It's Your Thing
1969 single by The Isley Brothers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Isley Brothers song. For the Mercedes song, see It's Your Thing (Mercedes song). For 1970 concert film, see It's Your Thing (film).
"It's Your Thing" is a funk single by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1969, the anthem was an artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968.
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"It's Your Thing" | ||||
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Single by The Isley Brothers | ||||
from the album It's Our Thing | ||||
B-side | "Don't Give It Away" | |||
Released | February 16, 1969 | |||
Recorded | January 1969 | |||
Studio | A&R Studios, New York City | |||
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Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | T-Neck: TN 901 | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | The Isley Brothers | |||
The Isley Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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Official Audio | ||||
"It's Your Thing" on YouTube | ||||
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The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: "It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to". The song is ranked No. 420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.