Let's Groove

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“Let's Groove”
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire from the album Raise!
Released	1981
Recorded	1980
Genre	Disco / Dance
Length	4:01
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
Producer	Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Back on the Road" (1980) "Let's Groove" (1981) "And Love Goes On" (1981) Audio sample Info (help·info)

"Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album Raise! the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song was one of the band's biggest hits, peaking at #3 in the US and in the UK.

[edit] Covers and other versions

• The song has been sampled in the 1991 single "Skat Strut" by MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob.
• B5 also made a remix for the soundtrack of Kronk's New Groove in 2005.
• The song was covered in 1995 by R&B band CDB in Australia, where it went platinum.
• It makes and appearance in "Scarface: The World Is Yours" under 80's music.
• The song has been sampled for the song Speed Disco Vol. 1 on DJ Sharpnel's SRPC-0017 - "UG★Psyclone"

[edit] Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1
UK Singles Chart	3

Preceded by "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want)" by Kool & the Gang

Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single November 28, 1981 - January 16, 1982

Succeeded by "Turn Your Love Around" by George Benson