Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove

“Let’s Groove” – Single by Earth, Wind & Fire from the album Raise!
B-side: “Let’s Groove” (Instrumental)
Released: September 1981
Label: Columbia
Songwriters: Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
Producer: Maurice White

The accompanying music video of “Let’s Groove” was the first ever to be played on Video Soul on BET. Heavy with vintage electronic effects, the video was directed and created by Ron Hays using the Scanimate analog computer system at Image West, Ltd.

The song was a commercial success, and was the band’s highest-charting single in various territories. It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and other component charts in America.

“Let’s Groove,” produced by Earth Wind & Fire’s eternal lead man Maurice White, was the last Top 10 Billboard hit for the group and their second-to-last appearance in the Billboard Top 40. This is also right at the end of their “classic” period, before they went on an eight-year hiatus. The song is about losing yourself in the music, which in the hands of Maurice White is a more spiritual message than you might think. The groove can take you to a place of positivity and presence, and you can find it right on the dance floor.

Chorus:
Let’s groove tonight (down down upon down)
Share the spice of life
(The boogie sound, down upon down)
Baby, slice it right
(The boogie sound, down upon down)
We’re gonna groove tonight
(The boogie sound, down upon down)

Let this groove get you to move
It’s alright, alright, alright
Let this groove set in your shoes
So stand up, alright, alright