Back Stabbers
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"Back Stabbers" is a classic 1972 soul song by The O'Jays, renowned for its smooth Philadelphia soul sound and lyrics about betrayal and deceit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Back Stabbers canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Back Stabbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The O'Jays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Gamble and Huff production team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Philadelphia International Records sound ⓘ |
| bSide | Time to Get Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 14 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRB | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| describes | friends who secretly plot against the protagonist ⓘ |
| genre |
Philadelphia soul
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soul ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
"The back stabbers"
NERFINISHED
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"They smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
horns
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rhythm section ⓘ strings ⓘ |
| hasMood | smooth but tense ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | mid-tempo groove ⓘ |
| includedIn | various soul music compilations ⓘ |
| influenced | later R&B and soul artists ⓘ |
| labelFounderAssociated |
Kenny Gamble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leon Huff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3:07 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lush string and horn arrangements
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smooth Philadelphia soul arrangement ⓘ socially aware lyrics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl single ⓘ |
| partOf | Philadelphia soul era of the early 1970s ⓘ |
| performer | The O'Jays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gamble and Huff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognition |
considered a classic of 1970s soul
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one of The O'Jays' signature songs ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The O'Jays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Philadelphia International Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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deceit ⓘ infidelity ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
group harmonies
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lead and backing call-and-response ⓘ |
| writer |
Gene McFadden
NERFINISHED
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John Whitehead NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Huff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.