The Isley Brothers recorded this song at A&R Studios in New York using musicians who played on the road with Wilson Pickett. Charles Pitts Jr. played the lead guitar - he later played the famous wah-wah on "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes. George Patterson did the arrangement and also played alto sax. In an interview on The Isley Brothers: Summer Breeze Greatest Hits Live DVD, Ronald Isley says he wrote this song while dropping his daughter off at school one day. He didn't want to forget the lyrics so he hummed it in his head and rushed straight to his mother's house to write it out. He sang it for his eldest brother O'Kelly, who thought it to be a hit, so they set up studio time to record it.
Ernie Isley, just 16 years old, played bass - his first time playing that instrument on a recording. Isley had played the bass when they were rehearsing the song, but a studio musician was supposed to handle it on the recording. When this hired hand couldn't match what Ernie did at rehearsal, Ronald Isley made the call to have his younger brother play it instead. Ernie later said he was in "complete fear" during the recording.
The song is ranked #420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Isley Brothers recorded this song at A&R Studios in New York using musicians who played on the road with Wilson Pickett. Charles Pitts Jr. played the lead guitar - he later played the famous wah-wah on "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes. George Patterson did the arrangement and also played alto sax. In an interview on The Isley Brothers: Summer Breeze Greatest Hits Live DVD, Ronald Isley says he wrote this song while dropping his daughter off at school one day. He didn't want to forget the lyrics so he hummed it in his head and rushed straight to his mother's house to write it out. He sang it for his eldest brother O'Kelly, who thought it to be a hit, so they set up studio time to record it.
Ernie Isley, just 16 years old, played bass - his first time playing that instrument on a recording. Isley had played the bass when they were rehearsing the song, but a studio musician was supposed to handle it on the recording. When this hired hand couldn't match what Ernie did at rehearsal, Ronald Isley made the call to have his younger brother play it instead. Ernie later said he was in "complete fear" during the recording.
The song is ranked #420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Isley Brothers recorded this song at A&R Studios in New York using musicians who played on the road with Wilson Pickett. Charles Pitts Jr. played the lead guitar - he later played the famous wah-wah on "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes. George Patterson did the arrangement and also played alto sax. In an interview on The Isley Brothers: Summer Breeze Greatest Hits Live DVD, Ronald Isley says he wrote this song while dropping his daughter off at school one day. He didn't want to forget the lyrics so he hummed it in his head and rushed straight to his mother's house to write it out. He sang it for his eldest brother O'Kelly, who thought it to be a hit, so they set up studio time to record it.
Ernie Isley, just 16 years old, played bass - his first time playing that instrument on a recording. Isley had played the bass when they were rehearsing the song, but a studio musician was supposed to handle it on the recording. When this hired hand couldn't match what Ernie did at rehearsal, Ronald Isley made the call to have his younger brother play it instead. Ernie later said he was in "complete fear" during the recording.
The song is ranked #420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.