Let's Groove#CDB version

{{for|the song by Archie Bell & the Drells|Dance Your Troubles Away}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Let's Groove

| cover = Earth, Wind & Fire- Let's Groove.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Earth, Wind & Fire

| album = Raise!

| B-side = "Let's Groove" (Instrumental)

| released = September 1981

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Post-disco{{cite web|first= Ben |last= Smith |title= Meghan Trainor Helps Count Down 10 Songs That Are All About That Bass |publisher= VH1 |date= August 20, 2014 |url= http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2014-08-20/10-songs-that-are-all-about-that-bass/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140821230119/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2014-08-20/10-songs-that-are-all-about-that-bass/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 21, 2014 |access-date= October 27, 2014 |quote= This post-disco pop funk epic is centered on a relentless, repeating bassline that really does make you want to, uh, groove.}}|funk|pop|synth-funk{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/10/funk-gave-70s-pop-a-new-groove|title=Give Up the Funk Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=October 15, 2022|access-date=April 25, 2024}}}}

| length = 5:39 (album version)
4:02 (single version)
3:56 (video version)
6:43 (12" Disco Single)

| label = Columbia

| writer = {{hlist|Maurice White|Wayne Vaughn}}

| producer = Maurice White

| prev_title = And Love Goes On

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Wanna Be with You

| next_year = 1981

| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|Lrle0x_DHBM|"Let's Groove"}}|header=Music video|type=single}}

}}

"Let's Groove" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as the first single from their eleventh studio album, Raise! (1981). It is written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn, and produced by White. The song was a commercial success, and was the band's highest-charting single in various territories. It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and other component charts in America. In 1979 and the early 1980s, there was a severe backlash against disco music. In spite of this, the band decided to revive the disco sound that was included on their previous works and later records. Musically, "Let's Groove" is post-disco, pop and funk which includes instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards along with live electric guitars.

Overview

"Let's Groove" was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. With a duration of five minutes and thirty nine seconds, the song has a tempo of 126 beats per minute.{{cite book|title= Earth, Wind & Fire: Let's Groove |date= September 1981 |publisher= Columbia Records}}{{cite web|title= Earth, Wind & Fire: Let's Groove |website= GetSongBPM |access-date= April 14, 2019 |url= https://getsongbpm.com/song/let-s-groove/Bq0GQ}}

Critical reception

Ken Tucker of Rolling Stone described Let's Groove as "city music" where "the horn section screams like a car running a red light."{{cite magazine|first= Ken |last= Tucker |title= Raise! |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= February 4, 1982 |access-date= March 23, 2019 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/raise-247324/}} Record World praised the "deep, brawny bass line."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=October 3, 1981|page=1|accessdate=March 1, 2023|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-10-03.pdf}} Ed Hogan from AllMusic noted that White "brought in guitarist Roland Bautista and began co-writing, with Emotions member Wanda Vaughn and her husband Wayne Vaughn, a song that reflected the then-emerging electronic sound of the '80s. Not to be confused with the same-named hit by Archie Bell & the Drells, "Let's Groove" certainly was a change. Starting off with a robotic-sounding vocoder riff, it served up a more gritty-sounding EWF for the 1980s, laced with Brecker Brothers-supplied horn blasts that rival those of EWF's 1976 gold single 'Getaway'."{{cite web|first= Ed |last= Hogan |title= Earth, Wind & Fire – Let's Groove |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/lets-groove-mt0004392466 |access-date= April 24, 2014}} People though said that the album's "biggest disappointment is Let's Groove, yet another gotta-boogie tune."{{cite magazine|title= Picks and Pans Review: Raise! |magazine= People |volume= 17 |issue= 2 |date= January 18, 1982 |access-date= August 1, 2020 |url= https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-raise-vol-17-no-2/}} Jordan Bartel of The Baltimore Sun noted that the song was "quite possibly the funkiest thing to come out of the early 1980s".{{cite news|first= Jordan |last= Bartel |title= Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1982 |newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= January 29, 2015 |access-date= April 14, 2019 |url= https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-throwback-thursday-the-top-10-songs-this-week-in-1982-20141201-htmlstory.html}} Richard Williams of The Times wrote "Let's Groove, the bass-heavy new single, is a reliable pointer".{{cite news|first= Richard |last= Williams |author-link= Richard Williams (journalist) |title= Jazz/Rock |newspaper= The Times |date= November 6, 1981 |page= 40}} Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly declared that "I actually love this song, especially the little computer voice in the background, like Pac-Man has come to life to boogie just for me!"{{cite magazine|first= Whitney |last= Pastorek |title= A Journey back to this week in '81... |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= January 4, 2007 |access-date= May 1, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/2007/01/04/journey-back-this-week-81/}}

NME placed Let's Groove at number 16 on their Singles of the Year list of 1981. "Let's Groove" was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.{{cite web|title= Earth, Wind & Fire |website= Grammy.com |access-date= March 23, 2019 |url= https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/earth-wind-fire}}

Commercial performance

The song peaked at number three in the US, becoming their 7th and last top 10 hit.{{cite book|first= Maury |last= Dean |author-link= Maury Dean |title= Rock N' Roll Gold Rush |url= https://archive.org/details/rocknrollgoldrus00dean |url-access= limited |year= 2003 |publisher= Algora |page= [https://archive.org/details/rocknrollgoldrus00dean/page/n320 289] |isbn= 0-87586-207-1}} It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in late 1981 and early 1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year-end charts.{{cite magazine|title= Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 1982 |magazine= Billboard |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot%20R&B%2FHip-Hop%20Songs&g=Year-end%20Singles&year=1982 |archive-date= October 11, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011092752/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R&B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1982}}

The single sold over a million copies in the US and has been certified gold by the RIAA as until the RIAA lowered the sales levels for certified singles in 1989, a gold single equalled 1 million units sold. "Let's Groove" was also certified platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.

Music video

The accompanying music video of "Let's Groove" was the first ever to be played on Video Soul on BET.{{cite book|first1= Philip |last1= Bailey |author-link= Philip Bailey |first2= Keith |last2= Zimmerman |first3= Kent |last3= Zimmerman |title= Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire |publisher= Penguin Group |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mW02AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT127 |year= 2014 |isbn= 978-1-101-60793-0}}{{cite book|first= Greg |last= Prato |title= MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video |page= 184 |year= 2011 |publisher= Greg Prato |url= http://amzn.com/0578071975 |isbn= 978-0-578-07197-8}} Heavy with vintage electronic effects, the video was directed and created by Ron Hays using the Scanimate analog computer system at Image West, Ltd.{{cite video|title= Ron Hays Music – Image 1982 demo reel |publisher= YouTube |access-date= April 11, 2010 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZk_FjJw6qI |url-status= live |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DZk_FjJw6qI |archive-date= December 21, 2021}} {{cbignore}}

The style of the music video influenced that of Bruno Mars' "Treasure".{{cite web|author= Ron |title= Bruno Mars Represents Earth, Wind & Fire in "Treasure" Video |website= iAmBoiGenius |url= http://iamboigenius.com/2013/06/14/bruno-mars-earth-wind-fire-in-treasure-video/ |url-status= usurped |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131019120405/http://iamboigenius.com/2013/06/14/bruno-mars-earth-wind-fire-in-treasure-video/ |archive-date= October 19, 2013}}

Personnel

Writing – Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
Producer – Maurice White
Assistant Producer - Larry Dunn, Verdine White
Programmer – Larry Dunn
String, horn arrangement – Billy Meyers

Engineers{{Cite web |title=Jaxsta - Official Music Credits|url=https://jaxsta.com/recording/75a72594-6ded-50dd-a19e-ea2a180dc418/overview |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=jaxsta.com}}

Assistant Engineer – Tom Perry
Mixing Engineer – Mick Guzauski, Tom Perry
Recording Engineer – Ken Fowler, Mick Guzauski, Ron Pendragon

Performers

Saxophone – Tom Saviano
Alto Saxophone – Don Myrick
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk, Don Myrick
Bass – Verdine White
Cello – Frederick Seykora, Jerome Kessler, Larry Corbett, Marie Louise Zeyen, Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford
Concert Master – Assa Drori, James Getzoff
Drums – Fred White
Guitar – Beloyd Taylor, Johnny Graham, Roland Bautista
Keyboards – Billy Meyers, David Foster, Wayne Vaughn
Percussion – Fred White, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson
Piano – Larry Dunn
Synthesizer – Larry Dunn, Michael Boddiker
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Dick Hyde, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Hall, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis
Viola – Alan Deveritch, Allan Harshman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Pamela Hochhalter, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Anton Sen, Arkady Shindelman, Arnold Belnick, Betty Lamagna, Brian Leonard, Denyse Buffum, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Jerome Reisler, John Wittenbert, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Marvin Limonick, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Ross, Norman Leonard, Reginald Hill, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Thomas Buffum, William Hymanson, William Kurasch
Vocal – Beloyd Taylor, Maurice White, Ms. Pluto, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson
Background Vocal – Maurice White, Philip Bailey

Accolades

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!Year

!Publication

!Country

!Accolade

!Rank

1981

|NME

|UK{{cite magazine|title= Albums and Tracks of the Year: 1981 |date= October 10, 2016 |magazine= NME |url= https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1981-2-1045398}}

|Singles of the Year

|16

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1981–1982) !Peak position
scope="row"\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web\|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 \|publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien \|access-date= August 31, 2013 \|url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020025459/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= \|archive-date= October 20, 2013}} \|15
{{single chart\|Flanders\|9\|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire\|song=Let's Groove\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|7\|chartid=0460\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
scope="row"\|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book \|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=69\|first=Timo \|last=Pennanen \|year=2021 \|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 \|section=Earth, Wind & Fire\|page=69\|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava \|location=Helsinki\|access-date=June 22, 2022\|language=Finnish}} \|6
scope="row"\|France (IFOP){{cite web\|title= Accès direct aux Artistes \|website= InfoDisc \|id= Select "Earth, Wind & Fire" from the artist drop-down menu \|access-date= May 15, 2017 \|url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_E.php \|language= fr}} \|2
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|5\|song=Let's Groove\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|5\|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|5\|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire\|song=Let's Groove\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|2\|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire\|song=Let's Groove\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
scope="row"\|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web\|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969–1989 (E) \|website= Rock.co.za \|access-date= August 31, 2013 \|url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(E).html}} \|8
scope="row"\|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book\|first= Fernando \|last= Salaverri \|title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 \|edition= 1st \|date= September 2005 \|publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE \|location= Spain \|isbn= 84-8048-639-2 \|language= es}} \|10
{{single chart\|UK\|3\|date=19811128\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 31, 2013}}
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/hsi/\|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Hot 100)\|magazine=Billboard}} \|3
scope="row"\|US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/dsi/\|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Dance Club Songs)\|magazine=Billboard}} \|3
scope="row"\|US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/bsi/\|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)\|magazine=Billboard}} \|1
scope="row"\|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine\|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 12, 1981 \|magazine= Cash Box \|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811212.html \|archive-date= September 17, 2012 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120917020953/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811212.html}} \|3
scope="row"\|US Record World Singles{{cite magazine\|title= Record World Singles \|magazine= Record World \|page= 25 \|date= December 12, 1981 \|access-date= September 9, 2017 \|url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-12-12.pdf}} \|4

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!Chart (1981–1982)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= August 31, 2013 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020025459/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= |archive-date= October 20, 2013}}

|15

{{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|7|chartid=0460|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=69|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Earth, Wind & Fire|page=69|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=June 22, 2022|language=Finnish}}

scope="row"|France (IFOP){{cite web|title= Accès direct aux Artistes |website= InfoDisc |id= Select "Earth, Wind & Fire" from the artist drop-down menu |access-date= May 15, 2017 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_E.php |language= fr}}

{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

{{single chart|Dutch40|5|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969–1989 (E) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= August 31, 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(E).html}}

scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}

|10

{{single chart|UK|3|date=19811128|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/hsi/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row"|US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/dsi/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Dance Club Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row"|US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/bsi/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 12, 1981 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811212.html |archive-date= September 17, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120917020953/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811212.html}}

scope="row"|US Record World Singles{{cite magazine|title= Record World Singles |magazine= Record World |page= 25 |date= December 12, 1981 |access-date= September 9, 2017 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-12-12.pdf}}

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!Chart (2012)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|France|123|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

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!Chart (2013)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|France|109|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1981) !Position
scope="row"\|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web\|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981 \|publisher= Dutch Top 40 \|access-date= April 24, 2014 \|url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1981 \|language= nl}} \|67
scope="row"\|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web\|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981 \|publisher= Single Top 100. Hung Medien \|access-date= April 24, 2014 \|url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1981&cat=s \|language= nl}} \|54
scope="row"\|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine\|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1981 \|magazine= Cash Box \|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html \|archive-date= September 18, 2012 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120918145923/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html}} \|17

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1981)

!Position

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= April 24, 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1981 |language= nl}}

|67

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981 |publisher= Single Top 100. Hung Medien |access-date= April 24, 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1981&cat=s |language= nl}}

|54

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1981 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |archive-date= September 18, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120918145923/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html}}

|17

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1982) !Position
scope="row"\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web\|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s \|publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien \|access-date= April 24, 2014 \|url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 \|archive-date= October 6, 2014}} \|100
scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine\|title= Top 100 Singles of 82 \|volume= 37 \|issue= 19 \|date= December 25, 1982 \|magazine= RPM \|via= Library and Archives Canada \|access-date= March 7, 2020 \|url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6167&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6167.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6167}} \|50
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|title= Top 100 Hits for 1982 \|website= The Longbored Surfer \|access-date= April 24, 2014 \|url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982.php \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921113032/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982.php \|archive-date= September 21, 2013}} \|33
scope="row"\|US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard){{cite magazine\|title= Top Disco/Dance Singles/Albums \|magazine= Billboard \|date= December 25, 1982 \|volume= 94 \|issue= 51 \|page= 36 \|issn= 0006-2510 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22let%27s+groove%22&pg=PT81}} \|36
scope="row"\|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard) \|2

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!Chart (1982)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= April 24, 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date= October 6, 2014}}

|100

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of 82 |volume= 37 |issue= 19 |date= December 25, 1982 |magazine= RPM |via= Library and Archives Canada |access-date= March 7, 2020 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6167&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6167.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6167}}

|50

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1982 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= April 24, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982.php |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921113032/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982.php |archive-date= September 21, 2013}}

|33

scope="row"|US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title= Top Disco/Dance Singles/Albums |magazine= Billboard |date= December 25, 1982 |volume= 94 |issue= 51 |page= 36 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22let%27s+groove%22&pg=PT81}}

|36

scope="row"|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Denmark|artist=Earth Wind & Fire|title=Let's Groove|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=2024|id=13516|accessdate=February 28, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=New Zealand|artist=Earth, Wind And Fire|title=Let's Groove|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1981|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=April 17, 2025}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Earth, Wind & Fire|title=Let's Groove|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|refname="riaa"}}

Sampling

Because "Let's Groove" was interpolated, Wayne Vaughn and Maurice White were credited as songwriters in "Feels" by Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean.[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/iswc/T9222266388 ACE Repertory]

CDB version

{{Infobox song

| name = Let's Groove

| cover = Lets-groove-by-cdb.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = CDB

| album = Glide with Me

| released = 1995

| recorded = 1994

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:17

| label = Sony Music

| writer = {{hlist|Maurice White|Wayne Vaughn}}

| producer = {{hlist|Andrew De Silva|Ant Dale|Vince Deltito}}

| prev_title = Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Don't Stop

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|oYCx1WA072U|"Let's Groove"}}|header=Music video}}

}}

In 1995, "Let's Groove" was covered by the Australian R&B/pop boy band CDB. In Australia, the song reached number 2 and was certified platinum for shipments of over 70,000 units. In New Zealand, it peaked at number 1 for three weeks and also received a platinum certification, indicating sales exceeding 10,000 copies. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, "Let's Groove" won the Highest Selling Single category.{{cite web|title= ARIA Awards 2007 : History: Winners by Year |publisher= Australian Recording Industry Association |url= http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 |archive-date= December 14, 2007}}

=Track listing=

CD single (662147 2){{cite web|title= Let's Groove by CDB |publisher= Rate Your Music |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/cdb/lets_groove/ |access-date= August 31, 2013}}{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}}

"Let's Groove" – 4:17
"You Will Be Mine" – 4:07
"Let's Groove" (Summer Groove) – 5:05
"Let's Groove" (Instrumental) – 4:19

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

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!Chart (1995–1996)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=CDB|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013|refname="AUS"}}

{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=CDB|song=Let's Groove|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2013|refname="NZ"}}

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|title= 1995: ARIA Singles Charts \|publisher= ARIA Charts \|access-date= March 11, 2017 \|url= http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1995/singles-chart}} \|8

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1995)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|title= 1995: ARIA Singles Charts |publisher= ARIA Charts |access-date= March 11, 2017 |url= http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1995/singles-chart}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|title= Australian Top 100 Singles 1996 \|publisher= Australian Recording Industry Association \|archive-date= November 2, 2015 \|url= http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151102010347/http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg}} \|80
scope="row"\|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web\|title= End of Year Charts 1996 \|publisher= Recorded Music NZ \|access-date= November 18, 2019 \|url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1996-12-31}} \|14

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|title= Australian Top 100 Singles 1996 |publisher= Australian Recording Industry Association |archive-date= November 2, 2015 |url= http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151102010347/http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg}}

|80

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1996 |publisher= Recorded Music NZ |access-date= November 18, 2019 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1996-12-31}}

|14

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|certref=|access-date=November 18, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=C.D.B.|title=Let's Groove|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|id=1996-02-23|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|refname="nzcertcdb"}}

''Asia's Got Talent'' judges version

{{Infobox song

| name = Let's Groove

| cover =

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Asia's Got Talent judges

| album =

| released = May 14, 2015

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:32

| label = Universal

| writer = {{hlist|Maurice White|Wayne Vaughn}}

| producer = David Foster

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

"Let's Groove" was covered by the Asia's Got Talent judges—David Foster, Anggun, Melanie C and Vanness Wu—and released as a promotional single on May 14, 2015, by Universal. It was released as a charity single for the May 2015 Nepal earthquake and all money raised was donated to the victims.{{cite news|first= Jovi |last= Ho |url= https://sg.news.yahoo.com/asia-got-talent-judges-release-081339288.html |title= Asia's Got Talent Judges Release Charity Single for Nepal |date= May 15, 2015 |access-date= June 13, 2015 |publisher= Yahoo! News Singapore}} This version was produced by David Foster.{{cite news|title= Asia's Got Talent Judges Release Charity Single "Let's Groove" (Earth, Wind & Fire) For Nepal Earthquake Relief |publisher= Getmusic Asia |date= May 15, 2015 |access-date= June 13, 2015 |url= http://getmusicasia.com/2015/05/14/asias-got-talent-judges-release-charity-single-lets-groove-earth-wind-fire-for-nepal-earthquake-relief/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150618050648/http://getmusicasia.com/2015/05/14/asias-got-talent-judges-release-charity-single-lets-groove-earth-wind-fire-for-nepal-earthquake-relief/ |archive-date= June 18, 2015 |url-status= dead}}

=Promotion=

On May 14, 2015, the four artists performed the song in the final of first season of Asia's Got Talent.{{cite news|title= WATCH: 'Asia's Got Talent' judges perform 'Let's Groove' |publisher= ABS-CBNnews.com |date= May 15, 2015 |access-date= June 13, 2015 |url= http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/entertainment/05/15/15/watch-asias-got-talent-judges-perform-lets-groove}} On June 4, the Asia's Got Talent released the behind the scenes video of the recording.{{cite web|title= Let's Groove |publisher= Asia's Got Talent |date= May 15, 2015 |access-date= June 13, 2015 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9YyIbq5rw |url-status= live |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DY9YyIbq5rw |archive-date= December 21, 2021}} {{cbignore}}

=Track listing=

;Digital download

"Let's Groove" – 3:32

=Release history=

scope="row"\|Hong Kong{{cite web\|title= Let's Groove – Single: David Foster, Anggun, Mel C & Vanness Wu \|publisher= iTunes HK \|date= May 15, 2015 \|access-date= June 13, 2015 \|url= https://music.apple.com/hk/album/lets-groove-single/993397672}} \|rowspan="5"\|May 14, 2015 \|rowspan="5"\|Digital download \|rowspan="5"\|Universal
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Country !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format !scope="col"\|Label
scope="row"\|Indonesia{{cite web\|title= Let's Groove – Single: David Foster, Anggun, Mel C & Vanness Wu \|publisher= iTunes ID \|date= May 15, 2015 \|access-date= June 13, 2015 \|url= https://music.apple.com/id/album/lets-groove-single/993397672}}
scope="row"\|Malaysia{{cite web\|title= Let's Groove – Single: David Foster, Anggun, Mel C & Vanness Wu \|publisher= iTunes MY \|date= May 15, 2015 \|access-date= June 13, 2015 \|url= https://music.apple.com/my/album/lets-groove-single/993397672}}
scope="row"\|Singapore{{cite web\|title= Let's Groove – Single: David Foster, Anggun, Mel C & Vanness Wu \|publisher= iTunes SG \|date= May 15, 2015 \|access-date= June 13, 2015 \|url= https://music.apple.com/sg/album/lets-groove-single/1444901837}}
scope="row"\|Vietnam{{cite web\|title= Let's Groove – Single: David Foster, Anggun, Mel C & Vanness Wu \|publisher= iTunes VN \|date= May 15, 2015 \|access-date= June 13, 2015 \|url= https://music.apple.com/vn/album/lets-groove-single/993397672}}