Sing A Song

Album: Gratitude (1975)
Charted: 5
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  • When you feel down and out
    Sing a song (it'll make your day) yeah, yeah
    You, it's the time to shout, oh now
    Sing a song (it'll make a way) yeah
    Sometimes it's hard to care
    Sing a song (it'll make your day)
    A smile so hard to bear
    Sing a song (it'll make a way) yeah, oh no

    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing)

    Bring your heart to believing
    Sing a song (it'll make your day) yeah
    Life ain't about no retrieving, oh yeah
    (It'll make a way)
    Give yourself what you need
    Sing a song (it'll make your day) yeah, yeah
    Smile, smile, smile and believe
    Sing a song (it'll make a way) a song, now

    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a, sing a song)
    Sing a song (sing a, sing a, sing a, sing)

    (Oh)

    Sing a song
    Sing a song
    Sing a song
    Sing a song
    If you sing a song today
    You will make a better way
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: Al McKay, Maurice White
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 1st 1976, "Sing A Song" by Earth, Wind and Fire peaked at #5 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 16th, 1975 and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 8 of those 21 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
    And on January 25th, 1976 it reached #1 (for 1 week) on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Was track one of side four on the group's double album, 'Gratitude', and on December 28th, 1975 it peaked at #1 (for 6 non-consecutive weeks) on Billboard's R&B/Soul Albums chart (plus on January 11th, 1976 it reached #1 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart).
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