Songfacts®:

• With the chorus line, "We are people, of the mighty, mighty people of the sun," this is one of the more spiritual Earth, Wind & Fire songs. "There are certain aspects which have to be kept clean, things that relate directly to the Creator," Maurice White told Blues & Soul in 1975. "By adopting a totally positive approach to our life, we can reflect this in our music."
  
  Many of EW&F's most upbeat songs are also their most meaningful, the idea being that celebration through music can bring us to a higher power.
• Maurice White wrote this song with his younger brother/bass player Verdine. The song, which was the lead single from the band's fifth album, became their biggest hit to this point.
• According to Verdine White, many radio stations refused to play this song because they thought it was about black power.
• The band recorded the Open Our Eyes album at Caribou Ranch Studios in Colorado. A big influence on their sound was Charles Stepney, who co-produced the band with Maurice White until Stepney's death in 1976.
  
  Regarding the recording of this song, Verdine White told us: "I remember we just got into a groove, man. We just got into it. You know what I mean? That was one of our favorite songs to record and play."