Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark [HD]

Aretha Franklin sings 'Spirit in the Dark' from her 1970 Atlantic album 'Spirit in the Dark'. This song was written by Aretha Franklin. The lyrics are below with comments about the song, album, and Aretha Franklin.
Note: In its new 2023 list of the 200 greatest singers Rolling Stone ranked Aretha Franklin number one.
[Vinyl/30-Images/WAV]
Spirit in the Dark (Singer: Aretha Franklin)
I-I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark (um-hum-hum)
I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark (um-hum-hum)
People movin', oh, and they groovin'
Just gettin' the spirit (um-hum-hum) in the dark
Tell me, sister, how do you feel?
Tell me, my brother, brother, brother
How do you feel?
Do you feel like dancin'?
Get up and let's start dancin'
Start gettin' the spirit (start gettin' in the spirit)
Spirit in the dark (in the dark)
It's like Sally Walker
Sittin' in a saucer
That's how you do it
It ain't nothin' to it
Ride Sally, ride
Put your hand on your hips
Cover your eyes
And move (move) with the spirit (with the spirit)
Go on and move (move)
Move with the spirit (with the spirit)
Oh, move (move)
Move with the spirit (with the spirit)
Nah, nah, nah
Move (move) with the spirit
Are you gettin' the spirit? (Yeah)
Are you gettin' it in the dark? (Yeah)
I wonder how you're gettin' the spirit? (Yeah)
Gettin' the spirit in the dark (Yeah)
People movin' yeah, yeah, yeah
Everybody's groovin'
Just gettin' the spirit (start gettin' in the spirit)
Are you gettin' it? Are you gettin' it in the dark? (In the dark)
It's like Sally Walker
Sittin' in her saucer
That's how you do it
Now get on up to it
Ride Sally, ride
Put your hands on your hips
Cover your eyes
And move on up (move) with the spirit (with the spirit)
Go on and move (move)
Move with the spirit (with the spirit)
Move (move) with the spirit (with the spirit)
Hey, now move (move)
Move with the spirit
(I think I've got it!)
All of my brothers (move with the spirit)
All of my sisters (move with the spirit)
Move (move with the spirit)
With the spirit (move with the spirit)
Keep on movin' (move with the spirit)
We all groove (groove with the spirit now)
Now move (move with the spirit)
Keep on groove! (Groove with the spirit)
You gotta move your hands (move)
Put 'em together now do your thing (move)
Gotta move your feet (groove!)
The spirit on the beat (move)
Oh, move (move with the spirit)
Move! (Move with the spirit)
Oh, move (move with the spirit)
Move (move with the spirit)
Move with the spirit (move with the spirit)
Ooh yeah, move on (move with the spirit)
Move with the spirit (move with the spirit)
Come on (move with the spirit)
Right on (move)
(The spirit) (move) come on
(The spirit) a-move (move)
(The spirit) move on (move)
The spirit (move with the spirit)
Feel (move with the spirit)
Feel it (move with the spirit)
Feel (move with the spirit)
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (move with the spirit)
(Yeah) move on (move with the spirit)
(Yeah) yeah (move with the spirit)
(Yeah) move on (move with the spirit)
Oh, good God, a-mighty (move with the spirit)
Yeah (move)...
Songwriter: Aretha Franklin
[Lyrics from Musixmatch]
Personnel: Lead Vocal - Aretha Franklin, Background Vocals - The Sweet Inspirations, Guitar - Charlie Freeman, Keyboards - Michael Utley & Jim Dickinson, Drums - Sammy Creason, Bass Guitar - Tommy McClure, Piano - Aretha Franklin.
Wikipedia states:
"Spirit in the Dark" is a song written and performed by Aretha Franklin. The song was produced by Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, and Tom Dowd.
Aretha Franklin's recording of "Spirit in the Dark" features the Dixie Flyers. The song appeared on her 1970 album, Spirit in the Dark.
The song reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
Spirit in the Dark is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on August 24, 1970, by Atlantic Records. It received critical acclaim, but was met with middling sales, despite having two hit singles, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", which peaked at #1 R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark", peaking at #3 R&B and #23 Hot 100, in Billboard magazine. It was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall short of Billboard's Top 20, but it is now considered to be one of Aretha's classic Atlantic LPs.
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.

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