EARTH, WIND & FIRE - I’LL WRITE A SONG FOR YOU

I’LL WRITE A SONG FOR YOU

EARTH, WINDS & FIRE

SONGWRITERS: PHILIP JAMES BAILEY; STEPHEN BECKMEIER & ALBERT MC KAY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ALL ‘N ALL

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1977

 

          Earth, Wind & Fire(EW&F or EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, EDM, Latin, and Afro pop. They have been described as one of the most innovative and are among the most commercially successful acts in history. With sales of over 90million records, they are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.

       The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1969, having grown out of a previous band known as the Salty Peppers. Other prominent members of EWF have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Roland Bautista, Robert Brookins, Sonny Emory, Fred Ravel, Ronnie Laws, Sheldon Reynolds and Andrew Woolfolk. The band is known for its kalimba sound, dynamic horn section, energetic and elaborate stage shows, and the contrast between Philip Bailey's falsetto vocals and Maurice White's baritone.

      The band has won 6 Grammys from their 17 nominations and four American Music Awards out of 12 nominations. They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame, and Hollywood's Rockwalk, in addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band has also received an ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award, BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Soul Train Legend Award, as well as a NARAS Signature Governor's Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2012 Congressional Horizon Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2019. Rolling Stone called them "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop". VH1 has also described EWF as "one of the greatest bands" ever.

        All 'n All is the eighth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1977 by Columbia Records. The album reached Nº 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Nº 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. All 'n All has also been certified Triple Platinum in the US by the RIAA, Gold in Canada by Music Canada and Silver in the UK by the BPI.

         All 'n All was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. His inspiration for the album was a month-long trip to Argentina and Brazil. 

I thirst, but never quench

I know the consequence, feeling as I do

We're in a spinning top

Where, tell me, will it stop

And what am I to say

Open our music book, that only few can look

And I'll write a song for you oohh

 

Oohh Love is a symphony, hearts in one melody

Cause I'll write a song for you

Sounds never dissipate, they, only recreate

In another place

There's in your silent night

Joy of a song's delight

Cause I'll write a song for you

You'll write a song for me

We'll write a song of love, of love

(Ahhh-aha-Ahhh)

 

My magical mystique, finding it all complete

In your lovely face, feelings we try to chase

Memories that won't erase, stay forever new

We have a magic box in which is never locked

 

Cause I'll write a song for you

You'll write a song for me

We'll write a song of love, of love

Yeah (Ahh)

 

We'll write a song of love my baby

Write a song of love

(Dooboodoo for you, you, for you, you)

(You)

 

We have a magic box

We write a song of love

We write, write a song of love

 

Sounds they never dissipate

They only recreate

To another place or time

Ohhhh-ooohhh

We write a song, we write a song

Just you and me baby

(For you) Ohhhhh (you)

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (you)

(For you, you) Ohhhhhh

We're, we're on a spinning top

We write a song

We write a song

We write a song.