Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire & Junior Wells
Earth, Wind & Fire
“Boogie Wonderland” is a hit disco single released March 20, 1979 from Earth, Wind, & Fire’s ninth album I Am. The Top 10 international chart-busting single featuring their protege group The Emotions, helped the I Am album top the R&B charts that year.
The Emotions had already garnered a nu...
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland
[Verse 1]
Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of men
Who need more than they get
Daylight deals a bad hand to a woman
Who has laid too many bets
The mirror stares you in the face
And says "Baby, uh, uh, it don't work"
You say your prayers though you don't care
You dance and shake the hurt
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland (Ooh, ooh, ooh dance, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Sound fly through the night
I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying (Oh)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland" (Haaah, aaah-aaaaaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Post-Chorus]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Hook]
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
(All the love in the world can't be gone)
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
(All the need to be loved can't be wrong)
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying
(Oooh, haa-woah, haa-woah)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland" (Wonderland, aaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
[Outro]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, haa, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Boogie Wonderland was written by Allee Willis & Jon Lind.
Boogie Wonderland was produced by Al McKay & Maurice White.
Earth, Wind & Fire released Boogie Wonderland on Sun May 06 1979.
According to engineer Tom Perry, “Boogie Wonderland” was originally written and produced by Al McKay for another group called Curtis, the Brothers:
Maurice [White] didn’t think that the guys were pulling it off and the group didn’t like the song. He decided to make it an Earth, Wind, & Fire son...
The record has kinda solved the problem we were having about how to get involved with disco without selling out to our fans. We feel that ‘Boogie Wonderland’ represents sophisticated disco music at its best. It’s not the conventional thing by any means — it’s original and it has the stamp of quality...