Sparks' cover version of a mostly instrumental song written by Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby for their protégé Stevie Wonder in the early 1960’s. The band mimics the live version recorded at the Regal Theater in Chicago in 1962 and released as a single as well as on the record The 12 Year Old Genius...
[Intro]
Everybody say yeah
Say yeah
Say yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Refrain 1]
Oh just a little bit of sou-ou-ou-ou-oul
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
[Interlude 1]
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Spoken word 1]
Clap your hands, c'mon!
Jump up and down, yeah!
Won't you do it now babe what you wanna do!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, c'mon!
[Refrain 2]
I know that everybody here yeah
Everybody have a good time
So if you want me to
If you want me to
I'm gonna swing the song, yeah
Just one more time before I come back
Just one more time 'fore I come back
So goodbye
[Call-and-Response]
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
[Refrain 3]
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
Clap your hands just a little bit louder
[Interlude 2]
[Refrain 4]
Come on!
Good, goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye goodbye
I'm gonna go, right
I'm gonna go, yeah
Let's just swing it one more time!
[Call-and-Response]
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
Let's hear it (Yeah!)
[Spoken Word 2]
C'mon, c'mon, yeah yeah, hey (yeah!)
Clap your hands, c'mon!
Stamp your feet, c'mon!
Jump up and down, c'mon!
Do anything that you wanna do, yeah yeah
Fingertips was written by Henry Cosby & Clarence Paul.
Fingertips was produced by Ron Mael & Russell Mael.