THE FLOATERS - FLOAT ON

FLOAT ON

THE FLOATERS

SONGWRITER: Marvin Willis; Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell

COUNTRY: USA

ALBUM: FLOAT ON

LABEL: ABC RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1977

"Float On" is a 1977 hit song by the R&B/soul group The Floaters. The spoken verses combine two popular trends from the time, star signs and video and phone dating, in lines such as Aquarius and my name is Ralph/Now I like a woman who loves her freedom. The song was co-written by James Mitchell of The Detroit Emeralds group.

Released from their self-titled debut album, it became one of the biggest singles of the year, spending six weeks at number one on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart. "Float On" was also a crossover hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, but with no other Hot 100 hits, The Floaters became a one-hit wonder on that chart. "Float On" also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and number five on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was covered by two hip-hop bands: Stetsasonic on its album In Full Gear (1988), and Dream Warriors on its album The Master Plan (1996), the latter of which was released as a single.

Also in 1977, Cheech and Chong released a parody of the song called "Bloat On". It was later included on their 1980 album Let's Make a New Dope Deal.

The song was adapted in the early 1990s to advertise Cadbury's Crème Eggs.

Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer

Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry

Float, float on

Float on, float on

Float, float, float on

Float on, float on

Float, float on

Float on, float on

Float, float, float on

Float on, float on

Float, float on

Float on, float on

Float, float, float on

Float on, float on

Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer

Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry

Aquarius and my name is Ralph

Now I like a woman who loves her freedom

And I like a woman who can hold her own

And if you fit that description, baby, come with me

Take my hand

Come with me, baby, to Love Land

Let me show you how sweet it could be

Sharing love with me, I want you to

Float, float on

(Come on, come on, come on, baby, yeah, yeah)

Float on, float on

(Ooh, ooh, baby)

Float, float, float on

Float on

(Float with me)

Float on

Libra and my name is Charles, now I like a woman that's quiet

A woman who carries herself like Miss Universe

A woman who would take me in her arms

And she would say, "Charles, yeah"

And if you fit that description, this is for you especially

Mmm, take my hand

Come with me, baby, to Love Land

Let me show you how sweet it could be

Sharing loving with me, I want you to

Float, float on

(Girl, yes)

Float on, float on

(With Charles)

Float, float, float on

(Ooh, yeah)

Float on, float on

Leo and my name is Paul

You see I like all women of the world

You see to me all women are wild flowers

And if you understand what I'm sayin', I want you to

Mmm, take my hand

Come with me, baby, to Love Land

Let me show you how sweet it could be

Sharing love with me, I want you to

Float, float on

(So float with me, baby)

Float on, float on

(Yeah)

Float, float, float on

(Float with Paul, y'all)

Float on, float on

Cancer and my name is Larry, huh

And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody

Because I love everybody and everything

And you know what, ladies, if you feel that this is you

Then this is what I want you to do

Ooh, yeah, take my hand

Let me take you to Love Land

Let me show you how sweet it could be

Sharing your love with Larry, listen

Float, float on

(You better float with me now)

Float on, float on

(Float on)

Float, float, float on

(Yeah, yeah, you better float on, float on, ah)