Songwriter: Kevin Roberson Daryl Simmons Babyface LA Reid
Producer: Tricky Stewart Babyface LA Reid
[Verse 1]
She dances in the sheets at nights
She dances to his needs
She dances 'til he feels just right
Until he falls asleep
She dances at the crack of dawn
And quickly cooks his food
She can't be late, can't take too long
The kids must get to school
[Chorus]
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
[Verse 2]
She dances for the man at work
Who works her overtime
She can't be rude as she says
"Sir, I must be home tonight"
She dances to the kitchen stove
Dinner is served by nine
He says his food's an hour late
She must be out her mind
[Chorus]
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
[Bridge]
She works so hard, just to make a way
For a man who just don't appreciate
And though he takes her love in vain
Still she could not stop, couldn't break his chains
[Verse 3]
She danced the night that they fell out
She swore she'd dance no more
But dance she did, he did not quit
As she ran out the door
She danced through the night in fear of her life
She danced to a beat of her own
She let out a cry and swallowed her pride
She knew she was needed back home, home
[Chorus]
Cause she's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She dances in the sheets at nights
She dances to his needs
She dances 'til he feels just right
Until he falls asleep
She dances at the crack of dawn
And quickly cooks his food
She can't be late, can't take too long
The kids must get to school
[Chorus]
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
[Verse 2]
She dances for the man at work
Who works her overtime
She can't be rude as she says
"Sir, I must be home tonight"
She dances to the kitchen stove
Dinner is served by nine
He says his food's an hour late
She must be out her mind
[Chorus]
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
[Bridge]
She works so hard, just to make a way
For a man who just don't appreciate
And though he takes her love in vain
Still she could not stop, couldn't break his chains
[Verse 3]
She danced the night that they fell out
She swore she'd dance no more
But dance she did, he did not quit
As she ran out the door
She danced through the night in fear of her life
She danced to a beat of her own
She let out a cry and swallowed her pride
She knew she was needed back home, home
[Chorus]
Cause she's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
She's a slave to the rhythm
She's a slave to the rhythm of
She's a slave to the rhythm
A slave to the rhythm of
The rhythm of love, the rhythm of love
Unreleased Songs
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- Days in Gloucestershire
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Demo Version)
- Todo Para Ti
- Throwing Your Life Away
- Everything’s Just Fine (aka Alright)
- Deep In The Night
- She’s Trouble (Demo Version)
- Faces
- Jane is a Groupie
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- We Are the World (Original Solo Demo)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (Original Version)
- Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Original Mix)
- Chicago (Original Version)
- Blue Gangsta (Original Version)
- Xscape (Original Version)
- Dangerous (Early Version)
- Farewell My Summer Love (Original Mix)
- Starlight
- Seeing Voices
- Loving You (Original Version)
- A Place with No Name (Original Version)
- 7 Digits (Snippet)
- Hollywood Tonight (Original Version)
- Get Your Weight Off of Me (Snippets)
- To Make My Father Proud (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Original Mix)
- Touch the One You Love (Original Mix)
- Girl You’re So Together (Original Mix)
- Behind the Mask (Original Version)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (2010 Version)
- Chicago (2010 Version)
- Love’s Gone Bad
- Slave To The Rhythm (2010 Version)
- Carousel (Shortened Version)
- What About Us
- Call on Me (Original Mix)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (Original Mix)
- Don’t Believe It (Snippet)
- Price of Fame (Pepsi Version)
- Cheater (2001 Reworked Version)
- Someone Put Your Hand Out (Early Version)
- Groove Of Midnight
- You Were There (Live from Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1989)
- Man in Black
- I’m Still The King
- State of Shock (Alternate Version)
- Melodie (Original Mix)
- The Loser
- If’n I Was God
- Hold My Hand
- (I Can’t Make It) Another Day
- Much Too Soon
- Sunset Driver (Demo)
- The Way You Love Me
- We Are Here to Change the World
- Don’t Be Messin’ ’Round
- I’m So Blue
- We’ve Had Enough
- Song Groove (Abortion Papers)
- All in Your Name
- Free
- Best of Joy
- Someone in the Dark
- We Be Ballin’
- Mind Is the Magic
- Scared of the Moon (Demo)
- Carousel
- Streetwalker
- Fly Away
- Beautiful Girl
- Cheater
- Fall Again
- In the Back
- Monkey Business
- Price of Fame
- Al Capone
- Can’t Get Outta the Rain
- This Is It
- She’s Trouble
- What More Can I Give
- Work That Body
- You Can’t Win
- I Am A Loser
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- Who’s Lookin’ For A Lover
- Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
- Lonely Teardrops
- When I Come Of Age
- Someone Put Your Hand Out
- Slapstick
- Elizabeth, I Love You (Live from Elizabeth Taylor’s Anniversary Celebration 1997)
- For All Time
- Got the Hots
- Hot Street
- If You Don’t Love Me
- Nite Line
- On the Line
- One More Chance
- People of the World
- Serious Effect
- She Got It
- Why
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine