The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
A classic love-makes-you-scream call-and-response song, covered by many including Lulu, Green Day, and of course, the band from Animal House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG7KCOO76Wc
[Part I]
[Intro]
Well
You know you make me wanna (Shout)
Kick my heels up and (Shout)
Throw my hands up and (Shout)
Throw my head back and (Shout)
Come on now (Shout)
[Chorus 1]
Don't forget to say you will
Don't forget to say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Say you will)
Say it right now, baby
(Say you will)
Come on, come on
(Say you will)
Say that you
(Say you will)
Come on now
(Say) Say that you love me
(Say) Say that you need me
(Say) Say that you want me
(Say) You wanna please me
(Say) Come on now
(Say) Come on now
(Say) Come on now
[Verse 1]
(Say) I still remember
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
When you used to be nine years old
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Yeah-yeah!
I was a fool for you, from the bottom of my soul, yeah
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Now that you've grown, up
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Enough to know, yeah, yeah
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
You wanna leave me, you wanna, let me go
(Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop)
[Verse 2]
I want you to know
I said I want you to know right now, yeah
You been good to me baby
Better than I been to myself, hey, hey
An if you ever leave me
I don't want nobody else, hey, hey
I said I want you to know-ho-ho-hey
I said I want you to know right now, hey, hey
[Chorus 2]
You know you make me wanna
(Shout-wooo) hey-yeah
(Shout-wooo) yeah-yeah-yeah
(Shout-wooo) all right
(Shout-wooo) all right
(Shout-wooo) come on now
(Shout) come on now
(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah
(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (Good sound)
(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (Good sound)
(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (Good sound)
(Shout) all-alright (Good sound)
(Shout) all-alright (Good sound)
(Shout) all-alright (Good sound)
(Shout) all-alright (Aah)
Shout!
Now wait a minute!
[Part II]
[Interlude]
I feel alright!
(Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah!)
(OOOOOOOOW)
Now that I got my woman
I feel alright!
(Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah)
Every time I think about you
You been so good to me
[Chorus]
You know you make me wanna
(Shout-wooo) lift my heels up and
(Shout-wooo) throw my head back and
(Shout-wooo) kick my heels up and
(Shout-wooo) come on now
(Shout-wooo) take it easy
(Shout-wooo) take it easy
(Shout-wooo) take it easy (Higher)
[Bridge]
(Shout) a little bit softer now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit softer now
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Ooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now (Wooo)
(Shout) a little bit louder now
(Shout)
[Call & Response]
Hey-Hey-A-Hey
(Hey-Hey-A-Hey)
Hey-A-Hey-A
(Hey-A-Hey-A)
Hey-A-Hey-A
(Hey-A-Hey-A)
Hey-A-A-Hey
(Hey-A-A-Hey)
[Outro]
Jump Now!
Jump up and shout now (Wooo)
Jump up and shout now (Wooo)
Jump up and shout now (Wooo)
Jump up and shout now (Wooo)
Jump up and shout now (Wooo)
Everybody shout now
Everybody shout now
Everybody, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shout, shout (Oh-whoa-yeah)
Shout, shout, shout, shout (Oh yeah)
Shout, shout, shout, shout
Everybody shout now (Ooo)
Shout, shout, shout...
Shout (Pt. 1 & 2) was written by O’Kelly Isley & Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley.
Shout (Pt. 1 & 2) was produced by Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore & Hugo & Luigi.
The Isley Brothers released Shout (Pt. 1 & 2) on Mon Sep 21 1959.
Before Animal’s House succes and the revival of their song, O'Kelly Isley said:
People have been playin' our music in bars and discotheques for years, ‘cause it’s danceable, man.
All the people singing were doing the things that I wrote about: You know you make me wanna throw my hands up, kick my heels up. The producer at the time, who was producing Sam Cooke, asked us to bring some of the audience in the studio and do it: A little bit softer now, a little bit louder now, al...