Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" with Estelle

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to share the spice of life and glide like a 747 to a classic cookout jam from one of the best selling bands of all time! On this episode of One Song, Grammy Award-winning pop star, rapper, and actress Estelle joins Diallo and LUXXURY to talk about Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1981 hit “Let’s Groove.” They break down band leader Maurice White and his bandmates’ recipe for creating certified gold songs and albums that blend funk, soul, disco, jazz, and beyond; and how their music spreads messages of Afrocentricity, universal love, harmony, and spiritualism.

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0:00.0	One, two, three.
0:02.0	Song, this is one song, this is one song, this is one song.
0:08.0	Luxury Today's song is from one of the best-selling bands of all time.
0:12.0	They've sold over 90 million records worldwide.
0:15.0	Get this, they had a string of 11, 11 consecutive gold albums, eight of which also win platinum. And this song was certified
0:22.3	gold and peaked at number one on the Hot R&B songs chart and number three on the Billboard
0:27.9	Hot 100 in 1981. Wow. That's right, wow. Their music combines incredible musicianship,
0:35.5	blends so many genres. I'm talking about jazz rmb funk soul disco pop and it
0:40.8	spreads a message of universal love harmony and spiritualism so everyone let's do this let's song tonight
0:47.5	indeed we'll share the spice of life we're gonna share it share it. Going to one song tonight.
0:55.5	Yeah, one song.
0:58.1	That's called the Pickardy third would end on a major like that.
1:01.2	In case you're paying attention.
1:02.8	It's one song, and that song is Let's Groove by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
1:06.6	Let's Groove.
1:08.1	Hey, it's all right. All right. Maybe it starts to fight. I'm not a group I'm
1:25.2	I'm actor, writer, director and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddell. And I'm producer, DJ, songwriter, and musicologist, writer, director, and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddle.
1:28.1	And I'm producer, DJ, songwriter, and musicologist, Luxury,
1:31.4	aka the guy who just turned in a book about interpolation.
1:35.7	And if you want to watch one song, please go to our YouTube channel and watch this full episode.
1:40.1	All right, let's begin.
1:40.9	Let's do it.
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