Jody Watley

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Gonna put on my best dress
And my finest pair of shoes
For a night out on the town
Just you and I having fun
Ooh, I like it when it's one on one
Just leave our worries behind
Concentrate on having a good time
Gonna dance 'til the sun comes up
We're gonna have a celebration
Here's the motivation, oh-oh...

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Just pump it, baby

Good feelings we have
When we're dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Good feelings to spread around the world
It's in the music, it's in the music
Just leave your worries behind
Concentrate on having a good time
Gonna dance 'til the sun comes up
We're gonna have a celebration
Here's the motivation, oh-oh...

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Here's the story
And I'll show you how it goes
Let the rhythm take control
I wanna see you move your body
Just wiggle it, jack it, groove it
And pump it, baby, just pump it, baby
Just pump it, pump it, pump it
Pump it, pump it, baby
It's all about originality
I wanna separate you from me
So choose your own style
And get buck wild

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Everybody, everybody

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music

Everybody, everybody
Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everybody, everybody
Just pump it, baby

Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

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