Planet Rock Lyrics

Party people
Party people

Can y'all get funky?
Soulsonic Force - can y'all get funky?
The Zulu Nation - can y'all get funky?
Yaaah!
Just hit me
Just taste the funk and hit me
Just get on down and hit me
Bambaataa's gettin' so funky, now, hit me
Yaaah!
Just hit me

It's time to chase your dreams
Up out ya seats, make your body sway
Socialize, get down, let your soul lead the way
Shake it now, go ladies, it's a livin' dream
Love, life, live!
Come play the game, our world is free
Do what you want but scream

We know a place where the nights are hot
It is a house of funk
Females and males
Both young and old, called the disco
The D.J. plays your favorite blast
Takes you back to the past, music's magic (puff)
Hump pump funk and bump with some class, people

Rock rock to the Planet Rock, don't stop
Rock rock to the Planet Rock, don't stop

The Soulsonic Force - Mr. Biggs, Pow Wow, and M.C. Globe
We emphasize to show, we got ego
Make this your night, just slip it right, and by day
As the people say, live it up,
shucks
No work or play, our world is free
Be what you be - be

Rock rock to the Planet Rock, don't stop
Rock rock to the Planet Rock, don't stop

You're in a place where the nights are hot
Where nature's children dance and say the chants
On this Mother Earth, which is our rock
The time has come, and work for soul, show you really got soul
Are you ready hump bump bump, get bump, now let's go, house

Twist and turn, the you let your body slide
You got the body rock and pop, bounce and pounce
Everybody just rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop
Keep tickin' and tockin', work it all around the clock
Everybody keep rockin' and clockin' and shockin' and rockin', go house
Everybody say, rock it, don't stop it! (Rock it, don't stop it!)
Well hit me, Mr. Biggs! (Mr. Biggs!)
Pow Wow! (Pow Wow!)
G-L-O-B-E (G-L-O-B-E)
The Soul Sonic Force


You gotta rock it, pop it, cause it's the century
There is such a place that creates such a melody
Our world is but a land of a master jam, get up and dance

It's time to chase your dreams
Up out your seats, make your body sway
Socialize, get down, let your soul lead the way
Shake it now, go ladies, it's a livin' dream
Love, life, live!

Zih Zih Zih Zih Zih (ad lib)

Everybody say, rock it, don't stop it (Rock it, don't stop it!)
Everybody say, shockin' and clockin' (Shockin' and clockin'!)
Everybody say, ichi ni san shi (Ichi ni san shi!)
Say, Planet Rock (Planet Rock!)
It's the sure shot (It's the sure shot!)
Say, Planet Rock (Planet Rock!)
It's the sure shot (It's the sure shot!)
So twist and turn, then you let your slide n' glide
You got the body rock and pop, bounce and pounce
So hit me
Just taste the funk and hit me
Just get on down and hit me
Bambaataa's gettin' so funky, now hit me
Every piece of the world
Rate the message of our words
All men, women, boys, and girls, hey our Planet Rock is superb
Get on it
You got the groove, move (ad lib)
Feel the groove - feel it
Do what ya want but ya know ya got to be cool and boogie
Out on the floor, go down
Bring it low
Close to the ground

Everybody just rock it, don't stop it, gotta rock it
Don't stop
Keep tickin' and tockin'
Work it all around the clock

Everybody just rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop it
Gotta rock it, don't stop!

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“Planet Rock” was the first hip-hop song to use the Roland TR-808 beat and also revolutionary because it combined two relatively new styles of music—hip-hop and electronic music—into a smash hit in both the US and UK, thanks in-part to borrowing from the German band Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express” and “Numbers.”

Legendary hip-hop producer Rick Rubin praised the groundbreaking 1982 track:

[‘Planet Rock’ is] one of the most influential songs of everything. It changed the world.

The futuristic gold-selling track was the sixth rap single to ever appear on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #48 in September 1982 and even reaching #53 on the UK charts.

It was named as one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time by VH1 and Rolling Stone. And, in 2011, “Planet Rock” was ranked as the #240 greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone.

Public Enemy founder Chuck D spoke on the influence of “Planet Rock”:

I remember the entire NYC area electrified by this record. Lines surrounding Bonds International in Times Square and the E.T. dance went perfect to it. It was only fitting that the master of records, DJ Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force, ushered in the current legacy of what the Zulu Nation brought to the rap-recording scene. This combo of Arthur Baker and Bam are the seeds of the Miami bass hip-hop south and from this, dirty and crunk.

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Release Date
January 1, 1982
Songs That Sample Planet Rock
1982 by The Hood Internet, Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix) by Double Dee & Steinski, O Credo by O Credo, Feels Good (12" Party Mix) by Tony! Toni! Toné! (Ft. Mopreme Shakur), Gettin' Down by Arabian Prince, Bass by King T, Travelling at the Speed of Thought (Remix) by Ultramagnetic MC's, Flamethrower Rap '89 by Felix & Jarvis, So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’) by Blu & Exile, Like They Used to Say by Common, Twerkulator by City Girls, Sisterland by Yo-Yo, Beast Mode by TrDee, Throw The Dick [Live In Concert] by 2 Live Crew, All I Want for Christmas Is You (So So Def Remix) by Mariah Carey (Ft. Bow Wow & Jermaine Dupri), What I Like by 2 Live Crew, Leto je by Coby, Throw the 'D' by 2 Live Crew, Hands in the Air by Girl Talk, Montagem Pit Jackson by MC Ricardo & MC Esquisito, Hold The Organ by Madlib, Feels Good by Tony! Toni! Toné! (Ft. Mopreme Shakur), Planet Rock 2K (Down South Mix) by Tech N9ne, Egypt, Egypt (Album Mix) by The Egyptian Lover, Off to the Races by Lana Del Rey, The Payoff Mix by Double Dee & Steinski, Don't Stop (COOLAID) by Snoop Dogg (Ft. Too $hort), Thug Planet by Capone-N-Noreaga (Ft. Imam T.H.U.G. & Musolini), Lovely How I Let My Mind Float by De La Soul (Ft. Biz Markie), Party by Dis 'N’ Dat (Ft. 69 Boyz), Peep Game by 2Pac (Ft. Threat), Mitad Y Mitad by Kase.O (Ft. Najwa), The Score by Fugees (Ft. Diamond D), Came Thru/Easily by Chuck Inglish (Ft. Ab-Soul & Mac Miller), Cool Breeze on the Rocks by De La Soul, Fight the Power by Public Enemy, Kalifornia by Fatboy Slim, You Can Do It by Ice Cube (Ft. Mack 10 & Ms. Toi), 20 лет спустя (20 Years Later) by Shooroop (Ft. 3DJ & DJ LA), Go Go by Black Eyed Peas, Don't Stop by Freestylers, Drop the Boom by Freestylers, Παραμένουμε Μουρλοί (Ηλεκτροπληξία Mix) [Paramenoume Mourli (Ilektroplixia Mix)] by Ημισκούμπρια (Imiskoubria), Number Nine by Lionrock, Egypt, Egypt (12" Original Mix) by The Egyptian Lover, What's Up by Xscape, Planet Rock UNMIXED by K. Lajuan, I Can’t Make You Dance by Black Eyed Peas, My Musician by Geto Boys & Doo Doo Brown by 2 Hyped Brothers & A Dog
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