
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
cptbuz wrote:
SO much fun then. Wish music was more fun now.
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.
groovy!
Featuring the horny horns!
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!!
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.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to
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.
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.
soooooooooo infectious
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!
I uploaded Fight The Power and it was rejected. good to see some Isley Bros. made it through.
Sock it to me BaBee!!!
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Oh yeah...
Indeed! Uh, huh!
Ok...the first 7 ratings are six 10s and one 9. There is something right in this world. :)
Thank you, RP. I'd say more, but it cuts into my dancing time.
Oh yeah...