It’s Your Thing

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"It’s Your Thing" is a classic 1969 funk and soul song by The Isley Brothers, celebrated for its assertive lyrics about personal freedom and its influential groove.

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It’s Your Thing canonical 2
It's Your Thing 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
artist The Isley Brothers
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
awardYear 1970
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2
chartPositionUSRBChart 1
composer O’Kelly Isley Jr.
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs classic funk and soul track
era late 1960s
followsSingle Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
genre funk
soul
hasBSide Don’t Give It Away
hasInfluenced R&B music
funk music
soul music
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
horn section
hasMainTheme individual autonomy
personal freedom
self-determination
hasNotableLyric “It’s your thing, do what you wanna do”
includedIn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
isSignatureSongOf The Isley Brothers
language English
length 2:46
notableFor assertive lyrics about personal freedom
influential funk groove
performer The Isley Brothers
precedesSingle I Turned You On
producer The Isley Brothers
recordedIn 1969
recordLabel T-Neck Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1969-02-16
releaseYear 1969
vocalStyle lead and group vocals
writer O’Kelly Isley Jr.
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley

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Power hasSample It’s Your Thing
The Isley Brothers notableWork It’s Your Thing
this entity surface form: It's Your Thing
Ronald Isley notableWork It’s Your Thing