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Rock SteadyAretha Franklin

Released: January 24, 1972

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Tom Dowd Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler

[Verse 1]
Rock steady, baby!
That's what I feel now
Let's call this song exactly what it is
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
And while you're moving
Rock steady
Rock steady, baby

[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)

[Bridge]
Rock steady — rock steady, baby
Rock steady — rock steady, baby

[Verse 2]
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
While you're moving rock steady
Rock steady

[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)

[Bridge]
Rock steady, baby
Rock steady ... woo!
Rock steady

(Rock... steady!... rock... steady!)

[Chorus]
(What it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)

[Outro]
Rock steady
Steady, baby!
Rock...rock steady, baby
Baby
(What it is)
Baby baby
(What it is)
Baby
(What it is)
Baby...

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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